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Shaky New Zealand

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore Earth science by building a model in class. In this tectonic plate lesson, students identify the impact tectonic shifts have on humans and animals and where the plates and faults lie under New Zealand. Students examine...
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Aboriginal Dreamtime Symbols

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students create their own dreamtime symbols in the style of modern Aboriginal culture. They are told that aboriginal art is very important in native Australian culture. Students locate Australia on a world map. They find pictures of...
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Reader's Theater

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study sequencing while reading an Australian folk tale. In this sequencing lesson students read a folk tale using Reader's Theater and discuss what happened first, second and last. Students also create animal ears and noses...
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Case Study - An Ecotour

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars plan an ecotour of the Australian rainforest. They prepare fact sheets about animals, create a mural, prepare a advertising brochure and a guided tour of the rainforest.
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Food Webs

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students research rainforest animals and use that information to make a flow chart to show the order in which energy is transferred through several organisms. They label the producers, consumers, and decomposers in their chart.
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Hollow Hilton

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students identify animals that depend on their environment for survival. They describe the relationship between living things. They draw or write an explanation of their findings.
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Logic Puzzle-- Going to the Zoo

For Students 4th - 5th
In this logic worksheet, students solve a logic puzzle about the favorite animals and the T shirt color for five friends. Using the chart which is provided, students use logic to decide who liked what animal and wore which shirt.
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Australia: Introductory Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Australia. In this global studies instructional activity, 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...
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Activities Using Music From Saint-Saens & Moussorgsky

For Teachers K - 3rd
Student create a fish and listen to music while imagining their fish are swimming.  In this music lesson, students identify instruments played and move their fish to the movement.  Students work with kangaroos and elephants...
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Survival

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars identify characteristics of Australia, Africa and Antarctica and compare and contrast them to each other. They work together to identify adaptations that animals have used to survive. They also practice classifying animals.
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Predator Prey Population Links

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders relate population of animals to its available food supply. They participate in an experiment and gather information. They use the data to draw conclusions.
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Survival Features

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify features of producers, herbivores and carnivores. They discuss the features that aid in survival for those animals. They organize animals into categories to complete the lesson.
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G'Day Mate

For Teachers K
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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Geography Project: Australia

For Students 3rd - 5th
A presentation packed with project ideas and research questions encourages viewers to use images to describe Australia's climate, leisure activities, location, interesting facts, culture, and landmarks.  Learners combine...
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What Do Koalas Need to Survive?

For Teachers 1st
First graders take a field trip and examine the Koala and his habitat.  In this Koala instructional activity, 1st graders read Possum Magic and discuss the foods of Australia.  Students view the habitat of a Koala and record...
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Paddlefish Panorama Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of multiple choice trivia questions about the Paddlefish. Page has a link to answers.
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Dog Breed Nicknames-Trivia Quiz

For Students 4th - 7th
In this online quiz worksheet, students answer a set of questions about nicknames of breeds of dogs. Answers may be submitted for review by clicking a link at the bottom of the page.
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Amazing Australia (Grade K)

For Teachers 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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Food Webs in a Pond

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore food chains and food webs in a pond and identify common creatures found in ponds. They look for tadpoles, fish, mites and other creatures in a pond during a field trip for first hand research.
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Forest Ecosystem

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students become familiar with the temperate rainforest.  In this forest ecosystem lesson plan, students identify the producers, consumers and decomposers in the forest ecosystem.  Students sort cards and identify the trophic...
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Continents of the World

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in a instructional activity 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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The Rainforest Community

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars create a miniature rainforest ecosystem, a terrarium. Students then explain how the continuous flow of energy and food in the ecosystem allows it to sustain itself.
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Pyramid of Biomass

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students interpret data to demonstrate biomass and number pyramids. They use information to draw conclusions and examine an example of biological magnification.
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Island Biogeography

For Teachers 6th - 12th
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...

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