This reading comprehension activity ‘A Special Delivery’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about newborn platypuses.
This photo essay, ‘All About Australian Animals: A to Z Australian Animals’, features different Australian animals in alphabetical order. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of Australian animals and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Animal Homes: Australia’s Alpine Regions’, describes different animals that live in Australia’s alpine regions. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Animal Homes: Australian Deserts’, describes different animals that live in Australian deserts. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This short nonfiction text, ‘B: Bilby’ provides factual information about the Australian animal the Bilby.
This kids news activity, Baby Superb Fairy-Wren Sings For Its Supper’ is about a species of Australian bird using unique calls to keep their babies safe.
This article, ‘Endangered: Bilbies’, provides information about bilbies. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This reading activity, ‘Cloze’ provides opportunities for practice with finding the appropriate bird vocabulary to fill the blanks.
This reading activity, ‘Clues’ provides opportunities for practice with identifying Australian animals from clues.
This reading activity, ‘Clues’ provides opportunities for practice with reading clues to find the appropriate animal to match.
This article, ‘All About Australian Animals: Dreamtime Stories’, describes Aboriginal Australians’ relationship with animals. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of Australian Aboriginal culture and includes colourful and engaging images.
This short nonfiction text, ‘E: Echidna’ provides factual information about the Australian animal the Echidna.
This article, ‘All About Australian Animals: How a Joey Grows’, describes the different stages of a baby kangaroo’s growth. It provides factual information about a joey’s development and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Australian Animals: How Big Is It?’, describes the sizes of different Australian animals. It provides factual information and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This story, ‘All About Animal Families: How the Kangaroo Got Her Pouch’, tells a legend of how the kangaroo got her pouch. It includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Australian Animals: Learn by Numbers’, provides interesting facts about Australian animals. It features statistical information and includes colourful and engaging images.
This article, ‘All About Australian Animals: Look Out: Invaders!’, profiles animals that are not native to Australia. It provides factual information about these animals and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Endangered: Mahogany Gliders’, provides information about mahogany gliders. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘On the Billabong’, describes creatures that live on tropical billabongs. It includes illustrations of these creatures and encourages students to match the name of the creature with the illustration.
This article, ‘Cats and Foxes: Predators’, provides information about cats and foxes in Australia. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Endangered: Spotted Tail Quoll’, provides information about the spotted tail quoll. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Endangered: Tasmanian Devils’, provides information about Tasmanian devils. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging images.
This article, ‘All About Animal Homes: The Australian Bush’, describes different animals that live in the Australian bush. It provides factual information about these animals and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Cane Toad: Toxic Invader’, provides information about cane toads. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘Australian Animals: Under Threat’, features a picture with 16 endangered Australian animals. It encourages students to match the animal’s name with the illustration in order to broaden their awareness of environmental issues.
This article, ‘All About Australian Animals: What Do They Eat?’, describes what different Australian animals eat. It provides factual information and features colourful and engaging photographs.
This article, ‘All About Australian Animals: Where Do They Live?’, illustrates the habitats of different Australian animals. It is aimed at broadening students’ awareness of Australian animals and features colourful and engaging photographs.