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Question: How can the plants around my school enhance
student learning in my lessons?
Answer: In countless ways..
Kwongan Kids is committed to finding new ways of using the unique aspects of Western Australian
Flora to strengthen pedagogy. We teach in Perth, possibly the most bio-diverse city on the planet!
Surely there is something to learn from what floral ecology was here before us, how it survives here
and what it survives alongside. There are proven educational benefits to developing local eco-literacy
within students. Furthermore a study of our native plants is often a study of the
significant indigenous history of the region and may also contribute to aspects of conservation in a
globally recognised biodiversity hotspot.
But where do we start? How do we know what has been here for millions of years and what has not?
A good start is to first group the plants into groups or families. This resource simply links some
common plant families and groups found around your school to Western Australian Curriculum
Content Descriptors. For more detailed information on how these links are may be made and the
plants around your school can enhance your lessons contact
Kwongan Kids: [email protected]
Common Native Plants and Groups found in Schools in the Perth Region
1. The Banksia Family
(Proteaceae) Adaptations to nutrient
poor soils / Coevolution of
species (birds)
2. Grass Trees
(Xanthorrhoeaceae) Indigenous food, Cultural,
Medicinal and
Social significance
10. Sundews
(Droseraceae) Adaptations for low
nutrient soils / Carnivorous
plants / Indigenous food
11. Triggerplants
(Stylidaceae) Unique adaptations for
Pollination
3. Heather Family
(Ericaceae) Symbiosis (native bees/
Adaptations for Pollination /
Sensory Observations
4. Selected Monocots,
Herbs and Sedges Evolution / Coevolution of
species / Indigenous
Traditional food, cultural,
spiritual and medicinal
8. Pea Plants
(Fabaceae: Faboideae) Coevolution of Species /
Human use of Plants (1080,
Introduced mammal spe-
cies / Indigenous food /
Adaptations to low nutrient
soils
12. Wattles
(Fabaceae: Mimosoideae) Evolution and Speciation /
Soil Nutrition / Nitrogen
Cycle / Indigenous Food /
Symbiosis (parasitism) 6. Orchids
(Orchidaceae) Adaptations for Pollination /
Symbiosis (mutualism) /
Evolution / Coevolution
5. The Myrtle Family
(Myrtaceae) Habitats and ecosystems /
Sensory observations /
Indigenous cultural and
medicinal significance
7. Parasitic Plants
(Loranthaceae) Indigenous spiritual and
cultural significance / Ad-
aptations / Symbiosis
(parasitism)
9. Sheoaks
(Casuarinaceae) Adaptations, Sexual
Dimorphism in plants
13. Weeds of the Perth
Region Global biomes and climates.
Sustainability / Sustainable
Ecosystems and Invasive
species
14. Zamia
(Zamiaceae) Ancient, distinct
evolution / Indigenous
food
Western Australian Curriculum content descriptor links to some common native plants found in the Perth region and Links to
Science and Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) learning areas. (Pre-Primary –Year 4)
Pre-Primary Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4
SCI HASS SCI HASS SCI HASS SCI HASS SCI HASS Living th
ings h
ave b
asic n
ee
ds,
inclu
din
g foo
d an
d w
ate
r(AC
SSU0
02
)
Particip
ate
in gu
ide
d in
vestig
ation
s and
make
o
bse
rvation
s usin
g the
sen
ses (A
CSIS0
11
)
The
rep
rese
ntatio
n o
f familiar p
laces, su
ch as sch
oo
ls,
parks an
d lake
s on
a picto
rial map
(AC
HG
K0
01
)
The
reaso
ns so
me
place
s are sp
ecial to
pe
op
le an
d h
ow
th
ey can
be
loo
ked
afte
r, inclu
din
g Ab
origin
al and
Torre
s Strait Islan
de
r Pe
op
les' p
laces o
f significan
ce (A
CH
GK
00
4)
Living th
ings h
ave a
variety
of e
xtern
al fea
ture
s
(AC
SSU0
17
)
Living th
ings live
in d
iffere
nt p
laces w
he
re th
eir n
ee
ds are
me
t (AC
SSU2
11
)
Ob
servab
le ch
ange
s occu
r in th
e sky
and
land
scape
(A
CSSU
01
9)
The
na
tural, m
anage
d an
d co
nstru
cted
featu
res o
f place
s,
the
ir loca
tion
on
a p
ictorial m
ap, h
ow
the
y may
chan
ge
ove
r time
(e.g. e
rosio
n, re
vege
tate
d are
as, p
lante
d cro
ps,
ne
w b
uild
ings) an
d h
ow
the
y can b
e care
d fo
r (A
CH
GK
00
5)
Living th
ings gro
w, ch
ange
and
have
offsp
ring sim
ilar to
the
mse
lves (A
CSSU
03
0)
Scien
ce in
volve
s ob
servin
g, askin
g qu
estio
ns ab
ou
t, and
de
scribin
g chan
ges in
, ob
jects an
d e
ven
ts (AC
SHE0
34
)
The
ways in
wh
ich A
bo
riginal an
d To
rres Strait Islan
de
r
Pe
op
les m
aintain
con
ne
ction
s to th
eir C
ou
ntry/P
lace
(AC
HG
K0
11
)
The
histo
ry of a
significan
t pe
rson
, bu
ildin
g, site o
r part
of th
e n
atu
ral en
viron
me
nt in
the
local co
mm
un
ity and
wh
at it reve
als abo
ut th
e p
ast (A
CH
HK
04
4)
Living th
ings can
be
grou
pe
d o
n th
e b
asis of o
bse
rvable
featu
res an
d can
be
distin
guish
ed
from
no
n-livin
g thin
gs (A
CSSU
04
4)
Place
s are b
oth
similar an
d d
iffere
nt Th
e lo
cation
of
Au
stralian state
s, territo
ries, cap
ital cities an
d m
ajo
r
regio
nal ce
ntre
s of W
este
rn A
ustralia
and
the
locatio
n
and
ide
ntifyin
g attrib
ute
s of A
ustralia's m
ajor n
atural
featu
res (A
CH
GK
01
4)
Living th
ings h
ave life
cycles (A
CSSU
07
2)
Living th
ings d
ep
en
d o
n e
ach o
the
r and
the
en
viron
me
nt
to su
rvive (A
CSSU
07
3)
The
imp
ortan
ce o
f en
viron
me
nts to
anim
als and
pe
op
le,
and
diffe
ren
t view
s on
ho
w th
ey can
be
pro
tecte
d
(AC
HG
K0
22
)
Ab
origin
al and
Torre
s Strait Island
er P
eo
ple
s' ways o
f livin
g we
re ad
apte
d to
availab
le re
sou
rces an
d th
eir
con
ne
ction
to C
ou
ntry/P
lace h
as in
flue
nce
d th
eir vie
ws
on
the
sustain
able
use
of th
ese
reso
urce
s, be
fore
and
afte
r colo
nisa
tion
(AC
HG
K0
23
)
The
dive
rsity an
d lo
nge
vity o
f Au
stralia's first pe
op
les
and
the
ways th
ey are
con
ne
cted
to C
ou
ntry/P
lace)
and
the
ir pre
con
tact ways o
f life (A
CH
HK
07
7)
Banksia Family
Grass Trees
Heathers
Monocots and Herbs
Myrtle Family
Orchids
Parasitic Plants
Peas
Sheoaks
Sundews
Triggerplants
Wattles
Weeds
Zamia
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Western Australian Curriculum content descriptor links to some common native plants found in the Perth region and Links to
Science and Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS) learning areas. (Year 5 –Year 10)
Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 10
SCI HASS SCI SCI HASS SCI HASS SCI HASS SCI HASS Living th
ings h
ave stru
ctural fe
ature
s and
adap
tatio
ns
that h
elp
the
m to
survive
in th
eir e
nviro
nm
en
t (A
CSSU
04
3)
The
way p
eo
ple
alter th
e e
nviro
nm
en
tal ch
aracteristics
of A
ustralian
place
s (e.g. ve
geta
tion
clearan
ce, fe
ncin
g,
urb
an d
eve
lop
me
nt, d
rainage
, irrigation
, farmin
g, fore
st p
lanta
tion
s, min
ing) (A
CH
GK
02
7)
Featu
res o
f en
viron
me
nts (e
.g. clima
te, lan
dfo
rms,
vege
tation
) influ
en
ce h
um
an activitie
s and
the
bu
ilt
featu
res o
f place
s (AC
HG
K0
28
)
The
grow
th an
d su
rvival of livin
g
thin
gs are a
ffecte
d b
y ph
ysical
con
ditio
ns o
f the
ir en
viron
me
nt
(AC
SSU0
94
)
Cla
ssificatio
n h
elp
s organ
ise th
e d
iverse
grou
p o
f
organ
isms (A
CSSU
11
1)
Inte
raction
s be
twe
en
organ
isms can
be
de
scribe
d in
term
s of fo
od
chain
s an
d fo
od
we
bs; h
um
an activity can
affe
ct the
se in
teractio
ns (A
CSSU
11
2)
The
qu
antity an
d variab
ility of A
ustra
lia's wa
ter
reso
urce
s com
pare
d w
ith th
ose
in o
the
r con
tine
nts
(AC
HG
K0
39
)
The
imp
ortan
ce o
f con
servin
g the
rem
ains o
f the
an
cien
t past, in
clud
ing th
e h
eritage
of A
bo
riginal an
d
Torre
s Strait Islan
de
r Pe
op
les (A
CD
SEH1
48
)
Mu
lti-cellu
lar organ
isms co
ntain
system
s of o
rgans
carrying o
ut sp
ecialise
d fu
nctio
ns th
at e
nab
le th
em
to
survive
and
rep
rod
uce
(AC
SSU1
50
)
The
diffe
ren
t type
s of lan
dscap
es in
Au
stralia
and
the
ir d
istinctive
land
form
featu
res (e
.g. coa
stal, riverin
e, arid
,
mo
un
tain) (A
CH
GK
04
8)
The
spiritu
al, cultu
ral and
aesth
etic v
alue
of lan
dscap
es
and
land
form
s for p
eo
ple
, inclu
din
g Ab
origin
al and
To
rres Stra
it Island
er P
eo
ple
s
(AC
HG
K0
49
)
The
geo
graph
ical pro
cesse
s that p
rod
uce
land
form
s, in
clud
ing a case
stud
y of o
ne
type
of lan
dfo
rm, su
ch as
mo
un
tains, vo
lcano
es, rive
rine
or co
astal land
form
s (A
CH
GK
05
0)
Ecosyste
ms co
nsist o
f com
mu
nitie
s of in
terd
ep
en
de
nt
organ
isms an
d ab
iotic co
mp
on
en
ts of th
e e
nviro
nm
en
t; m
atter an
d e
ne
rgy flow
thro
ugh
the
se sy
stem
s
(AC
SSU1
76
)
The
way th
e w
ork e
nviro
nm
en
t is chan
ging in
con
tem
po
rary Au
stralia and
the
imp
lication
for cu
rren
t an
d fu
ture
wo
rk (AC
HE
K0
42
)
The
distrib
utio
n an
d ch
aracteristics o
f bio
me
s as regio
ns
with
distin
ctive clim
ates, so
ils, vege
tation
and
pro
du
ctivity (AC
HG
K0
60
)
The
the
ory o
f evo
lutio
n b
y na
tural se
lectio
n e
xplain
s the
dive
rsity of livin
g thin
gs and
is sup
po
rted
by scie
ntific
evid
en
ce (A
CSSU
18
5)
The
hu
man
-ind
uce
d e
nviro
nm
en
tal chan
ges th
at
challe
nge
sustain
ability
(e.g. w
ate
r and
atm
osp
he
ric p
ollu
tion
, de
gradatio
n o
f land
, inlan
d an
d co
astal aqu
atic
en
viron
me
nts) (A
CH
GK
07
0)
The
en
viron
me
ntal w
orld
view
s of p
eo
ple
and
the
ir im
plica
tion
s for e
nviro
nm
en
tal man
agem
en
t (AC
HG
K0
71
)
Banksia Family
Grass Trees
Heathers
Monocots and Herbs
Myrtle Family
Orchids
Parasitic Plants
Peas
Sheoaks
Sundews
Triggerplants
Wattles
Weeds
Zamia
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Western Australian Curriculum content descriptor links to some common native plants found in the Perth region and Links to Senior Secondary Subjects
Aboriginal and Intercultural Studies Biology Integrated Science
Year 11 Year 12 Year 11 Year 12 Year 11
Un
it 1: th
e re
lation
ship
Ind
igen
ou
s Pe
op
les in
Au
stralia an
d o
the
r cou
ntrie
s have
with
the
e
nviro
nm
en
t.
Cu
ltural p
ersp
ective
s: variation
s in p
erspectives a
bo
ut
pe
op
le, eve
nts, exp
erien
ces, beliefs an
d valu
es
Place
and
be
lon
ging
: Ab
origin
al sp
iritual lin
ks with
places
as told
thro
ug
h th
e D
reamin
gs, Ab
origin
al Pe
op
les’ diverse
adap
tation
s to th
e e
nviro
nm
en
t, Ab
origin
al Pe
op
les’
imp
acts on
the
na
tural e
nviro
nm
ent, trad
ition
al land
an
d
sea man
agem
ent p
ractices, inclu
din
g the
uses o
f fire,
Un
it 4: h
eritage
and
cultu
ral ide
ntity in
the
con
text o
f
Au
stralia.
Cu
ltura
l pe
rspe
ctives: th
e im
po
rtance
of A
bo
riginal
custo
mary law
, significan
t sites, son
g-lin
es, and
the
passin
g o
n o
f kno
wle
dge
Un
it 1: Eco
system
s and
Bio
dive
rsity
un
derstan
d h
ow
classification
help
s to o
rganise
,
analyse a
nd
com
mu
nicate
data
abo
ut b
iod
iversity, u
nd
erstand
that eco
system
diversity an
d d
ynam
ics can
be
describ
ed
an
d co
mp
ared w
ith referen
ce to b
iotic
and
abio
tic com
po
ne
nts a
nd
their in
teraction
s,
un
derstan
d h
ow
the
ories a
nd
mo
dels h
ave d
evelop
ed
base
d o
n evid
en
ce fro
m m
ultip
le discip
lines; an
d th
e
uses an
d lim
itation
s of b
iolo
gical kno
wle
dge
in a
range
o
f con
texts, u
se science in
qu
iry skills to d
esign,
con
du
ct, evaluate a
nd
com
mu
nicate
investigatio
ns in
to
bio
diversity an
d flo
ws o
f matter an
d en
ergy in a ran
ge
of eco
system
s, evaluate
, with
referen
ce to
emp
irical evid
en
ce, claims ab
ou
t relation
ship
s betw
een
an
d
with
in sp
ecies, diversity o
f an
d w
ithin
ecosystem
s, an
d
energy an
d m
atter flow
s, com
mu
nicate
bio
logical
un
derstan
din
g usin
g qu
alitative an
d q
ua
ntitative
represen
tation
s in a
pp
rop
riate m
od
es an
d ge
nres.
Un
it 3: C
on
tinu
ity o
f Spe
cies
un
derstan
d th
e pro
cesses and
mech
an
isms th
at
explain
ho
w life
on
Earth h
as persisted
, chan
ged
and
d
iversified o
ver the
last 3
.5 b
illion
years U
nit 4
: Survivin
g in a
Ch
angin
g Enviro
nm
en
t u
nd
erstand
the m
ech
an
isms b
y wh
ich p
lants an
d
anim
als use
ho
meo
stasis to co
ntro
l their in
ternal
enviro
nm
ent in
a chan
ging extern
al enviro
nm
en
t,
un
derstan
d th
e ways in
wh
ich in
fectio
n, tra
nsm
ission
an
d sp
read
of d
isease occu
r in vecto
r-bo
rne d
iseases
Un
it 2: B
iod
iversity an
d C
on
servatio
n
con
du
ct investigatio
ns, in
clud
ing so
il samp
ling an
d
analysis, w
ater testing an
d eco
logical su
rveying, safely,
com
pe
ten
tly an
d m
etho
dically fo
r the
collectio
n o
f valid
and
reliable
data
, bio
diversity ch
an
ges natu
rally o
ver time
and
varies du
e to
differen
ces in lo
cation
,
hu
man
po
pu
lation
grow
th is th
e m
ain d
river of th
e
pressu
res o
n b
iod
iversity, with
increase
d d
em
an
d o
n
resou
rces to m
eet req
uire
me
nts fo
r survival,
bio
diversity is th
reaten
ed th
rou
gh d
eterioratio
n o
f
hab
itat qu
ality, the
declin
e in
repro
du
ction
and
survival
of p
lant an
d a
nim
al specie
s is affected
by: in
vasive
species an
d p
atho
gen
s, pressu
res from
stock a
nim
als, p
ollu
tion
by ch
emical a
nd
/or so
lid w
aste, ch
ange
d
hyd
rolo
gy cause
d b
y over-extractio
n, n
utrien
t loa
din
g an
d ch
an
ges to lo
cal climate
, mo
nito
ring o
f ecosyste
ms
pro
vide
s info
rmatio
n o
n th
e n
um
ber an
d d
istribu
tion
o
f spe
cies; data fo
r an
alysing e
cosyste
ms are
derived
from
surveyin
g techn
iqu
es
Banksia Family
Grass Trees
Heathers
Monocots and Herbs
Myrtle Family
Orchids
Parasitic Plants
Peas
Sheoaks
Sundews
Triggerplants
Wattles
Weeds
Zamia
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