AUSTRALIA AND IT'S NEIGHBOURS - COMPARING PLACES
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ACTIVITY 1
IDENTIFYING AUSTALIA'S NEIGHBOURS
Learning Goal: To know Australia's neighbouring countries
Success Criteria:
I have used Google Maps to label these places on my map
Success Criteria:
I have used Google Maps to label these places on my map
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
- Timor Leste
- New Zealand
- Solomon Islands
- Fiji
- New Caledonia
ACTIVITY 2
GUIDED INVESTIGATION - SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLACES
(JAKARTA, INDONESIA AND SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA)
GUIDED INVESTIGATION - SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLACES
(JAKARTA, INDONESIA AND SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA)
Learning Goal: We are learning to examine the similarities and differences between two different places.
Success Criteria:
You will be comparing the similarities and differences between Jakarta (Java, Indonesia) and Sydney(New South Wales, Australia).
Answer the following questions on the provided worksheet.
Success Criteria:
- Interpret climate graphs to identify temperature and rainfall patterns.
- Pose geographical questions to investigate
- Collect and record geographical information from sources to answer questions
- Give reasons for the similarities and differences between different places
You will be comparing the similarities and differences between Jakarta (Java, Indonesia) and Sydney(New South Wales, Australia).
Answer the following questions on the provided worksheet.
- Look at the climate graphs below
- Interpret the climate graph and map of the Asia Pacific region to answer questions on the worksheet
- Develop at least 3 geographical questions about the countries of the places
- Conduct research to answer and record these questions
- Represent your findings in a Venn diagram to show similarities and differences between the countries
- Write a paragraph explaining the similarities and differences
THE INFORMATION BELOW WILL HELP YOU COMPLETE YOUR WORKSHEET
WHERE IS aUSTRALIA COMPARE TO THE CAPITAL OF INDONESIA, JAKARTA?
the equator, prime meridian,
The tropic of cancer, the tropic of capricorn
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES JAKARTA AND sydney
The average temperature in Jakarta, Indonesia
The average temperature in Sydney, Australia
AVERAGE RAINFALL JAKARTA AND Sydney
Average rainfall Jakarta, Indonesia
Average yearly rainfall in Sydney, Australia
ACTIVITY 3
guided investigation and note taking
Learning goal: To recognise and note the differences and similarities between the two experiences of the children.
Success criteria
Success criteria
- Using the interactive website I will identify differences and similarities between two places
- note differences and similarities on the worksheet
- use the Venn diagram to understand the differences and similarities between the two places.
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