[Surfnetkids] Australia

Dear Reader,

While I don’t have an literal bucket list, Australia is certainly one place I’d like to see. How about you? Are you from Australia, or have you visited there? Hit reply, and let me know.

Happy Australia Day!

See ya on the Net,
Barbara J. Feldman
“Surfing the Net with Kids”
https://www.surfnetkids.com

Australia
https://www.surfnetkids.com/resources/australia/

Australia Printable(** for Premium Members only)
https://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/files/printables-club/australia.pdf

Australia is the only country that is both an island and a continent. It ranks as the sixth largest country (covering nearly three million square miles) and the smallest continent. I’ve never been there, have you?

All Down Under: Australian Slang

“Australian slang is colourful, and often funny. Australian slang can also be a complete mystery to most people not born here.” This Aussie glossary is divided into three parts: Slang Phrases, Rhyming Slang, and Categories. The latter is further divided into a dozen more categories such as People, Clothing and Animals. Do you know what boomers, chooks, or woofers are?

Australia: Facts About Australia

Visit this tourism site to learn about Australia’s geography, weather, currency, seasons, plants, and animals. “Our unique animals are one of the many reasons people visit our country. Australia has more than 378 mammal species, 828 bird species, 4000 fish species, 300 species of lizards, 140 snake species, two crocodile species and around 50 types of marine mammal. More than 80 per cent of our plants, mammals, reptiles and frogs are unique to Australia and are found nowhere else.”

Australian Government: About Australia

The Australian government provides quick facts and figures on geography, currency, weather, and many stories from Australian history and culture. “The Dreaming, or ‘Tjukurrpa’, also means to ‘see and understand the law’ as it is translated from the Arrernte language. Dreaming stories pass on important knowledge, cultural values and belief systems to later generations.”

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Printables Club Members Also Get …

Surfnetkids Printables Club Members also get the following printables to use in the classroom, the computer lab, the school library, or to send home with students:

Australia Printable
Australia Wikipedia Printable
Koalas Printable
Steve Irwin Printable
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https://www.surfnetkids.com/printables/join/

Related Games

Down UNDER Word Game
Koala Jigsaw

Quote of the Week

“How can it be, in a world where half the things a man knows at 20 are no longer true at 40 – and half the things he knows at 40 hadn’t been discovered when he was 20?” ~~ Arthur C. Clarke ~~ (born 16 December 1917) British science fiction author, inventor, and futurist. Visit Lightafire.com to discover this collection of quotes about experience.

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