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Learning Area:
Humanities and Social Sciences
Year levels:
Level 7, Level 8
Inquiry-based learning questions
This activity is a part of the Indigenous astronomy, geography, and star maps resource.
Shooting star. Photographer: Peter Lieverdink. Source: Flickr. License: CC BY-SA 2.0
These inquiry-based questions are provided for flexible classroom use, allowing teachers to tailor discussion and reflections specific to their classroom needs
Inquiry questions
How do Aboriginal star maps work as a form of navigation?
How do Aboriginal people associate landscape features in a star map?
What cultural values do Aboriginal people place on the landscape?
How can one use digital geographical technologies to investigate landscape features and spatial patterns in the stars, and infer relationships between them?