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Connecting kids with nature and culture: science education for our future
Factsheet
6 December 2002
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Children have a natural curiosity about plants, animals and the world around them. Read here about a new program called Totemic Species in Schools, which brings together First Peoples' science with hands-on learning to grow a sense of care and responsibility among school kids, and bring life, health and learning to the schoolyard.