Australia

Visit the webpage “Guide to Australia?at

http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/

Create a travel brochure and travel poster based on information that they glean from the site.
Create an Australian map. Guide to Australia-Map and State Emblems

http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/state-emblems.html

Visit the website “Aboriginal Art?at

http://www.aboriginalartonline.com/art/art.html

Create a Rock painting.
Create a Bark painting. Use the faux leather made from paper bags or brown wrapping paper for the material rather than real bark.

Visit the “Save the Koala? website at

http://www.savethekoala.com/koalasindex.html

Find out everything you can about these endangered animals and ask students to create a Koala environment.
Write a newspaper article about the plight of the Koala and illustrate it.
Draw a Koala. Visit the “Enchanted Learning?website at

http://www.zoomschool.com/subjects/mammals/marsupial/Koalaprintout.shtml

Visit the “Australian Animals?website at

http://library.thinkquest.org/28994/animals.html

Create a habitat using a shoebox, drawings, and found objects of various Australian animals.

Visit the “Oz Outback?website at

http://www.ozoutback.com.au/postcards/postcards_forms/abor_craft_1/index.htm

Explore the aboriginal art. Create your own.

Create a Coral Reef Environment, or Coral Reef Bookmarks, or Coral Reef T-shirts, Visit the “Coral Reef?Enchanted Learning website at

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/biomes/coralreef/coralreef.shtml

Learn about and create a boomerang.

Boomerang Resources for Kids

http://www.flight-toys.com/kids.html

Note Age Level Requirements for projects.

Australian Webquest

http://www.buckleycountryday.com/HLLC/3WQaustralia.html

Sydney Opera House

Make a Paper Opera House by Paper Toys

http://papertoys.com/sydney-opera-house.htm

Cereal Box Boomerang

http://www.chez.com/amiel/boom/cereal.html

Cardboard Boomerangs

http://www.chez.com/amiel/boom/cardboard.html

Anzac Day-April 25-

http://www.rochedalss.qld.edu.au/anzac.htm