This resource is a 14 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Australia: Country of Colour by Jess Racklyeft. This document contains 13 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 research sheets for: the Great Barrier Reef, the Bungle Bungle Range, Uluru, Mount Kosciuszko, Tarra-Bulga National Park, Bruny Island and Kati Thanda. There is also a separate research activity for students to do about one of the animals in the book which involves a planning sheet and a lined page for them to write an information report about their chosen animal. A sorting task is included as well, where students sort Australian animals and plants into colour groups. There is also a thinking creatively worksheet and a worksheet for students to use to record what they see when they go for a walk outside. This book is an excellent resource to use to when teaching students about Australian geography, landmarks, animals and plants. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book We Are Australians by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin and Jandamarra Cadd. This document contains 7 worksheets / activities for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are writing activities and an interviewing task. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point by Trina Saffioti and Maggie Prewett. 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, vocabulary activities (compound words, adjectives and comparatives and superlatives) plus a making connections task and a writing worksheet. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 39 page PDF document which contains an Australian Landmarks Bingo Game Set. There are 32 game boards, each one different so that up to 32 students can play at once. You could even have 33 students playing if one student was to take on the role of the Bingo Caller. Each bingo card features 25 squares with various natural and built Australian landmarks. The game also includes clue cards for the 44 different landmarks featured in the set, a record sheet for the Caller and instructions for how to play the game. This game is an excellent resource to use to teach students about Australia’s landmarks. This activity was written to support the new Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 39 page PDF document which contains a Landmarks of the United States Bingo Game Set. There are 32 game boards, each one different so that up to 32 students can play at once. You could even have 33 students playing if one student was to take on the role of the Bingo Caller. Each bingo card features 25 squares with various natural and built landmarks of the United States. The game also includes clue cards for the 44 different landmarks featured in the set, a recording sheet for the Caller and instructions for how to play the game. This game is an excellent resource to use to teach students about the landmarks in the United States. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 41 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Where Is the Great Barrier Reef by Nico Medina. This book is part of the Where Is? series. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. For each chapter there are two pages of comprehension questions. There are also two other worksheets for each chapter and these are activities such as vocabulary tasks, writing activities, a puzzle, a research task, timeline sequencing activity etc. Answer sheets are included for the comprehension questions the the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Our Dreaming by Kirli Saunders and Dub Leffler. 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, vocabulary activities (word meanings, adjectives and a word detective sheet) plus questions about the illustrations in the book. There is also an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. This book has been shortlisted for the 2023 CBCA Picture Book of the Year. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Kangaroo of Humpty Doo by Marcia Vaughan Crews and Louis Shea. 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 vocabulary activities (rhyming words, word building, adjectives alphabetical order and a word detective task) plus an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. There is a double-up of one worksheet because the pictures are provided in a colour version and also a black and white version for teachers who may not want to print in colour. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Iceberg by Claire Saxby and Jess Racklyeft. 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, a dictionary worksheet, vocabulary activities (comparatives and superlatives and a vocab search) and writing tasks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a twelve page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Sophie Scott Goes South by Alison Lester. There are eleven worksheets / activities for students in this resource. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are two pages of comprehension questions, a glossary activity plus writing and research activities. There is also a QR code activity which takes students to a videotitled Life in Antarctica. 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.

This resource is a 22 page PDF document with a research activity on twelve landmarks of Australia. The landmarks included are: the Great Barrier Reef the Sydney Harbour Bridge the Twelve Apostles the Bungle Bungle Range the Sydney Opera House Uluru the Three Sisters Wilpena Pound Parliament House Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Kata Tjuta / The Olgas 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 landmark they were given and record their information on their worksheet. The sheets look great displayed in the classroom when finished. Each worksheet is provided in a black and white version and also a colour version. 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 21 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book A is for Australia by Frane Lessac. This document contains 20 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 the letters E, F, H, I, O, V, X and Y which share a page. The activities are mostly writing activities. There are some pages which have comprehension questions. There are also a sorting activity for the ‘A’ page. There are research activities about Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Tasmanian tiger, the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme and camels in Australia. There is also a worksheet which requires students to visit the Taronga Zoo website for the ‘Z’ worksheet. This book is an excellent resource to use when teaching students about Australian natural and built landmarks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 14 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Camp Canberra by Krys Saclier and Cathy Wilcox. This document contains 13 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 three pages of comprehension questions and various other worksheets based on some of the places that the students visit on their trip to Canberra. This book is an excellent resource to use to prepare students for a school trip to Canberra! Read it before you go. If you aren’t going on a school trip to Canberra but just studying Australia’s capital, it is also an outstanding text to share with your students. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 15 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Come Together - Things Every Aussie Kid Should Know about the First Peoples by Isaiah Firebrace, Jaelyn Biumaiwai and Keisha Leon. This document contains 14 worksheets for students. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. The activities are mostly writing activities. There are some pages which have comprehension questions. There are research activities about David Unaipon and William Cooper and a QR code worksheet which takes students to a video about the Stolen Generations. There is also a worksheet which requires students to visit the Museum of Contemporary Art website. This book is an excellent resource to use to when teaching students about Australia’s First Nations People. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 13 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Aussie Kids - Meet Katie at the Beach by Rebecca Johnson and Lucia Masiullo. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are twelve worksheets, two for each chapter. This resource has been designed in this manner as this is the type of book that is often used for reading / literacy groups. This allows for the work to be completed as the students work their way through the text. Each chapter contains comprehension questions plus a vocabulary activity or writing activity. Answer sheets are included for the comprehension questions. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a 15 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Aussie Kids - Meet Zoe and Zac at the Zoo by Belinda Murrell and David Hardy. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are 14 worksheets, two for each chapter. This resource has been designed in this manner as this is the type of book that is often used for reading / literacy groups. This allows for the work to be completed as the students work their way through the text. Each chapter contains comprehension questions plus a vocabulary activity or writing activity. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Road to Goonong by David Cox. 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, vocabulary activities ( compound words, dictionary work, suffixes, similes and synonyms), a Venn diagram task, research questions about the Great Depression and questions about droughts plus two writing worksheets. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document featuring 4 puzzles for students about Antarctica. These puzzles are a fun way of reinforcing learning. There are 4 different puzzles and 4 answer sheets for teachers. The puzzles would be great to use as an activity to reinforce learning or as a fun homework task. They could even be used as motivational activities for students to work on if they complete other work quickly. The puzzles are: Easy Threesy Puzzle - Students have to solve clues, all of which are nine letter words. These words are solved by putting together three letter combinations to solve the puzzle. Word Scramble Puzzle - Students put the letters in the right order to spell the names of Antarctic explorers. Word Knockout Puzzle - Students knock out the names of Antarctic animals to find the hidden word. Fill-In Puzzle - Using Antarctic words, students fill in the puzzle sheet so that all of the words fit. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a six page PDF document containing three designs to be used for title pages for a unit on Antarctica. The first two designs are about ‘Antarctica’ and the third design is about ‘Douglas Mawson’. There are three different layouts. All of the designs are in black and white and also in colour so that teachers can choose which one they would like to use. The title pages are suitable for A4 workbooks but of course can easily be reduced or enlarged on the photocopier to suit the size of other workbooks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.