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Sustainability

Science 9

Course Question: What lessons can we learn from science and math that can help us live mino bimaadiziwin?

Course Challenge: Use Indigenous knowledge and western knowledge to develop a guide that includes helpful advice for living mino bimaadiziwin.

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LESSON QUESTION

What important ideas about sustainability can we learn from Indigenous knowledge and western science?

LESSON CHALLENGE

Identify important ideas about sustainability from Indigenous knowledge and western science that can help us live mino bimaadiziwin.

LESSON SUMMARY

In this lesson, you will explore some principles of sustainability from western science and from Indigenous knowledges and identify important ideas about sustainability from each way of knowing.

BIG IDEA

Both Indigenous knowledge and western science contribute important ideas about sustainability.