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Botany of Kamay

Learning objects Botany of Kamay

TLF ID M025764

This resource explores the plants of Kamay Botany Bay – their significance to the Aboriginal people of Kamay, and to the botanists on the Endeavour in 1770. This resource is one part of the 'Endeavour – eight days in Kamay' resource.

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Educational details

Educational value
  • This learning and teaching resource provides a range of viewpoints and works to challenge current perceptions of the arrival of Captain James Cook and the HMB Endeavour at Kamay Botany Bay in 1770. It is an inclusive resource, placing value on the Aboriginal perspective to "balance the history books" by looking both from the ship and from the shore.
  • The curriculum resources have been designed to be accessible for use in both the New South Wales and Australian curriculum. Syllabus links are available via the Teacher Notes pages located on each learning resource.
  • This learning resource offers cross curricular activities for Kindergarten to year 10. Although grouped by years, activities may be suitable for other years and subjects.
  • Resources can be student-centred or teacher-directed, and can act as stand-alone activities that can be selected independently or in a sequence to best suit student needs and interests.
Year level

3; 4

Topics Dreaming (Spiritual) Aboriginal peoples Aboriginal history Land custodianship Technologies Cultural interaction Recreation Habitats Food chains Animal reproduction Living things Australia Australian history Cultural diversity Decomposition (Living things) Botanical illustration Plant reproduction Climate Water resources Breeding cycles Social history Local history Plants Consumers (Food chains) Curiosity Scientific inquiry Vegetation Environmental stewardship Predictions (Science) Lifestyles Patterns Torres Strait Islander history Similarity (Classification) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Sense of place Botanists
Learning area
  • Humanities and social sciences
  • Geography
  • History
  • Science

Other details

Contributors
  • Author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Contributor
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: author
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Data contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Publisher
  • Name: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Organization: State of NSW, Department of Education
  • Description: Publisher
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © State of New South Wales, Department of Education.