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Title: Australian Geography Series WORKBOOK Year 1: Places Have Distinctive Features
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Contents
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SECTION 2: USING SPACES SECTION 1: DESCRIBING PLACES Features Of Places 1 Features Of Places 2 Use Your Senses Types Of Features Natural And Constructed Features Home And School Sorting Features 1 Sorting Features 2 School Features Materials Grouping Features Pick This Place Symbols And Keys Labeling Features Map Of A Classroom Maps And More Maps Storytelling Aboriginal Storytelling 1 Aboriginal Storytelling 2 Caring For Managed Features Caring For Places 1 Caring For Places 2 National Parks Protecting Places Local Heritage Spoiling Places Changes Changes At Home
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Using One Space Around The House Arranging Spaces School Spaces Using Spaces What’s Happening At School Today? Community Spaces Organising Spaces Locating Activities Map Of The Torres Strait Islands
Section 3: ENVIRONMENTAL FEATURES The Weather Weather Words Measuring The Weather Seasonal Weather Weather Symbols Weather Forecast Recording The Weather Australian Weather Describing The Weather Seasonal Calendars
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A Note for the Student
This is a Ready-Ed Publications' book preview. Year 1: Places Have Distinctive Features is part of the Australian Geography Series. This book has been written for students living in Australia who are studying Geography in Year 1. It is divided into three parts: Describing Places, Using Spaces and Environmental Features. The first part: Describing Places, includes activities that help you to find and describe different features of places It helps you learn how they should be cared for, and to see how they can change. This section also includes Dreaming stories which help you learn about the natural features of a place.
The second part of this book: Using Spaces, teaches you about the different ways that spaces are used in your home, your school and your community. It explores the idea that weather and time of day can change how a space is used, and that you can changing a space to suit your needs.
Environmental Features, the third part of the book, helps you to describe, measure and record the weather, as well as compare the weather in your area to the weather in other places in Australia. An indigenous seasonal calendar is also included.
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Features Of Places 1
Photocopy Page
Places have features that make them unique.
This istheasquares Ready-Ed Publications' Cut out below and arrange them to create two pictures, each showing a different environment. book preview.
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Features Of Places 2 Different places have different features.
different coloured pencils to group these features. Name ThisUseis a Ready-Ed Publications' the places that they come from. Circle a constructed feature. book preview.
Draw three natural features that you might see in a park.
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Use Your Senses Features of a place can be observed using our senses.
Pick a is local a place and fill in the boxes below by writing and/or This Ready-Ed Publications' drawing. Place: book preview. I can see …
I can hear …
I can feel …
I can smell …
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Types Of Features Places are made up of different features.
at the pictures below. Tick the natural features. Cross the ThisLook is a Ready-Ed Publications' constructed features. book preview.
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door
clothesline
pool
flowers
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Natural And Constructed Features Different places are made up of different features.
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Draw some places with largely natural features (hills, rivers, native vegetation, desert, snow, etc.).
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Home And School Places can be made up of the same and different features.
the Venn diagram to show how features at home and ThisComplete is a Publications' at school canReady-Ed be the same and different. Draw or write one or two features in each section. book Home preview.
Home And School
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Sorting Features 1
Look at the features below. Write the words under the correct
headings on the next page. This is a Ready-Ed Publications' book preview.
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mountain
building
cat
dam
house
tree
car
truck
grass
bird
bush
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train
icebergs
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Sorting Features 2 Places are made up of natural and constructed features.
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Constructed
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School Features Places are made up of natural and constructed features.
picture your school in the space provided, then list Draw ais This a ofReady-Ed Publications' the natural and constructed features that you can see in the boxes below. book preview.
Natural Features
Constructed Features
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Materials
Features are made of different materials depending on how they are used.
table below using features from the school ThisComplete is atheReady-Ed Publications' environment. book preview. Material this feature Reason this material Feature is made from
oval
grass
is used
• Soft to run on. • Doesn’t hurt as much if you fall over.
desk
basketball court
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Grouping Features Features can be grouped in different ways.
The pictures are common features of different places. On This is abelow Ready-Ed Publications' a separate sheet of paper see if you can group them under the headings: managed, natural preview. and constructed. Use the numbers. book
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Pick This Place Features of places can be observed and described.
in your local community that you think a ThisChoose is aafeature Ready-Ed Publications' tourist would like to visit. Create a poster advertising it below. book preview.
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Activity
Symbols And Keys
Symbols are a simple way of representing features of a place on a map.
This a map Ready-Ed Createis simple symbols for the threePublications' pictures below. book preview.
Design your own island on this map using your three map symbols and the map symbols from the key below.
Key
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cave
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Labeling Features Features of places look different when viewed from above
ThisUse is a Ready-Ed the words below to label the mapPublications' of the park. oval basketball court pond book preview. trees
picnic table
car park
Go to www.readyed.net On the back of this sheet draw a map of the beach viewed from above. Section 1: Describing Places
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Map Of A Classroom Maps show features of objects as they look from above.
Belowis are four objects drawn from a sidePublications' view. Can you identify This a Ready-Ed them on the map below? On the map the four objects are shown from above. Once you have identifi ed them: colour the students' book preview. desks green, colour the mat blue, colour the teacher's desk red, and colour the cupboards orange.
student's desk
mat
teacher’s desk
cupboard
Map Of A Classroom
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Maps And More Maps Some maps show a lot of detail. Some maps don't.
Writeis the a name of each place under the correct map. This Ready-Ed Publications' Australia Zoo Town World book preview.
Colour red the map that shows the most detail. Colour blue the map that is the least detailed. Order the places shown on the maps from smallest to biggest.
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Storytelling Indigenous stories explain features of places.
Aboriginal Dreaming stories and Torres Strait Islander Tagai This is a Ready-Ed Publications' stories explain the existence of natural features in a place. Your teacher will playbook you some Dreaming stories: www.abc.net.au/ preview. dustechoes/. Explain one of the local Dreaming stories in the form of a storyboard below.
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Aboriginal Storytelling 1 Your teacher will read this story to you.
This is aTiddalick Ready-Ed Publications' The Greedy Frog book preview. (adapted by Lisa Craig)
A long time ago before people lived on Earth, there was a big frog called Tiddalick. Tiddalick lived in the hot Australian desert and he thought he was the boss of all the animals. CHORUS: Tiddalick was nasty, Tiddalick was mean, Tiddalick was a green, mean drinking machine! One day Tiddalick was very thirsty. He went to the only pond of water in the desert garden and he started to drink all the water. He drank and drank and drank. He grew bigger and bigger and bigger. (BLOW UP A GREEN BALLOON PAINTED WITH EYES TO ADD TO THE DRAMA.) He didn’t leave one drop of water in the pond. (CHORUS.) The other animals in the desert came to the pond to drink. There was no water! They were so thirsty. Then they saw big, fat Tiddalick. "Tiddalick drank all the water!” said the kangaroo. "What can we do?” asked the kookaburra. “I know!” said the sleepy wombat. “Let’s make him laugh and laugh and laugh, then all the water will come out of his mouth.” (CHORUS.) The kangaroo hopped on one leg. Then she hopped on the other. She hopped up and down, up and down, up and down. But Tiddalick didn’t laugh. “My turn,” said the emu. The emu danced the can-can and wobbled his big bottom at the frog. Tiddalick didn’t laugh, Tiddalick didn’t even smile! The frill-necked lizard was very confident. “Watch me, you big bad frog,” she cried. The lizard turned around and around and around like a ballerina on the desert sand until she was very dizzy, but Tiddalick didn’t laugh. The eel that lived in the pond wriggled over to Tiddalick and started to tickle his leg with his tail… then he tickled him on the tummy… then under Tiddalick’s arms. Now the eel was around Tiddalick’s neck and suddenly Tiddalick started to laugh. He laughed and laughed and laughed. Tiddalick laughed so much that all the water came out of his mouth and there was water again for the animals of the desert.
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The kangaroo, the kookaburra, the emu, the eel, the wombat and the lizard laughed too and they danced under the desert sun. All the animals were happy again. It’s true… (CHORUS). But Tiddalick learned something very important. Did you?
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Activity
Aboriginal Storytelling 2
Photocopy Page
After the teacher has read Tiddalick The Greedy Frog, arrange the pictures so that they reflect the order of events in the Dreaming story. Cut out each picture and paste it onto a separate sheet. Colour the pictures.
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Tiddalick laughed so much that all the water came out of his mouth.
The kangaroo hopped on one leg.
The wombat had an idea.
The lizard turned around and around and around.
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The eel tickled Tiddalick with his tail.
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Caring For Managed Features Places can be made up of managed features.
This is a Ready-Ed Publications' A garden is a managed feature. Say how it needs to be cared for. book preview.
A farm is a managed feature. Say how it needs to be cared for.
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Activity
Caring For Places 1 It is important to care for the place where you live.
This isinatheReady-Ed Put a tick boxes next to the thingsPublications' that you can do to care for your home. book preview.
Place rubbish in the bin.
Weed the garden.
Help with chores.
Water the plants.
Switch off the lights.
Not tidy your bedroom.
List four things that you could do to care for a bushland.
1. __________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________
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Caring For Places 2 It is important to care for your school.
ThisPut is Ready-Ed Publications' a ticka in the boxes next to the things that you can do to care for your school. book preview.
Use computers with care.
Walk on paths.
Keep the classroom pets tidy.
Drop litter.
Put away sports equipment.
Let a teacher know if you see someone doing the wrong thing.
List four things that you could do to care for a park.
1. __________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________
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National Parks Some places are very special and need to be cared for.
This aareReady-Ed Nationalis parks found all over Australia.Publications' They are large areas of land that cannot be built on, or developed by people. National parks protect the natural environment, including native plants book preview. and animals.
Below are some signs that you might see in a national park. Write the meaning underneath each sign to show how people can care for these special places.
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Protecting Places
Look at this picture of a park. Think about whether you would like to visit this park.
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How could you make improvements to this park? Make a list of five jobs that need to be done to make this park a more enjoyable place to visit. 1.
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2.
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5.
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Local Heritage
This is a Ready-Ed Publications' book preview. Look at the two heritage sites below. How should we be looking after Our heritage is all the things that make us uniquely Australian. We need to look after places from the past and the present so future Australians and other people around the world can enjoy and share in Australia’s heritage.
these places? Draw your ideas of how these places should look in the boxes next to the pictures.
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Spoiling Places People can have negative effects on the environment.
ThisTheis a Ready-Ed Publications' pictures below show people who are doing the wrong thing and spoiling places. Give each picture a number out of book preview. ten to show how bad the action is, ten being the worst. To help you do this, think of the consequences of each action.
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Changes Changes happen around us all the time.
Underneath theReady-Ed pictures, write whether the changes are happening This is a Publications' to natural, managed or constructed features. Use numbers to rank the pictures frombook the quickestpreview. (1) to the slowest (6).
Vegetables growing from a seed.
A room being painted.
A tree being cut down.
A house being built.
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A sunset.
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Changes At Home Changes might have happened at your house.
the changes that have happened atPublications' your house while you ThisTick is a Ready-Ed have lived there. Draw and write about another change that has happened at your house in preview. the blank box at the bottom of the page. book
Got new furniture.
Had a new fence built.
Planted trees or bushes.
Painted a room.
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Using One Space People can use the same space in different ways.
ThisLookisat theapicture. Ready-Ed List four ways thatPublications' people are using the park. book preview.
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What is your favourite thing to do at the park?
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Around The House The features of a place determine how the place is used.
This is a Ready-Ed Publications' What is this room used for? book preview. __________________________________ __________________________________ What is this room used for? __________________________________ __________________________________ What is this room used for? __________________________________ __________________________________ What is this room used for? __________________________________ __________________________________ What can this place be used for?
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Arranging Spaces Spaces can have different uses.
the activities that you do in your bedroom in the left-hand ThisList is a Ready-Ed Publications' column. In the right-hand column, write the furniture or objects that you use for each activity. book preview. Activities
Furniture And Objects Used
What other activities would you like to be able to do in your room? Be creative! ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ What would you need to add to your room or change, to make these activities possible?
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School Spaces Spaces around the school are used in different ways.
In eachis boxa below, draw, write or take a Publications' photograph to show This Ready-Ed how the same space at school can be used for different activities. book preview.
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Using Spaces Spaces are used in different ways by different people.
ThisChoose is three a Ready-Ed Publications' different places at school. Draw or paste photographs of the places in the boxes below. Next to each preview. picture, list allbook of the different ways that the place is used. z ______________________ z ______________________ z ______________________ z ______________________
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What’s Happening At School Today?
Spaces around the school are used in different ways at different times.
This aaround Ready-Ed Publications' Go foris a walk the school. In the table below, list the different things that are happening, who is doing them and book where they are taking place. preview. What
Who
Where
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Community Spaces
Spaces can be used differently depending on the features present.
ThisTheis abelow Ready-Ed Publications' places can be found in most areas where people live. Colour the squares in the corners of the pictures to show: book preview. Green = places where people live. Blue = places where people buy things. Orange = places where people go to have fun.
GROCERY SH
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Organising Spaces Places are used depending on how they are organised.
Look atis the a mapReady-Ed of the small town belowPublications' and answer the This questions. If you go to Sunny book Park where are you likely to eat? __________ preview. Where is the closest place to eat after school? How many schools?
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Tiny Cafe
Library
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Park Street
Fish n' Chips
Sunny Park
Left Bank Beach
Main Beach
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Locating Activities
Maps can show what people see, as they walk from one place to another.
This amap Ready-Ed Lookis at the below. It shows Sam’sPublications' journey to school. On his way to school Sam has nothing to look at! Draw some features on the map which represent activities that will make Sam’s book preview. journey more interesting, such as a police station, a church, etc.
Sam's journey to school
Sam's house
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Map Of The Torres Strait Islands
Torres Strait Islanders first settled in the Torres Strait Islands. The Torres Strait Islands are part of Queensland Australia. There are five island groups.
This is a Ready-Ed Publications' Talbot, Mt Cornwallis, Saibai and Turnagain Islands make up the Top Western region of the Torres Strait Islands. Colour these red on book preview. the map below. Stephen, Darnley and Murray are the Eastern Islands. Colour these green. Badu, Mabuiag, Banks and Mt Ernest Islands make up the Near Western region. Colour these yellow. Yorke, Coconut, Sue, Yam, Warrior and Aureed Islands make up the Central Division. Colour these purple. Prince of Wales, Thursday, Hammond, and Possession, Mt Adolphus Islands form the Inner region. Colour these places orange. PAPUA NEW GUINEA
SAIBAI ISLAND
MT CORNWALLIS ISLAND
STEPHEN ISLAND
TORRES STRAIT
TURNAGAIN ISLAND
WARRIOR ISLAND
DARNLEY ISLAND
YORKE ISLAND
MABUIAG ISLAND
MURRAY ISLAND
YAM ISLAND BADU ISLAND MT ERNEST ISLAND
COCONUT ISLAND SUE ISLAND
THURSDAY ISLAND HAMMOND ISLAND PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND
POSSESSION ISLAND
MT ADOLPHUS ISLAND
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The Weather The weather is always changing.
This is athenReady-Ed Go outside, complete this sheet. Publications' 1. Is it sunny or cloudy? ___________________________________ book preview. 2. Is it raining?___________________________________________ 3. Circle what the sky looks like.
4. Colour the tree that shows how windy it is outside today.
5. What is today's temperature? ____________________________ 6. Draw a picture to show what you are wearing.
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Weather Words
Weather is a description of temperature, wind speed, wind direction and rainfall.
This istheawords Ready-Ed Publications' Match to the definitions and examples. Words nitions Examples bookDefipreview. temperature
The direction the wind is coming from.
11 km/h
wind speed
A measure of how hot or cold the air is.
northeasterly
wind direction
The amount of water that has fallen as rain.
23°Celcius
rainfall
How fast the wind is moving.
2mm
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Measuring The Weather
Temperature, rainfall, wind speed and wind direction are measured using special instruments.
This is instruments a Ready-Ed Label the used to measure Publications' the weather. Discuss as a class how each one is used. book preview. Temperature is measured
Wind speed is measured
using a ______________ .
using a ______________ .
Wind direction is measured
Rainfall is measured
using a ______________ .
using a ______________ .
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Seasonal Weather Weather is different depending on the season.
ThisComplete is atheReady-Ed calendar to show what Publications' the weather is usually like at different times of the year where you live. In each box you book preview. could draw symbols, describe the temperature, wind, rainfall and/or what you might see happening in the sky.
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
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November
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Weather Symbols
Weather symbols are simple pictures that are used to show what the weather will be like.
This is a This Ready-Ed Publications' is an example of a weather symbol used tobook show sunnypreview. weather. Where have you seen weather symbols used? ____________________________________________________ Why are weather symbols used instead of words? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ Make up your own weather symbols for the types of weather listed below. cloudy
lightning
raining
windy
stormy
snowing
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Weather Forecast
Weather forecasts predict what the weather will be like in the near future.
This istheatable Ready-Ed Publications' Fill out below to show the weather forecast for the week where you live. book preview. Symbol Wind Rainfall Temperature
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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Recording The Weather
Weather forecasts can be quite accurate, but are sometimes incorrect.
Recordis the a actual weather where you live over the space of a This Ready-Ed Publications' week. Compare your results with the weather forecast from the previous activity. book preview. Symbol
Temperature
Wind
Rainfall
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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Australian Weather
Warmer places are usually located in the top half of Australia.
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Label the map of Australia using numbers. 1. Great Australian Bight 2. Bungle Bungles 3. Uluru 4. Sydney Opera House 5. 12 Apostles 6. Colour the warmer places red and the cooler places blue.
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Describing The Weather Different parts of Australia have different climates.
Describe in the part of Australia where you live. This istheaweather Ready-Ed Publications' Mention rainfall (light, moderate, heavy), average temperature, amount of sunshine and thepreview. strength of the winds (gentle, book strong, fierce). June, July, August: ____________________________________ September, October, November: _________________________ December, January, February: ___________________________ March, April, May: _____________________________________ Use red, orange, yellow and blue shading to show the warmer and cooler places in Australia.
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Seasonal Calendars
Photocopy Page
The names of seasons describe weather patterns in one year.
Match the pictures with the seasons. Colour the pictures. This is a Ready-Ed Publications' Autumn Winter book preview.
Spring
Summer
The Bininj calendar
This calendar is used by some Indigenous Australians.
Bininj Calendar
• How many seasons are there? _______ • Colour the seasons yellow. • Colour the wet months blue and the dry months red.
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