Njit Djinda (Little Star)


Year level
Year K – PP
Duration
45 minutes
Cost
$240 per group (up to 32 students)
Audience
Primary

Students explore the night sky, using Nyoongar language to describe the elements they encounter.

Learn about meteorites and their impact on earth, and handle rock specimens from outer space.

 

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Student experience

Students will:

  • Go on an imaginary journey into the night sky
  • Locate celestial elements in daytime and night-time skies
  • Learn the Nyoongar words for these elements
  • Investigate meteorites and the evidence they leave behind
  • Handle real specimens from the Museum’s Earth and Planetary Sciences collection

 

Skills development

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

 

Kindergarten

  • Early Years Learning Framework Outcome 2. Children are connected with and contribute to their world.
  • Early Years Learning Framework Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners.


Pre-primary

Science

  • Daily and seasonal changes in our environment affect everyday life. (ACSSU004)
  • Learning how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ concepts of time and weather patterns explain how things happen in the world around them.
  • Science involves observing, asking questions about, and describing changes in, objects and events (ACSHE013)
  • Recognising how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ gain knowledge about the land and vital resources, such as water and food, through observation.
  • People use science in their daily lives, including when caring for their environment and living things (ACSHE022)

 

K – Year 2

Languages

 

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