Educational

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Learning Resources

• Above and Below – Colouring In Sheet
• Bivalves – Is this an open and shut case?
• Echinoderms – Stars of the sea, beach balls and warty sausages!
• Violet Snails – Violet, not violent.
• Tracks and Traces – Stories in the sand
• Beachcombing investigation cards

Noongar language and culture

Videos

• Noongar Boodja – Outlines Noongar Country and Wadjuk territory within that country.
• The Aboriginal Flag – Outlines the history and meaning of the Aboriginal Flag.
• Noongar Animals – Provides the Noongar names for a number of animals and birds.
• Animal Tracks – Shows the tracks West Australian animals make.
• Noongar Seasons – Outlines the six Noongar seasons, and where the Noongar people were during those seasons.
• The Yonga Booka – Talks about the kangaroo skin cloak that Noongar people traditionally wore.
• The Kilee – Describes how the boomerang was used by Noongar men.
• The Yandi – Describes the uses of the dish that Noongar women carried.
• The Quandong – Talks about bush foods and the Noongar traditional food quandong.

Other links

• Whadjuk Walking Trails: Noongar stories and knowledge repository GECKOS (Growing Enriched Cultural Knowledge in Our Schools)
• Torres Strait Regional Authority: General History
• The Little Red Yellow Black Website: An introduction to Indigenous Australia

Activity Sheets

• Noongar Animals Picture Match (pdf)
• Noongar Animals Word Fill (pdf)
• Noongar Numbers (pdf)
• Noongar Family Members (pdf)