Step 2 - Group investigation
Your group will compile a report about how and why Indigenous Australians use fre
to manage Country. Select one ‘line of inquiry’ question to research, to complete the
table below. Use the Cool Australia Info Sheet - Indigenous Australians using fire to
cate for Country
Criteria for your report
* Compile a report in one of the following formats: Word, Prezi, Video,
PowerPoint, Podcast.
* The report must have six photos from the Cool Burning Digital Toalbox.
* The report should be approximate 300 words.
* Draw an outline of a savanna habitat. Make two or three photocopies of the
outline, Colour in one of the outlines before a fire during the dry season.
Colour in the second after a cool burn. Colour in the third after a hot burn.
Use labels to highlight the differences between cool and het burns.
‘Topic to research: How and why did Indigenous people manage the savanna
with coo! burns?
Have a look at the inquiry questions on the table below and pick one to investigate
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wustralians stopped‘Step 3: Individual work - Cool burning checklist
(Checklist 1: When are the conditions right? Write a checklist for land managers
about what they need to know before they ight fires for cool bums in a savanna,
‘Checklist 2: Was the cool burn successful? - Write @ checklist detaling what to
look for after a coo burn to show that it did not damage the environmentResources
fact Sheet - How do indigenous Australians use fre?
The North Australian Fite Information yuu iuenavth avg au website displays maps of
northern fires which mainly occur during the dry season. There are many different
menus to explore on this website.
Other resources
The Conversation - The biggest estate on earth: how Aborigines made Australla
EnvironNorth - fire in the savannas wew.environorth org.aufwindowsfalVall fie.him|
EnviroNorth - fee and Indigenous culture
‘nw environorth org aulwindowsallall fre indigenous lm!
Ancient practice breathes new life - yww.nrm.gov.aulorojectsfother-
projects/specialire-managementindex him!
Burning Issues:
Resources
fact Sheet - How do indigenous Australians use fre?
The North Australian Fite Information yuu iuenavth avg au website displays maps of
northern fires which mainly occur during the dry season. There are many different
menus to explore on this website.
Other resources
The Conversation - The biggest estate on earth: how Aborigines made Australla
EnvironNorth - fire in the savannas wew.environorth org.aufwindowsfalVall fie.him|
EnviroNorth - fee and Indigenous culture
‘nw environorth org aulwindowsallall fre indigenous lm!
Ancient practice breathes new life - yww.nrm.gov.aulorojectsfother-
projects/specialire-managementindex him!
Burning Issues: