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Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling
Young explorers investigate Australian Aboriginal culture by listening to traditional Dreamtime stories and examining dot paintings created by Aboriginal artists. In addition, they locate the country on maps, discuss the geography of...
Curriculum Corner
Australian Christmas
Where is Australia? How is an Australian Christmas from other Christmases around the world? Learners participate in a mini-research project where they discover what an Australian Christmas is like.
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Australian Mammals: Evolutionary Development as a Result of Geographic Isolation
Students comprehend the difference between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals. They are able to compare and contrast these organisms (Australian mammals) with other mammals. Students are able to identify Australian mammals.
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Australian Mammals: Evolultionary Development as a Result of Geographic Isolation
Learners examine the differences between monotremes, marsupials, and placental mammals and are able to contrast these organisms with other mammals. They learn about unique variation and the diversity of mammals located in Australia.
National Geographic
Australia, Antarctica, and Oceana
Go on a traveling adventure throughout Australia, Oceana, and Antarctica! This textbook excerpt offers a full unit of study that can easily be supplemented by extra projects or research materials. Learners study maps, read about native...
Curated OER
Australia: Introductory Lesson
Students explore Australia. In this global studies lesson, students listen to audio clips and watch video clips that introduce them to the the nation-continent. Students discuss what they already know about Australia and what they would...
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G'Day Mate
Students understand that Australia is the smallest continent, locate it on a map and sing about the continents. In this Australia lesson, students listen to facts about Australia and complete a book about information they have learned.
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Australia
Students participate in activities in which they discover facts about Australia. They examine its climate and history. They complete a worksheet to end the lesson.
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Amazing Australia (Grade K)
Students listen as the teacher reads "Possum Magic" to them. They watch the movie of the book, and create a T graph illustrating the differences and similarities between the book and movie. They research an animal and print a picture in...
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Continents of the World
Second graders participate in a lesson about how people are the same, how people are different and where the continents are located. They go on a trip around the woworld to visit a country in each continent.
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Island Biogeography
Students work in small groups to sort through photos of an ecosystem following a major disturbance. They place these photos in chronological order to show the process of succession. They then do an experiment with yeast to show the...
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Koala
Gather the facts about the adorable Australian marsupial, the Koala. This webpage provides a simple descriptive overview of the koala. It also discusses where they are found, their habitat, reproduction, activity, feeding and much more.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals
From the bandicoot to the yabby, this resource provides an index to profiles of dozens of unique Australian animals. Each profile provides a picture along with information on the animal's behavior, habitat, diet and more.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Australian Fur Seal
This personal webpage from Unique Australian Animals offers a nice little description of the Australian Fur Seal. There are also several images of these seals included with the description.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Australian Numbat
Here's a webpage from Unique Australian Animals that offers a simple overview on the characteristics and lifestyles of the Australian Numbat, also known as the Banded Anteater.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Australian Magpie
Here's a webpage from Unique Australian Animals offering a nice description of the Australian Magpie. This easy to read overview also includes several images of various magpies.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Great White Sharks
At this site from Unique Australian Animals you can meet the one of the most feared animals of the ocean, the Great White Shark. Learn what Great Whites are really like by reading their description at this web page.
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Unique Australian Animals: Giant Australian Cuttlefish
The Unique Australian Animals site devotes a page with pictures and facts about the about the Giant Australian Cuttlefish.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Bogong Moths
This personal page from the Unique Australian Animals offers a nice description of the Bogong Moth along with some very detailed images.
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Unique Australian Animals: Bottlenosed Dolphin
This is a personal site from Unique Australian Animals that provides a simple description of a bottlenose dolphin.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Dugong
Unique Australian Animals introduces you to the dugong or sea cow, an mammal that is similar to the manatees found in Florida.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Goanna
This webpage from Unique Australian Animals offers a small description of the Goanna (Sand Monitor).
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Leadbeater's Possum
Unique Australian Animals profiles the marsupial mammal Leadbeater's possum with photos and text.
Unique Australian Animals
Unique Australian Animals: Mallee Fowl
Investigate the facts on this megapod, the Mallee Fowl. At this site from Unique Australian Animals, you'll find a nice overview on the Mallee Fowl along with several Mallee images.