Text Digital technology and managing Indigenous astronomical knowledge

TLF ID A003754

Digital technology provides a range of different ways to communicate cultural knowledge and practices, explore a range of digital tools that bring the stars closer to the world of your students. In these classroom activities students will use digital programs like Stellarium to investigate Indigenous astronomical knowledge in Boorong and Kamilaroi traditions. They will then examine the effects of climate change or altering knowledge that links the stars with animals, plants, and seasonal change.





Educational details

Educational value
  • Teaching and learning
Year level

8

Learning area
  • Technologies
  • Digital Technologies

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Contributors
  • Publisher
  • Name: The University of Melbourne
  • Organization: The University of Melbourne
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • 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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Learning Resource Type
  • Text
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © The University of Melbourne - Ngarrngga Project, 2023