Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Thylacine
This personal webpage is a brief description of the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Wombat
Visit this webpage to learn more about the wombat.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Dogs Prefer Winners
From ABC News in Science, Jennifer Viegas's article deals with social behavior of dogs and current research suggesting that they gravitate toward "winners." When they observe other animals or animal-human interaction, they go towards the...
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: Explore the Outback
In this interactive game, players are challenged to complete a series of missions to photograph desert plants and animals in the Australian outback. Through the clues provided, players learn about desert ecosystems, the plants and...
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Travellers Worldwide: Animal Care in Australia
A profile of each of the various animals found at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Project in Australia. Photos and basic facts of each animal are included.
Natural History Museum
Natural History Museum (London): The Endeavour Botanical Illustrations
A series of articles and online exhibits that gives information on the various specimens, plants and animals that were collected and illustrations were then made. Cook led the world's first scientific naval expedition to the South Pacific.
abcteach
Abcteach: Australia
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site provides lots of links to elementary information about Australia. Find agricultural products, maps and animal forms, learning games, and more.
Australian Museum
Australian Museum: Student Stuff: Dissection of a Blue Spotted Flathead
This resource provides a step-by-step slide show of fish dissection. A description is provided with each slide.
Curated OER
Pictures of Australian Animals
This homepage provides links to many photos of Australia.
The BIG zoo
The Big zoo.com: Queensland Koala
Site features some fascinating facts about these interesting creatures from down under. Provides a physical description, information on diet, habitat, social structure as well as reproduction.
PBS
Nova: Bone Diggers: Australia's Vanished Beasts
Get profiles of 10 different examples of Australia's extinct megafauna. Each profile includes a picture of what the animal looked like.
Other
New South Wales Country Areas: Aussie Nature Reserve
A colorful WebQuest from the New south Wales Country Areas where students will learn lots of information about animals of Australia. Using the information, they will create a "Nature Reserve," made up of six animals of their choice.
Curated OER
Birds and Animals of Australia.
A broad selection of images featuring Australian birds can be found on this site by Picture Australia. By clicking on individual images you'll find high quality photographs as well as a brief description.
Australian Museum
Australia Museum: Thylacine
The Thylacine, once an inhabitant of Australia is now extinct because of excessive hunting and competition with dingos and dogs. The Australian Museum provides general information on this interesting carnivore and photographs of the last...
PBS
Nova: The Extinction Enigma
45,000 - 50,000 years ago the megafauna of Australia became extinct. This interview investigates several possible causes such as, continental drift, human impact, and climate change.
The BIG zoo
The Big Zoo: Duck Billed Platypus
Here you can find a general overview of the duck-billed platypus. Content explores what this animal eats, where it lives, how its social life is structured, how it raises its young, and more.
San Diego Zoo Global
San Diego Zoo: Kids: Tasmanian Devil
Colorful resource for learning fun facts about Tasmanian devils with photographs as well as information regarding their physical characteristics and unique features.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Australia, Interesting Facts
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart can be used with any level elementary class to study about the culture, environment and other features of Australia. There are links to many interesting and interactive websites. The...
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Chambers Wildlife Rainforest Lodge: Australia Rainforest
This site provides specific information about much of the Australian Rain Forest. Content ranges from the waterfalls to be found there to plants and wildlife.
Tramline
A Desert Virtual Field Trip
Travel with your students on a virtual field trip and explore the deserts of the world! This is site is interactive and informative.
Curated OER
Rainforest Birds
This commercial site explores the types of animals you can find in the Australian rainforest. Detail information is available down to the species level.
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Rainforest Mammals
This commercial site explores the types of animals you can find in the Australian rainforest. Detail information is available down to the species level.
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Rainforest Reptiles
This commercial site explores the types of animals you can find in the Australian rainforest. Detail information is available down to the species level.
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