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Written by Sylvia Cilas. Illustrated by Terry Allen. © Ready-Ed Publications - 2003. Revised edition published 2008. Published by Ready-Ed Publications (2003) P.O. Box 276 Greenwood W.A. 6024 COPYRIGHT NOTICE Permission is granted for the purchaser to photocopy sufficient copies for non-commercial educational purposes. However, this permission is not transferable and applies only to the purchasing individual or institution. ISBN 978 1 86397 555 1

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Links to Outcome Statements

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This set of blackline masters has been designed to provide unique and engaging mapping activities which form part of a Society and Environment program. Unlike other mapping books, the activities allow students to create their own grid co-ordinate maps of all the Australian states and territories by plotting co-ordinates on square grids. After students have created each state/territory map, a further sequence of activities allows the development of skills and knowledge in the following areas: 1. The atlas – using an atlas to locate and label major cities and towns, and land and coastal features of each state including rivers, deserts, gulfs, seas, mountains and lakes. 2. Compass directions – giving directions using the compass points: N, S, E, W, NW, NE, SW, SE. 3. Emblems – creating animal emblem co-ordinate drawings of each state/territory and learning more about these animals through a series of language activities including cloze, crosswords, word searches, dictionary meanings, antonyms, homophones and others. Through the series of activities presented, students will gain knowledge of Australia’s places, physical features and native animals in a very interesting, stimulating and imaginative way.

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Society and Environment/HSIE Level 3 Place and Space 2.4 Related Outcomes: Uses an atlas to locate major towns and cities within Australian States and Territories. Understands the concept of alpha-numeric grid references on a map. Uses compass directions to describe locations of places. English Level 2 Reading and Viewing, Texts 2.5, Writing Texts 2.9 Related Outcomes: Completes simple cloze activities using given words. Understands the concepts of synonyms, antonyms and other word skills. Mathematics Level 2 Space 2.8 Related Outcome: Interprets alpha-numeric grid coordinates in order to plot simple 2D shapes.

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The links above refer to material from the relevant National Curriculum Profile documents. These documents are published by: Curriculum Corporation, St. Nicholas Place, 141 Rathdowne St, Carlton, Victoria, 3053 www.curriculum.edu.au/catalog/primary.htm

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Contents

Teacher Notes

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Australia

New South Wales

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Co-ordinates Mapping & Compass Directions Koala Emblem Koala Activity Page

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Co-ordinates Mapping & Compass Directions Platypus Emblem Platypus Activity Page

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Victoria

Co-ordinates Mapping & Compass Directions Leadbeater’s Possum Emblem Leadbeater’s Possum Activity Page

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Queensland

Co-ordinates Mapping & Compass Directions Emu Emblem Emu Activity Page

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Co-ordinates 22 © Ready EdPubl i cat i ons Mapping & Compass Directions 23 Hairy Nosed Wombat Emblem 24 •f orr evi e w p u r p o s e s o n l y Hairy Nosed Wombat Activity Page 25 •

Northern Territory

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Co-ordinates Mapping & Compass Directions Red Kangaroo Emblem Red Kangaroo Activity Page

Western Australia

Tasmania

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Co-ordinates Mapping & Compass Directions Numbat Emblem Numbat Activity Page

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Australian Capital Territory

Co-ordinates Mapping & Compass Directions Tasmanian Devil Emblem Tasmanian Devil Activity Page Co-ordinates Mapping & Compass Directions Cockatoo Emblem Cockatoo Activity Page

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Answers

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Grid Template Blank Map of Australia

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Teachers’ Notes

This book contains fully reproducible blackline masters, which are clearly divided into each state and territory of Australia, with three activity pages to accompany each state, as follows:

1. Co-ordinates’ Pages

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2. Mapping/Compass Directions’ Pages

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Co-ordinates are provided which create a map of the given state/territory; Instructions are given to students on how to plot co-ordinates; Numbers represent cities, towns, land and coastal features; Numbers are used in conjunction with mapping/atlas work on the next page; A compass point is provided which is needed to complete the questions on the next page of activities; Students learn about the physical layout of each state/territory; Students develop fine-motor skills when plotting co-ordinates (using a ruler).

Initial letters are given of cities, towns, land and coastal features. Students refer back to their completed maps to locate these features in an atlas; Once features have been located, students use the compass point to answer a series of questions such as: What direction is it from Adelaide to Brisbane? True or False? Queensland is south-east from Western Australia. Students gain knowledge of the location of each capital city and major towns. Students learn about the bodies of water surrounding Australia, the highest mountain in each state, and land and coastal features; Students develop atlas skills and how to use compass points to describe the proximity of places.

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3. Animal Emblem Pages

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Co-ordinates are provided which create a drawing of the animal emblem of each state and territory; Instructions are given to students on how to plot co-ordinates; Students learn the names of each state animal emblem.

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Each state/territory animal emblem is explored through a variety of language activities; These include cloze, alphabetical order, homophones, antonyms, crosswords, word searches, dictionary meanings, true or false, words within words, and jumbled words; Students colour a distribution map showing where the animal is located in Australia.

How To Plot Co-ordinates

A set of co-ordinates consists of two numbers within a set of brackets (6, 3). The first number refers to the ‘x’ axis or horizontal line. The second number refers to the ‘y’ axis or vertical line.

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To plot the co-ordinate (6, 3) do the following:

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1. Find ‘6’ on the horizontal line. 2. Find ‘3’ on the vertical line. 3. Put a ‘dot’ where the two lines meet.

Connecting a series of co-ordinates:

What does ****** mean?

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Always join a new dot to the previous dot and keep progressing in this manner. The only exception being when the symbol ****** appears.

This means that the next co-ordinate point does not join to the previous one. Some designs are completed in one continuous line, while others are not. For those that do not, it is necessary to stop the line at various points and begin another part of the design. For example, if doing an animal, you may draw the head and then stop there before going on to draw a tail, (obviously the head and tail should not be connected).

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Australia

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START (8, 16) (7, 14) (5, 14) (4, 12) (0, 10) (0, 8) (2, 4)

(6, 5) (8, 6) (10, 5) (10, 4) (11, 5) (12, 3) (14,2) (16,3)

(18,7) (18,9) (15,12) (15,14) (13,16) (13,14) (12,13) (10,14)

(10,16) (8,16) ****** (7,9) (12,9) (12,3) ****** (12,5)

(16,3) ****** (12,7) (18,7) ****** (7,14) (7,6) ******

(11,13) (11,9) END

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Draw a map of Australia by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet. Draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line. The numbers on the map are names of places in Australia. Find these in an atlas.

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Activity

Mapping

Australia

Compass Directions

Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of Australia:

Use your completed map of Australia to answer these questions.

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W..........A..........

N..........T..........

Q..........

N..........S.......... W..........

A..........C.......... T..........

V..........

What direction is it from:

S..........A..........

1 . Northern Territory to South Australia?

T ..........

2 . Tasmania to Western Australia? © R e a d y E d P............................................................... ubl i cat i ons P..........O.......... C . .• . . .f .o . . .r . Sr .e . . .v . .i .e . .w . 3. r Indian Ocean Tasman pu po setos onSea? l y•

Use these directions:

•south •north-east •north •west •east •south-east •north-west •south-west

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T..........S ..........

10. 11.

12. T . . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . . . . . .

13. G . . . . . . . . . . of C . . . . . . . . . . 14. A . . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . . . . . .

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15. T . . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . . . . . . 16. I . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . .

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............................................................... 4 . Coral Sea to Great Australian Bight?

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............................................................... 5 . Victoria to New South Wales?

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6 . Queensland is south-west from the Arafura Sea .............................................

Golden Wattle Floral Emblem of Australia

7 . Torres Strait is north from Victoria ............................................................... 8 . Timor Sea is north-west from New South Wales ............................................ 9 . Gulf of Carpentaria is south-east from Western Australia .....................................

10. 10.Australian Capital Territory is south from Queensland .............................................

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Emu

Emblem of Australia

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START (3,0) (1,2) (1,3) (2,4) (5,3)

(6,4) (6,5) (3,12) (3,16) (7,21) (9,21)

(9,16) (16,16) (16,15) ****** (10,15) (17,15)

(17,12) (16,14) (10,14) (11,12) (11,9) (8,3)

(6,2) (3,2) (3,0) END

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Draw the emu emblem of Australia by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet, then draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line.

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Activity Page

Emu

Emblem of Australia

Cloze Activity The emu is found on the Australian Coat of Arms. Find out some information about the emu. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

Antonyms are words opposite in meaning. Find antonyms for these words in the description of the emu.

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Appearance

Emus have grey-brown feathers and long legs which help them to . . . . . . . . . . very fast. They stand 2 metres tall and weigh 40 kg.

slow

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smallest

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before

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light

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walk

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short

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Choose from these hundreds bird only toes chicks run weeks fruits nest

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Antonyms

Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt different. Find homophones for hese words in the description of the emu.

© ReadyEdPu bl i c at i ons bean ............................................ wono ............................................ •f orr evi ew pur p se sonl y• Feeding Each foot has 3 . . . . . . . . . . . They are the world’s second largest . . . . . . . . . . .

Emus eat . . . . . . . . , seeds, insects, flowers

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and grass. They move around in . . . . . . . . .

flour

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of food and water and have been known to

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travel . . . . . . . . . . of kilometres.

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Colour the map of Australia to show where the emu can be found.

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Emus . . . . . . . . . . between 5 to 20 eggs at one time. The eggs are dark green and are

laid in a . . . . . . . . . . made from grass and weeds. The male emu sits on the eggs for 8 . . . . . . . . . . . Emu . . . . . . . . . . are cream-coloured with dark stripes.

Habitat The emu is . . . . . . . . . . found in Australia. It . . . . . . . . . throughout most of Australia, but not in rainforests or very arid areas. 9

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Queensland

Draw a map of Queensland by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet. Draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line. The numbers on the map are names of places in Queensland. Find these in an atlas.

Co-ordinates

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START (4, 23) (4, 17) (3, 15) (2, 14) (1, 15) (0, 15) (0, 4) (3, 4) (3, 0) (12, 0) (13, 1) (14, 0) (15, 0) (16, 1) (17, 1) (16, 4) (16, 5) (15, 6) (14, 8) (13, 8) (12, 10) (12, 11) (10, 12) (9, 13) (9, 15) (8, 17) (6, 19) (6, 20) (5, 22) (4, 23) END

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Mapping

Queensland

Compass Directions

Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of Queensland:

Use your completed map of Queensland to answer these questions.

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1. B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Use these directions:

•south •north-east •north •west •east •south-east •north-west •south-west

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2. R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4. Mt B . . . . . . . . . . F . . . . . . ....

What direction is it from:

5. C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1. Rockhampton to Cape York Peninsula? ...............................................................

6. G . . . . . . . . .B . . . . . . . . . R..................

2. Cairns to Townsville? ...............................................................

8. F . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . . .

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9. G . . . . . . . . . D . . . . . . . . . R.................. 10. W . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . . .

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. .............................................................. 5. Great Barrier Reef to Flinders River? ...............................................................

True or False?

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6. Townsville is south-east from Cape York Peninsula. ................................................ 7. Warrego River is west from Brisbane. ............................................................... 8. Rockhampton is east from Flinders River. . ...............................................................

Cooktown Orchid Floral Emblem of Queensland

9. Cairns is north-west from Townsville. ............................................................... 10. Mt Bartle Frere is south from the Great Dividing Range ........................................

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Emblem of Queensland

Koala

****** (8, 2) (7, 3) (4, 12) ****** (9, 1)

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START (4, 16) (2, 21) (0, 21) (5, 1) (5, 0)

(10, 0) (18, 4) ****** (13, 0) (17, 2) ******

(8, 4) (8, 6) ****** (14, 2) (15, 3) (16, 6)

(15, 9) (13,13) (12,14) ****** (12,3) (10,5)

(9,5) (8,4) (8,2) (6,2) (6,1) (8,0) (10,2) ****** (7,18) (6,15) (6,13)

(7,12) (10,12) (12,14) (13,16) ****** (13,13) (15,15) (15,16) (14,17) (12,17) (10,18)

(9,18) (7,20) (6,20) (5,19) (5,16) (6,15) ****** (11,7) (10,6) (8,6) (2,15)

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(2,16) (3,15) (3,16) (4,15) (4,16) (5,15) (6,12) (8,10) END

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Draw the koala emblem of Queensland by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line.

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Koala

Emblem of Queensland

Cloze Activity Find out some information about the animal emblem of Queensland, the koala. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

Koalas have round faces with small almond . . . . . . . . .eyes. Their fur is a grey-brown . . . . . . . . .with a white underbelly. Male . . . . . . . . .can weigh up to 12 kg.

Feeding

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old

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female

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black

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front

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father

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Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning. Find antonyms of these words in the description of koalas.

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Choose from these words: shaped ready live trees koalas found drink years branches ride colour develop

Appearance

Antonyms

Alphabetical Order

Write these words about koalas in alphabetical order:

eucalypt 1.i .............................. © ReadyEdPu bl i cat o ns pouch 2. .............................. . . . . . . . . . . They rest for most of the day in •f orr evi ew pur p oses3.o nl y• forest .............................. the forks of large tree . . . . . . . . . . Koalas Koalas eat mostly the leaves of eucalypt

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leaves

5. ..............................

branches

6. ..............................

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trees

7. .............................. .

Koalas are . . . . . . . . . to have young when

water

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they are two . . . . . . . . . of age. It takes 35

Distribution Map

water they need from the leaves that they eat.

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do not . . . . . . . . . water, as they get the

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days for a baby koala to . . . . . . . . . . The

young koala grows in its mother’s pouch for

Colour the map to show where koalas are found in Australia.

6 months and then . . . . . . . . . on their mother’s backs.

Habitat Koalas . . . . . . . . throughout eucalypt forests of South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. They can also be . . . . . . . . . along the east coast of Australia.

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New South Wales

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START (1, 14) (1, 7) (2, 7) (5, 4) (9, 4)

(10, 3) (10, 2) (12, 1) (12, 2) (15, 8) (16, 9)

(17, 11) (17, 12) (18, 14) (18, 15) (17, 15) (16, 14)

(15, 14) (13, 15) (12, 14) (1, 14) END

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Draw a map of New South Wales by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. The numbers on the map are names of places in New South Wales. Find these in an atlas.

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New South Wales

Mapping Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of New South Wales:

Compass Directions Use your completed map of New South Wales to answer these questions.

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1. S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Mt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

•south •north-east •north •west •east •south-east •north-west •south-west

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Use these directions:

4. A . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . . T.................. 5. B . . . . . . . . . M . . . . . . . . . 6. N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. C . . . . . . . . . H . . . . . . . . .

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2. W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What direction is it from:

1. Sydney to Blue Mountains? ............................................................... 2. Coffs Harbour to Mt Kosciuszko? ...............................................................

8. D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

10. D . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . . .

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Waratah Floral Emblem of New South Wales

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4. Dubbo to Newcastle? ............................................................... 5. Blue Mountains to Dubbo? ...............................................................

True or False?

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6. Lachlan River is west from Blue Mountains ............................................... 7. ACT is north from Mt Kosciuszko. ............................................................... 8. Newcastle is north-west from Coffs Harbour ................................................... 9. Dubbo is south-east from ACT. ............................................................... 10. Sydney is east from Lachlan River. ...............................................................

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Plotting the Co-ordinates Emblem of New South Wales

Platypus

Draw the platypus emblem of New South Wales by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line. Co-ordinates

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START (6,19) (7,22) (7,25) (6,25) (5,22) (3,20) (1,14) (1,11) (3,7) (1,3) (2,0) (4,1) (6,5) (7,5) (7,3) (8,2) (9,3) (9,5) (8,6) (7,6) (8,8) (8,9) (7,11) ****** (8,9) (10,9) (10,11) (8,13) (8,16) (6,19) ****** (3,20) (4,19) (6,19) END

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Platypus

Emblem of New South Wales

Cloze Activity Find out some information about the animal emblem of New South Wales, the platypus. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

Find the meanings of these words in a dictionary.

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Choose from these Australia lay duck’s webbed dawn leaves leathery rivers water

words: rest worms waterproof

1. monotreme ......................................... ..........................................................

2. dusk ................................................... ..........................................................

3. dawn .................................................. ..........................................................

Appearance

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Dictionary Meanings

4. shrimp ................................................

The platypus has a bill that looks like a . . . . . . . . . bill and is soft and rubbery. They are covered with soft, . . . . . . . . . fur. Their feet are . . . . . . . which allows them to paddle in the water.

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Homophones

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt different. Find homophones for these words in the description of the platypus.

© ReadyEdP ubl i c at i ons four ......................................... Their bill helps them to find food. They look for peace ......................................... •f or r e vi ew pur pose sonl y• Feeding

The platypus eats yabbies, shrimps and . . . . . . .

and lakes. They store the food in pouches in their cheeks and then eat the food when they

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reach the surface of the . . . . . . . . .

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The platypus is a monotreme. They . . . . . eggs

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rather than giving birth to young. The eggs are

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soft and . . . . . . . . . like a reptile’s and about

the size of a 5 cent piece. The eggs are laid in a

nest of wet . . . . . . . . . and grass inside a burrow.

Habitat

The platypus is only found in eastern . . . . . . . where they live on the edges of rivers and lakes. They . . . . . . . . .during the day and become more active after dusk and before . . . . . . . . . .

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Victoria

Co-ordinates

Draw a map of Victoria by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet. Draw a line to join each dot. The numbers on the map are names of places in Victoria. Find these in an atlas.

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(14,1) (16,3) (19,3) (19,4)

(17,6) (16,8) (13,9) (10,9)

(8,8) (7,10) (6,11) (4,12)

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Mapping

Compass Directions

Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of Victoria:

Use your completed map of Victoria to answer these questions.

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1. M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Y . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . . . 3. P . . . . . . . . . P . . . . . . . . . B..................

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Victoria

4. G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What direction is it from: 1. Bendigo to Mt Bogong?

6. B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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7. B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

2. Mildura to Ballarat? ...............................................................

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8. Mt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9.

10. M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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6. Mildura is north-west from Port Phillip Bay. ......................................................... 7. Geelong is north from Bendigo. ............................................................... 8. Melbourne is south from Geelong. ............................................................... 9. Ballarat is north-east from Warrnambool ........................................... 10. Melbourne is south-east from Mildura. ...............................................................

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Emblem of Victoria

Leadbeater’s Possum

Draw the Leadbeater’s possum emblem of Victoria by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line. Co-ordinates

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Emblem of Victoria

Cloze Find out some information about the animal emblem of Victoria, the Leadbeater’s possum. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

Words Within Words Find 6 smaller words inside the letters of:

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Leadbeater’s possum

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Alphabetical Order

Appearance

Leadbeater’s possums have brown-grey . . . . . . . . . with a black stripe along their backs. Their tail is . . . . . . . . . like a club and they look similar to a sugar glider. The length of

Write these words about Leadbeater’s possums in alphabetical order: insects .................... flowers

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hollows

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litter

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mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . forest

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and naked and crawl into the mother’s pouch and attach themselves to a . . . . . . . . . .

They leave their mother at 10 months of age and they can live to be 10 years old.

Habitat Leadbeater’s possums live in a small area of mountain ash . . . . . . . . . in Victoria. They nest and . . . . . . . . . in tree hollows. They run and leap from branch to . . . . . . . . . . .

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South Australia

Plotting the Co-ordinates

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(1,20) (1,11) (5,11)

(7,10) (9,8) (10,6)

(12,8) (13,10) (13,7)

(12,5) (13,5) (14,7)

(14,4) (15,5) (15,4)

(16,2) (16,1) (17,0)

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Draw a map of South Australia by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. The numbers on the map are names of places in South Australia. Find these in an atlas.

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South Australia

Mapping

Compass Directions

Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of South Australia:

Use your completed map of South Australia to answer these questions.

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1. A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. K . . . . . . . . . . I . . . . . . . . . .

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2. M . . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . . . .

4. S . . . . . . . . . . G . . . . . . . . . . 5. W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. P . . . . . . . . . . A . . . . . . . . . . 7. L . . . . . . . . . . E . . . . . . . . . .

What direction is it from:

1. Whyalla to Mt Woodroffe? . .............................................................. 2. Nullarbor Plain to Kangaroo Island? ...............................................................

8. Mt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D....................

10. N . . . . . . . . . . P . . . . . . . . . .

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6. Port Augusta is north from Lake Eyre. ............................................................... 7. Great Victoria Desert is north-west from Whyalla. .................................................. 8. Nullarbor Plain is south-east from Murray River. ........................................... 9. Mt Woodroffe is south-west from Port Augusta. .................................................. 10. Kangaroo Island is south from Whyalla. ...............................................................

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Hairy Nosed Wombat

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(4, 3) (6, 5) (6, 6) (5, 8) ****** (5, 2) (7, 2) (6, 3) (6, 5) (8, 5) ****** (9,7) (8, 6)

(8, 4) (9, 2) (10, 1) (12, 1) (11, 2) (11, 3) (12, 5) (12, 6) ****** (11, 2) (13, 2) (12, 3) (13, 5)

(13, 6) (15, 5) (17, 5) (17, 9) (15, 11) (13, 11) ****** (16, 10) (16, 11) (15, 12) (14, 11) ****** (14, 10)

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Draw the hairy nosed wombat emblem of South Australia by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line.

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Cloze Find out some information about the animal emblem of South Australia, the hairy nosed wombat. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

Words Within Words See if you can find 6 smaller words hidden in the letters of:

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Choose from these young weigh night ground roots desert suckling legs fur

words: grown water heat

Appearance

Hairy nosed wombats are marsupial mammals. They have silky, grey-brown . . . . . . . . . , pointy ears and short . . . . . . . . . . They . . . . . . . . . between 20-30 kg and can be 1m long.

An example: air Letters must not be re-arranged. .............

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Hairy Nosed Wombat

Dictionary Meanings

Find the meanings of these words in a dictionary.

1. marsupial .........................................

........................................................ © ReadyEdPu b l i cat i ons 2. mammal ........................................... Hairy nosed wombats feed at . . . . . . . . . ........................................................ •f orr evi ew pur po sesonl y• time. They eat grass, herbs and the . . . . . . . . . of shrubs. They get . . . . . . . . . from the plants they eat.

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and January and are only the size of a

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jellybean. They stay in the mother’s pouch for 6 months, . . . . . . . . . on milk. At two years of age they are fully . . . . . . . . . .

Habitat

Wombats live mostly in the arid or semi-arid . . . . . . . . . of South Australia. They make cool burrows in the . . . . . . . . . to survive

the . . . . . . . . . of the desert, which can be as hot as 40°C.

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Plotting the Co-ordinates

Northern Territory

Co-ordinates

Draw a map of the Northern Territory by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. The numbers on the map are names of places in the Northern Territory. Find these in an atlas.

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(12,22) (11,22) (10,21)

(8,21) (7,20) (5,17)

(5,0) (18,0) (18,5)

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Mapping

Compass Directions

Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of the Northern Territory:

Use your completed map of Northern Territory to answer these questions.

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1. D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D..................

G..................

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Northern Territory

3. A . . . . . . . . . L . . . . . . . . . 4. K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What direction is it from:

5. V . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . . .

1. Darwin to Victoria River? ...............................................................

6. T . . . . . . . . . D . . . . . . . . . 7. T . . . . . . . . . C . . . . . . . . .

2. Tanami Desert to Arnhem Land? ...............................................................

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6. Victoria River is north from Mt Liebig. ...............................................................

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7. Ayers Rock is south-west from Tennant Creek. ......................................................

8. Arnhem Land is south-east from Alice Springs. ...................................................

Sturt’s Desert Rose Floral Emblem of Northern Territory

9. Mt Liebig is north-west from Katherine. ............................................................... 10. Alice Springs is south from Tanami Desert. .....................................................

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Red Kangaroo

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(11,3) (12,3) (11,2) (10,2) (9,3) (9,2) (10,1)

(11,1) (10,0) (9,0) (8,1) (4,1) (2,2) (3,2)

(2,3) (3,3) (4,5) (5,5) (5,3) (6,5) (7,8)

(8,9) (10,10) (13,11) (15,12) (17,16) (17,19) (18,18)

(18,15) (16,11) (15,10) (15,9) (14,8) (15,8) (16,9)

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Draw the red kangaroo emblem of the Northern Territory by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot.

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Cloze Find out some information about the animal emblem of the Northern Territory, the red kangaroo. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

Crossword Fill in the crossword with words about the red kangaroo.

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Choose from mating front graze hind females time

these words: velvet areas size strong central enough

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Red Kangaroo

Appearance

Red kangaroos stand erect and balance on 2 . . . . . . . . . legs and a . . . . . . . . . tail. They can be 140 cm tall and their tail can be up to 1 metre long. Their fur feels like . . . . . . . . . .

Across Down © ReadyEdPu bl i cat i o ns orr evi ew pur posesonl y• Feeding•f They have small and short . . . . . . . . . limbs.

Most males are red and . . . . . . . . . are grey.

4. Size of newborn

1. Baby kangaroo

5. Size of front limbs 2. Food they eat

mostly at night. The grass they eat has

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7. Colour of male

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Red kangaroos are born 33 days after

. . . . . . . . . and are the . . . . . . . . . of a jellybean. They remain in the pouch for 6 months. Females have only one joey at a .......... .

Habitat They can be found over most of . . . . . . . . . Australia, in open scrublands, grasslands and desert . . . . . . . . . .

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Plotting the Co-ordinates

Western Australia

Draw a map of Western Australia by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. The numbers on the map are names of places in Western Australia. Find these in an atlas. Co-ordinates

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Mapping

Compass Directions

Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of Western Australia:

S.........R.........

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Mt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

G.........D.........

Use these directions:

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What direction is it from: 1. Geraldton to Mt Meharry?

............................................................... 2. Fitzroy River to Great Sandy Desert?

8. G . . . . . . . . . S . . . . . . . . . D..................

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4. Broome to Kalgoorlie?

10. F . . . . . . . . . R . . . . . . . . .

............................................................... 5. Gibson Desert to Geraldton?

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6. Swan River is north from Carnarvon. .............................................. 7. Perth is south-west from Gibson Desert. ..................................................... 8. Broome is north-east from Perth. ............................................................... 9. Mt Meharry is south-east from Kalgoorlie. ............................................... 10. Fitzroy River is north-east from Swan River. ..............................................

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Numbat

Draw the numbat emblem of Western Australia by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line.

Co-ordinates

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(9,9) (11,8) (11,11) (12,13) START (12,7) (11,0) (9,7) (11,1) (11,5) (10,2) (12,3) (6,3) (12,0) (3,6) ****** (2,9) (5,5) (2,11) (6,6) (3,15) (8,6) (3,18) (6,7) (2,17) (4,5) (1,17) ****** (2,18) (3,7) (1,18) (5,9) (3,20) (7,9) (5,23) (5,10) (6,23) (3,8) (6,19) ****** (7,17) (2,11) (9,17) (4,12) (11,20) (6,12) (11,18) (4,13) (8,15) (3,13) (8,13) ****** (9,10) (3,14) (10,12) (5,15) (10,9) (7,15) (9,9) (5,16) ****** (3,15) (7,11) END

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Cloze Find out some information about the animal emblem of Western Australia, the numbat. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

True or False? 1. The numbat’s body is 1m long. ..................

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Appearance

The numbat’s body is about 40 cm . . . . . . . They have a reddish-brown . . . . . . . . . with white stripes across the back. The numbat has a narrow, pointed snout and a bushy tail.

2. Numbats can give birth at 1 year of age. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. They eat only ants. .................. 4. Babies are born during the winter. ..................

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Numbat

There are 8 words about numbats hidden in this grid. Can you find them all? They can be found across, down, diagonally and backwards. ..........................

© ReadyEdPubl i cat i on s .......................... .......................... Feeding•f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• .......................... They have a long tongue for . . . . . . . . . termites and have 52 teeth.

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of age. December to February is the mating

. . . . . . . . . . Four young are . . . . . . . . . at one

Colour the map to show where numbats are found in Australia.

time. The female does not have a pouch, so the

young attach themselves to their . . . . . . . teats.

Habitat Numbats live only in a small area of . . . . . . . . . in the south-west corner of Western Australia. They are active during the day and . . . . . . . . in . . . . . . . logs at night.

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Tasmania

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(7,3) (9,2) (11,2) (12,4) (14,5)

(14,6) (15,9) (16,10) (16,14) (15,15)

(13,15) (11,14) (8,14) (6,15) (3,16) END

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Draw a map of Tasmania by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. The numbers on the map are names of places in Tasmania. Find these in an atlas.

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Mapping

Tasmania Compass Directions

Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of Tasmania:

Use your completed map of Tasmania to answer these questions.

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D.........R.........

L.........G.........

M.........R.........

L......... .........

What direction is it from:

D......... .........

1. Hobart to Burnie?

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2. Lake Gordon to Mt Ossa? ..................

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5. Bass Strait to Lake Gordon? ..................

6. Queenstown is east from Macquarie River. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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7. Launceston is south-east from Burnie. ..................

8. Derwent River is north from Mt Ossa. .................. 9. Devonport is north-east from Queenstown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10. Bass Strait is north from Lake Gordon.

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Plotting the Co-ordinates

Emblem of Tasmania

Tasmanian Devil

Draw the Tasmanian devil emblem of Tasmania by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line.

Co-ordinates

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Emblem of Tasmania

Tasmanian Devil

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Jumbled Words

Find out some information about the Tasmanian devil which lives in Tasmania. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

Unjumble these words about the Tasmanian devil. jeyso ....................................................

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Choose from island dog jaws neck kilograms sharp

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Appearance

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Tasmanian devils are black with a white patch around their neck. They are the size of a small . . . . . . . . . with . . . . . . . . . teeth and pink

Word Search

pointy ears. They can weigh up to 10 . . . . . . . .

Find 8 words about the Tasmanian devil in this grid. • ........................

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The Tasmanian devil is only found on the . . . . . . . . . of Tasmania and lives in eucalypt forests. They make their dens in caves, hollow trees, logs and burrows under the ground. They sleep . . . . . . . . . the day in their dens and are . . . . . . . . . at night. 37

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Australian Capital Territory

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Draw a map of the Australian Capital Territory by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. The numbers on the map are names of places in the Australian Capital Territory. Find these in an atlas.

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Mapping

Compass Directions

Use an atlas to find each of these places on your completed map of the Australian Capital Territory:

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Use these directions:

•south •north-east •north •west •east •south-east •north-west •south-west

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Use your completed map of the Australian Capital Territory to answer these questions.

What direction is it from: 1. Bimberi Peak to Canberra?

............................................................... 2. Tharwa to Naas River?

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7. Murrumbidgee River is north from Lake Burley Griffin. ...............................................................

8. Williamsdale is south from Canberra. . ..............................................................

9. Naas River is south-east from Brindabella Range. ............................................................... 10. Lake Burley Griffin is north-east from Bimberi Peak. ...............................................................

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Emblem of A.C.T.

Cockatoo

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Draw the cockatoo emblem of the A.C.T. by plotting the co-ordinates. Start at the horizontal axis and then the vertical axis. Put a dot where the two lines meet and draw a line to join each dot. Stop at the ****** and start a new line.

START (0, 10) (5, 8) (11, 2) ****** (1,11) (5,9) (11,4) ****** (9,7) (10,11) (10,14) (8,20) (7,22) (7,24) (6,25) (5,25) (6,24) (6,22) ****** (5,22) (5,24) (4,25) (3,25) (4,24) (4,22) ****** (2,9) (2,6) (4, 0) (6, 0)

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Emblem of A.C.T.

Cloze Find out some information about the bird emblem of the Australian Capital Territory, the Gang-gang Cockatoo. Fill in the missing spaces with the words from the box below.

Crossword Fill in the crossword with words about the Gang-gang Cockatoo.

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Appearance

The Gang-gang Cockatoo has a grey body and scarlet coloured head. They have a crest of curved . . . . . . . . . on their heads which they cannot raise like other . . . . . . . . . . The . . . . . . . . of their body is about 35 cm.

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1. Food they eat 2. Colour of their head 4. Type of body covering 7. What they lay

trees and also plants, . . . . . . . . . and insects.

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hollows of eucalypt trees. Two white

. . . . . . . . . are laid at one time and take 20 days to . . . . . . . . . . Both . . . . . . . . .

Colour the map to show where Gang-gang Cockatoos are found in Australia.

share in incubating the eggs.

Habitat

The cockatoo is found in . . . . . . . . . eastern Australia in eucalypt forests. They can also be found in suburban parks and . . . . . . . . . .

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AUSTRALIA

NEW SOUTH WALES

Mapping and Compass (Page 7)

Mapping and Compass (Page 15)

Mapping: 1. Sydney 2. Wollongong 3. Mt Kosciuszko 4. Australian Capital Territory 5. Blue Mountains 6. Newcastle 7.Coffs Harbour 8. Dubbo 9. Lachlan River 10. Darling River. Compass Directions: 1.W 2.SW 3.SE 4.SE 5.N True or False: 6.T 7.T 8.F 9.F 10.T

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Cloze: run, toes, bird, fruits, search, hundreds, lay, nest, weeks, chicks, only, lives Antonyms: fast, largest, after, dark, run, tall. Homophones: been, one, made, not, flower, or.

Emblem Activities (Page 17)

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Mapping: 1. Western Australia 2. Northern Territory 3. Queensland 4. New South Wales 5. Australian Capital Territory 6. Victoria 7. South Australia 8. Tasmania 9. Tasman Sea 10. Pacific Ocean 11. Coral Sea 12. Torres Strait 13. Gulf of Carpentaria 14. Arafura Sea 15. Timor Sea 16. Indian Ocean 17. Great Australian Bight. Compass Directions: 1.S 2.NW 3.SE 4.SW 5.N True or False: 6.F 7.T 8.T 9.F 10.T

Cloze: duck’s, waterproof, webbed, worms, rivers, water, lay, leathery, leaves, Australia, rest, dawn Dictionary Meanings – Teacher Check. Homophones: for, piece, where, their, which, to.

Mapping and Compass (Page 11)

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VICTORIA

Emblem Activities (Page 21)

Cloze: fur, shaped, nose, insects, flowers, gum, litter, blind, nipple, forests, shelter, branch Words Within Words: lead, be, beat, eat, ate, sum. Alphabetical Order: beetles, flowers, forest, hollows, insects, litter, mountain, naked.

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA Mapping and Compass (Page 23)

Mapping: 1. Adelaide 2. Murray River 3. Kangaroo Island 4. Spencer Gulf 5. Whyalla 6. Port Augusta 7. Lake Eyre 8. Mt Woodroffe 9. Great Victoria Desert 10. Nullarbor Plain.

Answers

Compass Directions: 1.NW 2.SE 3.N 4.SE 5.SW True or False: 6.F 7.T 8.F 9.F 10.T

Emblem Activities (Page 25)

Cloze: fur, legs, weigh, night, roots, water, young, suckling, grown, deserts, ground, heat. Words Within Words: hair, no, nose, bat, at, womb. Dictionary Meanings – Teacher Check

TASMANIA Mapping and Compass (Page 35)

Mapping: 1. Hobart 2. Derwent River 3. Lake Gordon 4. Macquarie River 5. Launceston 6. Devonport 7. Bass Strait 8. Burnie 9. Mt Ossa 10. Queenstown Compass Directions: 1.NW 2.N 3.SW 4.SE 5.S True or False: 6.F 7.T 8.F 9.T 10.T

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Mapping: 1. Darwin 2. Van Diemen Gulf 3. Arnhem Land 4. Katherine 5. Victoria River 6. Tanami Desert 7. Tennant Creek 8. Mt Liebig 9. Alice Springs 10. Ayers Rock Compass Directions: 1.S 2.NE 3.SW 4.NW 5.N True or False: 6.T 7.T 8.F 9.F 10.F

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Emblem Activities (Page 37)

Cloze: dog, sharp, kilograms, deaf, rice, months, meat, jaws, neck, island, during, active. Jumbled Words: joeys, pouch, jaws, dens, black, meat. Wordsearch: pouch, island, joey, rice, caves, black, jaws, fish

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL © ReadyEdP u b l i c a t i ons TERRITORY Emblem Activities (Page 29) and Compass (Page 39) •strong, f or r e vi e w puMapping r pos es onl y• Cloze: hind, velvet, front, females,

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Mapping and Compass (Page 31)

Mapping: 1. Perth 2. Swan River 4. Kalgoorlie 5. Geraldton 6. Carnarvon 7. Mt Meharry 8. Gibson Desert 9. Great Sandy Desert 10. Broome 11. Fitzroy River. Compass Directions: 1.NE 2.S 3.NW 4.S 5.SW True or False: 6.F 7.T 8.T 9.F 10.T

Emblem Activities (Page 41)

Cloze: feathers, cockatoos, length, feed, fruits, breeding, nests, eggs, hatch, parents, south, gardens. Crossword - Across: 3. crest 5. eucalypt 6. two 8. grey Down: 1. insects 2. scarlet 4. feathers 7.eggs

Emblem Activities (Page 33)

Cloze: long, coat, eating, only, tongue, can, forest, sleep, hollow, season, born, mother’s. True or False? false, true, false, false. Wordsearch: tongue, snout, tail, stripe, termite, forest, teat, coat. 43

Map Drawings

Queensland (Page 10)

New South Wales (Page 14)

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Victoria (Page 18)

South Australia (Page 22)

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Australia (Page 6)

Northern Territory (Page 26)

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Emblem Drawings Koala (Page 11)

Platypus (Page 14)

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Leadbeater’s Possum (Page 18) Hairy Nosed Wombat (Page 22)

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Emu (Page 7)

Red Kangaroo (Page 26)

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