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WA Museum Boola Bardip

Wonderful Water
Facilitated
Primary/Secondary
Primary
Curriculum
Science
HASS
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures

Curriculum

Geography | Earth and Space Science | Aboriginal Histories and Cultures 

Year Level
PP-2
Duration
60 minutes
Cost

$280 per group (up to 32 students)

Bookings

Workshops available from Term 2, 2025

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Explore the vital role of water in supporting life. 

Students will investigate how Aboriginal peoples have managed and utilised water and the animals in our waterways, and learn how these resources can be sustainably managed for the future.

Student experience

Students will:

  • Identify some animals that live in local bodies of water
  • Recognise the importance of conserving water as a resource
  • Find out how Aboriginal peoples sustainably managed water and the animals within them, and how they continue to do so

Skills development

This program links to the following strands of the Western Australian Curriculum:

Pre Primary

Geography

  • The reasons some places are special to people and how they can be looked after, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' places of significance (ACHASSK017)(ACHASSK016)

Year 1

Biological Science

  • Living things live in different places where their needs are met (ACSSU211)

Year 2

Geography

  • The ways in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples maintain connections to their Country/Place (ACHASSK049)

Earth and Space Science

  • Earth’s resources are used in a variety of ways (ACSSU032)