Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
CONCEPTUALUnderstand that indigenous peoples of the rainforest have developed deep ecological knowledge over thousands of years — using plants for medicine, food, and building materials, practising sustainable farming methods like shifting cultivation, and understanding animal behaviour and forest ecology in ways that modern science is only beginning to appreciate
Mastery Evidence
- Give at least two examples of indigenous knowledge, such as using specific plants as medicine or practising sustainable farming
- Explain what shifting cultivation is and why it is less harmful to the forest than permanent clearing
- Describe how indigenous knowledge and modern science can work together to protect rainforests
Assessment Prompt
“Can [child] explain that indigenous rainforest peoples know an enormous amount about forest plants and animals — like which plants cure illnesses — and that scientists are learning from this knowledge?”
Prerequisites1
- Indigenous Rainforest PeopleshardAges 5—7
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- Indigenous Rainforest Peoples hard
Must know that indigenous peoples live in rainforests before learning about their deep ecological knowledge
- What Is a Rainforest? hard
Must understand what a rainforest is before learning about the people who live there
Unlocks1
- Rainforest ConservationsoftAges 9—11