Australia - Find out more about this continent country down under.

Australia For Kids

It's not just kangaroos. Find out for yourself.

Kids Down Under Project
http://www.gigglepotz.com/caustralia.htm

            National Geographic on Australia
                http://www.nationalgeographic.com/downunder/
                http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/places/countries/country_australia.html
                More - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/museum/traveling/australia.html
               Amazing Australia - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/traveler/archive/2000-05-1-0.html
               Four Corners of Oz - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/0009/oz.html
              Great Barrier Reef - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0101/feature2/

             Gander Academy's Australia Theme Page by Jim Cornish
               http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/auzzie.htm

Australia for Kids -
http://www.ozforkids.com/

             Another Australia for Kids
               http://www.pocanticohills.org/australia/australia.htm

             Just the Facts - http://www.about-australia.com/facts.htm

             Australia in Focus from the Prime Minister
               http://www.pm.gov.au/australia/index.cfm

             Thinkquest - The Land Down Under
                http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=CR0215290&url=CR0215290/

Jerrie Cheek's page from Georgia - very complete!
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/jcheek3/australia.htm

Webster, NY, web page of Australia sites for kids and teachers
http://www.websterschools.org/classrooms/state_library/australia.html

Australia from Canada - Walnut Park's web page of sites
http://wps.sd54.bc.ca/australia.html

Time For Kids - Around the World
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/goplaces/0,12405,424866,00.html

Australian vocabulary:
http://www.geocities.com/mrshogueclass/units/australia/vocab.html

Australian Slang -
http://www.koalanet.com/australian-slang.html

Australia quiz - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/school/australia/Australiaquiz.shtml

             Australia Maps - http://www.ga.gov.au/map/
                                http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mapshells/australasia/australia/australia.htm
                                http://media.maps.com/magellan/Images/AUSTRA-W1.gif
                                http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/oceania/au.htm

             National Geographic Society- map
               http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/atlas/index.html?Parent=oceani&Rootmap=austra&Mode=d&SubMode=w

For Teachers:

        Education World - The Land Down Under
           http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson200.shtml

        Pro Teacher lessons
           http://www.proteacher.com/090070.shtml

        Australia Unit Lesson Plan - Grades 5-6
           http://ted.coe.wayne.edu/sse/units/aussie.htm

Australian Animals and Biomes for Grades 4-12
http://www.musc.edu/cando/ausdwnun/ausecoa1.html

Amazing Australia Grade 2
http://www.valdosta.edu/~admcleod/resource.html

        A to Z Teacher Stuff for Australia
           http://atozteacherstuff.com/themes/Australia.shtml
           A to Z Teacher Stuff just for grade 2
               http://atozteacherstuff.com/lessons/Australia.shtml

Australia from abcteach
http://abcteach.com/directory/theme_units/social_studies/australia/

        Lesson plans for Australia from Alfy
           http://www.alfy.com/Teachers/teach/thematic_units/Australia/Australia_1.asp

        Mr. Donn's web page
           http://k12east.mrdonn.org/Australia.html

EDSitement - Lesson plan - Aboriginal Art and Storytelling
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=652

        Lesson Plan Search site has 4 pages of links plus puzzles and games
           http://www.lessonplansearch.com/Thematic_Units/Social_Studies/Australia/

        Australian Animals - webquests
           http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/fellows/MENTZER/webquest/austan.htm
           http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webquests/australia/
           http://www.biologycorner.com/quests/zoobook/index.html
           http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/Austanimals.htm

        Great Barrier Reef - Grades 9-12 - lesson
           http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/education/gaw/oceans/oceans_912_teacher.html
           http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/g912/geoactreef.html

Third Grade Web Quest about Australia from Buckley Country Day School
http://www.librarybcds.com/3WQaustralia.html

Welcome to the Land of Oz Webquest -
http://academics.uww.edu/cni/webquest/Fall03/australia/INDEX.HTM

Dugongs and Elephants - Cousins?
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/08/g35/ccdugong.html

Slang Lesson Plan -
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/06/g912/gaslang.html

Waltzing Matilda explanation - http://www.hamilton.net.au/matilda.html

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and was last updated on August 5, 2008

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