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Quest for Tree Kangaroo
A three-day assessment challenges scholars to read a passage from an informational text then complete two activities that lead to a writing assignment. Day one and two begin as readers independently read a passage and tag the most...
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What Can They Do?
In this language arts worksheet, students answer 10 questions either with "No, they can't!" or "Yes, they can!" Example: "Can crocodiles climb trees? No, they can't!" Students then look at 5 picture clues and write something the person...
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Week 7: Animal Adaptations - Bird Beaks
Students use tools to represent bird beaks and pick up different types of food with them in order to discover which beak would help the bird survive depending on their food type.
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Why Koala Has A Stumpy Tail
Students practice reading comprehension of an Australian folktale. In this Australian folktale lesson, students read the story, Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail, before completing retells with character puppets, discussing friendship, and...
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Aboriginal Plant Use in South-Eastern Australia
The Aboriginal people of Australia survived for over 40,000 years by using the plants that grow in the bush for food, medicine, tools, and utensils. Introduce young botanists to the wonders of the Outback with a 25-page packet that...
Soft Schools
Similes and Metaphors
Do your kids a little more practice identifying similes and metaphors? This activity can be used as extra practice, for homework, or as part of a group activity
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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Quiz: Australian Animals
In this science worksheet, 3rd graders will focus on animals of Australia. Students will respond to nine true/false questions all pertaining to various animals which reside in Australia.
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Australia - reading
For this Australia worksheet, students read the paragraph about Australia and complete multiple choice questions about it. Students complete 5 questions total.
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Beginning Sounds
Kindergarteners recognize words that begin with the same sound. In this word study lesson, they identify initial consonant sounds in words written on the board and write another word with the same beginning sound. Also, there is a...
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Animals You Can See at the Zoo
In this zoo animal activity, students read facts about different zoo animals then answer questions regarding the different animals.
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Rain Forest Babies: comprehension skills
In this comprehension skills worksheet, 2nd graders read the book Rain Forest Babies and complete comprehension activities. Students complete 5 activities including note taking, compare and contrast, and personal opinion.
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Power Point Lesson Plan
Students create a multimedia animal research presentation based on the include criteria for both information and sideshow format. They follow directions on slide set-up from creating a slide to transitions and musical insertion.
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Heredity Worksheet #4
In this genetics worksheet, students use a pedigree to determine if any of the offspring carry a recessive trait. This worksheet has 5 fill in the blank and 5 short answer questions.
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Quiz: Animals of the Desert
In this science worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice quiz about desert animals. The answers are provided with explanations upside down on the page.
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"K" Letter Ideas
Students practice with the letter K and use the Internet to help them expand their usage of "K" words.
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Ag In The Outfield
Young scholars explore baseball. This is a cross-curricular plan that includes math, history, and agriculture. Pupils use their five senses to observe the materials a baseball is made from and identify the agricultural products used. In...
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Dr. Seuss Activity: "I Can Read With My Eyes Shut"
In this Dr. Seuss worksheet, students read a passage from the story, then write sentences with words given from the book about what they can do.
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Animal Fun
Pupils improve the skill of jumping and landing using 10 poly spots, 10 dome cones, 15 cones, 12 foam bowling pins and 6 yardsticks.
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Survival
Students 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.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Doria's Tree Kangaroo
Doria's tree kangaroos are the heaviest tree-dwelling marsupials in the world. They can perform some impressive leaps of around 10 meters between trees and 18 meters to the ground. Learn more about the droid's tree-kangaroo in this...
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
World Wildlife Fund: Red Kangaroo
This resource provides information about red kangaroos.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Plum Landing: The Kangaroo
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.
Other
Zoos Victoria: Animal Profiles
Learn all about many of the different animals in the zoo including many little known facts. Profiled are the dingo, koala, meerkat, platypus, tree kangaroo, and many more.