This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Find Out About… Animal Babies by Martin Jenkins and Jane McGuinness. This document contains six worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions and activities which relate to the animals mentioned in the book. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Dingo by Claire Saxby and Tannya Harricks. The resource contains nine worksheets. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, index and vocabulary activities but most of the worksheets focus on using this book to teach students how to write information reports. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Ice Bear by Nicola Davies and Gary Blythe. The resource contains nine worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, an index task and a compound words activitiy and the other worksheets focus on using this book to teach students how to write information reports. This book is part of the Nature Storybooks series. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Surprising Sharks by Nicola Davies and James Croft. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are comprehension questions, index and vocabulary activities. There is also an information report writing activity and an activity where students need to identify different types of sharks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Big Red Kangaroo by Claire Saxby and Graham Byrne. There are six worksheets / activities for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are some comprehension questions, index and vocabulary activities but most of the worksheets focus on using this book to teach students how to write information reports. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 31 page PDF file of information worksheets for students learning about the animals of Australia. There are 30 pages of well-known Australian animals plus 1 blank worksheet which could be used for any other Australian animal that you would like to include. The animals included are: echidna kangaroo emu kookaburra platypus funnel-web spider cockatoo bilby galah saltwater crocodile koala blue-tongue lizard goanna rainbow lorikeet numbat blue-ringed octopus quoll frilled-neck lizard tiger snake redback spider ringtail possum sugar glider long-necked turtle tawny frogmouth bearded dragon thorny devil leadbeater’s possum wedge-tail eagle leafy seadragon helmeted honeyeater Each sheet has the same formatting and asks students to record information about what the animal eats, where it lives, what it has covering its body and how it moves. Each sheet also asks students to colour in their animal and label the different parts of its body. These sheets are quite simple and would be best used with Kindergarten and Stage 1 students. These sheets look great displayed around the classroom when finished. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 15 page PDF document with a research activity on 14 different endangered Australian animals. The animals included are a mix of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish. The teacher just has to print off the sheets and give one to each student / group in the class. Each sheet asks for similar information so all students are doing a similar research activity. Students can then research the particular animal they were given and record their information on their worksheet. The sheets look great displayed in the classroom when finished. There is a blank sheet so teachers can get students to research another endangered animal if needed. This activity was written to use with the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 22 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book A is for Australian Reefs by Frane Lessac. This document contains 21 worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There is one activity for each alphabetical page mentioned in the book, with the exception of I & J (Irukandji and Jellyfish) which share an activity and also the letters K, Q, V, X, Y and Z which also share a page. The activities are mostly writing activities. There are some pages which have comprehension questions. There are also adjectives activities for the eels and dolphin pages. There is a research page for molluscs and a drawing activity at the end of the resource. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.