Who or what is an Australian? Discover a plethora of student-centered, engaging activity ideas on the question of Australian identity, organized according to five major themes: people, symbols, place, sport, and words.

If you have an interactive whiteboard and need a great activity to use during Harmony Day, look no further. Children can make a Harmony Day e-card, watch three different videos, explore a pinboard full of statistics and facts, or play...

Students read about old telephone books are being recycled to make new objects and then answer short answer questions about it. In this recycling lesson plan, students also look into their books to find information.

For this activity, students conduct an experiment to investigate how difficult it is to clean up an oil spill. There is a comprehensive list of observation questions for students to respond to.

A project intended to introduce students to the architecture in the world around them. Topics include but are not limited to: Your House and Your Environment, Building Elements and Materials, and Indigenous Housing. The project focuses...

Read about octopuses and squids. Learn about their tentacles and other parts of the body.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about an Australian instrument called a didgeridoo. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

An experiment to investigate how bacteria causes oil to degrade over time, a process that helps the ocean slowly recover from an oil spill.

Present eight different activities that can be set up as stations for students to investigate light refraction.

BBC Wildfacts profiles the eastern kangaroo of Australia with photographs and a fact sheet.

This PBS Kids activity is an extension of a Plum Landing episode featuring Australia and its kangaroos. Using the online tools, students will draw pictures of trees that would shade kangaroos.

This resource provides information about koala bears.

Creative site that collects Native American and Australian Aboriginal tales, retelling them in an easy-to-read style. Also collects animal stories, such as how the zebra got its stripes, from kids from all over the world. Includes links...

Through links all over the globe, we will create a new sense of global citizens who have pride in this beautiful planet and tolerance of all people.

In this web quest, students are asked to research three dinosaurs from Australia, determine which is the most dangerous and present their findings.

This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...

Use this site to find out how deserts are formed, where the largest desert is located and if there are different types of deserts.

Could you handle currency if you were in Canada, Mexico, England, Europe, Australia, or the U.S.? Choose a currency, choose a skill level, and start counting your money.

Online exhibit that traces the life and career of Australia's first prime minister, Edmund Barton.