This resource is a five page PDF document of worksheets and activities for students to complete based on the book Meet… Captain Cook by Rae Murdie and Chris Nixon. This resource contains three worksheets for students and one teacher answer sheet. The worksheets include two pages of comprehension questions and a writing activity. Teacher answers are included for relevant activities. This book is an excellent resource to use for a unit on early explorers of Australia. It outlines Captain Cook’s Endeavour journey in an exciting and interesting way for students. This book was short listed in the Eve Pownall Award for Information Books category for 2014. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a PDF file of an activity where students can make a concertina-style book about James Cook’s Endeavour Voyage of 1768-1771. This resource is one page long. The students cut out and fold the page to create the book. There are instructions given at the top of the page. Four pages of the book detail the main facts of James Cook’s voyage of discovery. The other two pages of the book provide some background information about James Cook and the HMS Endeavour. When the book is completed, it is designed to be glued into the student’s workbook on the last page. This activity is a fun way for students to learn a little bit more about Captain Cook and was designed to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document containing designs to be used for title pages for a unit on the early explorers of Australia. The first four worksheets have one explorer on each - William Dampier, James Cook, Abel Tasman and Dirk Hartog. The final page has all four explorers on it. There are also colour versions of these title pages included. Students can either colour the worksheet and glue it into their book or place it underneath the page and trace the design, then colour their work. Teachers can also just print off the pages in colour for students if preferred. 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.

This resource is a seven page PDF document about the English explorer James Cook’s Endeavour voyage. The first page is the story of James Cook and his journey. There are also four activity pages included in this resource. The last two pages of this resource are the answer sheets for the teacher. One of the activities included would work well with the use of ipads in the classroom as it has a QR code that links to a video about the Endeavour voyage. This activity was written to use with the Australian Curriculum History K-10 Syllabus. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a set of 30 Human Body trivia questions with answers. This PDF is 6 pages long with 10 questions per page. The first three pages are for student use and the last three pages are the questions with the answers for the teacher. This resource can be used as a fun research activity for students, a whole class game where students compete to get the most answers correct or as an assessment tool at the conclusion of a unit on the human body. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a PDF file of a written test for Kindergarten which assesses the movement concepts of pushing and pulling, bouncing, sliding, spinning and rolling. This test is two pages long. On the first page students have to distinguish between whether the pictures are showing the force of pushing or pulling. On the second page students have to draw and label an object for the following movement concepts: roll, spin, slide and bounce. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a set of 30 Insect trivia questions with answers. This PDF is 6 pages long with 10 questions per page. The first three pages are for student use and the last three pages are the questions with the answers for the teacher. This resource can be used as a fun research activity for students, a whole class game where students compete to get the most answers correct or as an assessment tool at the conclusion of a unit on Insects. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Dear Greenpeace by Simon James. 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 and contractions), a making connections worksheet and two writing tasks. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Can’t Catch Me! by Timothy Knapman and Simona Ciraolo. 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 worksheets of vocabulary activities (comparative and superlatives, contractions, tense, synonyms, adjectives and word building) plus an antonym puzzle. There is a teacher answer sheet for the puzzle. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a ten page PDF document which contains a Blends Bingo game. There are eight game boards, each one different so that up to eight students can play at once. You could even have nine students playing if one student was to take on the role of the Bingo Caller who calls out each sound blend. Each bingo card features eight squares with various pictures which begin with the blend cards. The blends included in this game are: pl fl bl gl sl cl dr cr gr pr fr br tr sw sp sn st sk sm tw The game also includes blend cards for the 20 different sound blends featured in the set. These cards are used by the Bingo Caller. This game is an excellent resource to use to help students with their basic sound blends. If this is printed on cardboard and laminated it can be used over and over again each year. 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 an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Speedy Sloth by Rebecca Young and Heath McKenzie. 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 (rhyming words, adjectives, contractions, compound words and comparatives and superlatives) and a writing task. There is a double-up of one worksheet because the pictures are provided in colour and there is also a version with black and white pictures for those teachers that may not wish to print in colour. This book has been chosen as the National Simultaneous Storytime text for 2023. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Little People, Big Dreams - Queen Elizabeth by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara and Melissa Lee Johnson. 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 sequencing task and research activity plus a fill-in puzzle. The first six pages of this resource are for student use and the last page is a teacher answer page for 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 Found by Sam Usher. 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 (comparatives and superlatives, synonyms, compound words and sentence building) and a writing task. There is also a sequencing activity too. There is a double-up of one worksheet because the picture is provided in colour and there is also a version with a black and white picture for those teachers that may not wish to print in colour. 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 seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Storm by Sam Usher. 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 (contractions, alliteration, adjectives and word building) and a writing task. There is also a drawing activity too. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Free by Sam Usher. 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 and verbs) and a procedure writing task. There is also a making connections activity and a drawing activity too. Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.

This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Giant Pandas by Gail Gibbons. There are seven worksheets included in this resource. The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the text. There are comprehension questions and vocabulary activities (adjectives and adverbs). There is also a pre-reading activity and three writing tasks. 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 PDF file of an Insect or Spider? sort where students have to sort out different types of insects or spiders and sort them into the two different groups. This resource is four pages long. The first page provides the table for students to glue the pictures into. The second page contains all of the insect and spider pictures (black and white) the students need to sort. The third page has the same insect and spider pictures but this time in colour. The last page is an answer sheet for the teacher. You can choose whether you would like to use the black and white pictures or the colour ones. We thought this would be helpful for teachers that don’t have access to a colour photocopier or may have limits on how much colour photocopying they can do. This resource could also be used as an assessment activity. 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.