Learning Through the Elements
TEK8 Programs
Education rooted in the eight elements. From afterschool programs to garden-based science to Indigenous games and digital literacy — TEK8 maps the whole circle of learning.
7ABCs Local-Global Studies Cooperative
The Peoples Arcade — a reciprocity-based virtual playground, library, university, and shopping mall
The 7ABCs afterschool program uses TEK8 as its pedagogical backbone. Each day rotates through elemental petals, ensuring students engage with all eight dimensions of wellness across mathematics, sciences, arts, history, Indigenous knowledge, sport, philosophy, and ethics.
Key Programs
- ● Garden-Based Science Education
- ● Halfball & Native Youth Olympics
- ● Since Time Immemorial Curricula
- ● Music & Cultural Production
- ● NASEF FarmCraft / Esports
- ● Rites of Passage Programs
- ● Financial Literacy & Stewardship
- ● Outdoor & Ecological Education
Daily Elemental Rotation
Each session cycles through all 8 elements, ensuring holistic engagement. The rotation maps academic subjects to elemental correspondences.
Financial literacy, measurement, probability through dice
Financial Wellness · Financial Capital
Sound design, cultural production, creative expression
Emotional Wellness · Cultural Capital
Ecology, weather, garden-based science, physical movement
Physical Wellness · Natural Capital
Fire safety, tool use, occupational skills, crafting
Occupational Wellness · Material Capital
Oral tradition, experiential learning, place-based education
Environmental Wellness · Experiential Capital
Garden stewardship, Since Time Immemorial curricula
Spiritual Wellness · Spiritual Capital
Halfball, NYO games, social dynamics, esports
Social Wellness · Social Capital
Logic, coding, digital literacy, systems thinking
Intellectual Wellness · Intellectual Capital
Crystal Cycle Curriculum Calendar
The 12-month Crystal Cycle provides the macro rhythm. Each month has a theme that shapes the program focus.
Long-Range Horizon
Brisbane 2032
TEK8 programs are aligned toward the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games — the first Olympics with Indigenous participation at its core. From Native Youth Olympics to Makahiki festivals, from LA 2028 to Brisbane 2032, we are building a pipeline of play, sport, and cultural exchange.