Terrace+Primary+Austrailia+Study

Australia

Objective: To locate Australia on the globe and be able to recall three things they learned about the continent.Students will create a poster illustrating their three or more facts about Australia.

Introduction: Use the following link to introduce and create interest. [] Using the following link show students were Australia is located. [|http://maps.google.com] Compare the Google map to the classroom globe. Create a KWL chart about what the students already know about Australia and what they want to learn. Write questions about things they want to learn about Australia. Contact the following school:Oberthur Primary School in Perth, Western Autralia (this needs to be done by the teacher prior to the lesson.) [|http://oberthurps.blogspot.com] 1. Read the blog 2. Students may contribute to the blog. 3. Submit questions via the blog. After receiving responses the students create a poster showing all their new knowledge about Australia. The links below can be used as an example and as the site to create their glogster poster. [] [|http://tech4learning.com] -click on pics4learning to retreive pictures

Share the posters with their blog partners for feedback.

Extension activities: Students create flashcards of unique Australian vocabulary [] Students create a wordle []