This science article, ‘Air Pollution’ features five facts about the effect of air pollution on planet Earth. It provides factual information about air pollution, as well as ways to help lessen its impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Alan Shepard: First American in Space’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about American astronaut Alan Shepard. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall information and draw conclusions.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Aliens in Lake Victoria’, asks students to answer comprehension questions about plants that are growing in Lake Victoria in Africa.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘All About Bats’ encourages students to summarise and paraphrase information in texts. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘All About Dolphins’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about dolphins. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to draw conclusions, recall information, predict word meaning and think about text organisation.
This reading comprehension exemplar, ‘All About Goldfish’ provides a model of a completed reading comprehension worksheet. It is aimed at increasing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to look critically at words in order to ascertain their particular meaning in context. It also encourages students to recall information.
This content area reading activity, ‘All About Magnets’ is a science based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to understand the nature of a summary.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘All About Oceans’ encourages students to use prior knowledge and experience to comprehend and respond to new information found in text. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 7 readers.
This article, ‘All About Reptiles,’ provides information about different types of reptiles. It features interesting facts about reptiles and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This life science worksheet, ‘All Kinds of Skin’ asks students to identify different kinds of skin on their own bodies. It supports an understanding of the human body.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘All Possible Outcomes’ allows for practice using diagrams to determine the probability of an event occurring. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘All Possible Outcomes’ allows for practice using diagrams to display data. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This science article, ‘Aluminium Cans’ features five facts about the environmental effects of aluminium cans on planet Earth. It provides factual information about aluminium cans, as well as ways to help lessen their impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
The report, ‘America’s Wild Mustangs’ describes America’s wild mustang horses, explains where they came from, and describes efforts to preserve them. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This learning activity, ‘Amusement Park Physics’ requires students to go on an excursion to a local amusement park and observe Newton’s laws of motion in action.
This quick reference chart, ‘Amusement Park Physics Review Sheet’ provides a quick summary on simple machines and the basic physics concepts of mass, energy, force and motion.
This learning activity, ‘Amusement Park Physics: Changing Energy’ supports students to identify the conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy whilst on excursion.
This learning activity, ‘Amusement Park Physics: Free Fall’ supports students to identify the forces involved when on a free fall ride at an amusement park.
This learning activity, ‘Amusement Park Physics: Newton’s 2nd Law’ helps students to understand how a ride or game on an excursion demonstrates Newton’s second and third laws of motion.
This learning activity, ‘Amusement Park Physics: Rollercoaster’ supports students to identify how Newton’s first law of motion works when riding a rollercoaster on an excursion.
This learning activity, ‘Amusement Park Physics: Simple Machines’ supports students to identify simple machines used to operate rides whilst on excursion.
The article, ‘An American Conservationist’ describes the life and work of the man who was responsible for the establishment of Yosemite National Park and many other conservation projects in the United States. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This analysing text worksheet ‘An Environmental Quandary’ supports students to use various strategies to understand a narrative text about a woman’s aversion to mice. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at …More
This number and operations worksheet, ‘Analyse the Data’ allows for practice using and interpreting sets of data. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘Analysing Bar Graphs’ allows for practice interpreting graphs. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This data and probability worksheet, ‘Analysing Data’ offers guidance on making inferences and arguments based on data displays. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This beginning maths worksheet, ‘Analysing Data 1’ allows for practice interpreting data. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This beginning maths worksheet, ‘Analysing Data 2’ allows for practice interpreting data. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This data representation worksheet, ‘Analysing Graphs’ allows for practice interpreting graphs. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This writing prompt, ‘Animal Adages’ helps students to write a new animal adage. It encourages students to think about animal behaviour and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Animal Babies’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to match animals to their babies.
This writing prompt, ‘Animal Characteristics’ helps students to write about an animal that has characteristics they have or would like to have. It encourages students to think about animal behaviours and is aimed at broadening students’ writing and language skills.
This content area reading activity, ‘Animal Designations’ is a science based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to interpret charts and draw conclusions from them.
This article, ‘All About Animal Families: Animal Families’, describes different kinds of animal families. It provides factual information and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Animal Feeding in India’ asks students to answer comprehension questions about feeding different animals in India. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recall the main idea and the supporting details of the informative text.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Animal Homes’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to identify the correct animal words in context.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Animal Noises’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to match the correct sound to each animal.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Animal Noises’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to match the correct animal to each sound.
This content area reading activity, ‘Animal Racers’ is a science based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to interpret charts and draw conclusions from them.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Animals’ supports vocabulary development through word and picture association.
This vocabulary activity, ‘Animals and Their Homes’ supports vocabulary development by encouraging students to use vocabulary related to animals and their habitats.
This Reading Comprehension worksheet, ‘Animals in Space’, features two informational texts about the use of animals to test the safety of space travel. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to understand the texts and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, detail, reasoning, and comparison/contrast. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This article, ‘All About Space: Animals in Space’, profiles different animals that have been to space. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Animals Match the Picture’ asks students to write words to match pictures that relate to animals. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recognise the association between a picture and a word describing it.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Animals Match the Word’ asks students to identify words and pictures that relate to animals. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recognise the association between a picture and a word describing it.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Animals Part I’ asks students to match simple sentences to pictures that show different animals. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recognise the association between a picture and a sentence describing it.
This reading comprehension activity, ‘Animals Part II’ asks students to match simple sentences to pictures that show different animals. It is aimed at developing students’ awareness of semantics and encourages them to recognise the association between a picture and a sentence describing it.
This full colour ‘Animals’ illustration can be reproduced for classroom use. It features labelled pictures of a variety of common wild and domestic animals and is a fun and educational addition to an animals themed classroom display.
This article, ‘Annoying Insects’ provides information about the physical characteristics, habits, habitat, diet and life cycle of the Australian bush fly. It also introduces students to various terms relating to the fly’s habits and life cycle.
This science article, ‘Antarctic Ocean’ features different aspects of the Antarctic Ocean. It provides factual information about the animals that survive and thrive in the icy Antarctic waters and continent. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This article, ‘All About Insects: Ants’, provides information about ants. It features interesting facts about these tiny insects and includes colourful and engaging images.
This number and operations worksheet, ‘Approximation’ allows for practice approximating proportions. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This science article, ‘Arctic Ocean’ features different aspects of the Arctic Ocean. It provides factual information about Arctic ice and animals of the Arctic. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and geographical awareness in an engaging manner.
This article, ‘Are You Eco-Smart?’, provides tips on how to be eco-smart. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.