Students in Year 3 have been using atlases to read maps. Look at some of the things they have learnt so far about some of Australia’s neighbouring countries.
Australia’s Neighbours – Year 3 Room 8
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Australia’s Neighbours – Year 3
| What do we already know? | What do we want to find out? | What have we learnt from our research? |
| Australia’s neighbours are the countries next to Australia | How far away are they from Australia? | |
| Some of them are in Asia | How many neighbours does Australia have? | |
| One of them is Madagascar | Which is the closest? | |
| Australia’s neighbours are in the Universe | What type of climate do they have? | |
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One of them doesn’t have humans living on it – Antarctica. It does have part time people (scientists) |
What type of land is there? | |
| They all exist | ||
| All of them have living beings on them |
Australia’s Neighbours – Our questions Rooms 7 and 8
Why is Asia so big?
How many states are in Asia?
How far is it to the nearest country from Australia?
How far from Australia to England?
I wonder if a long time ago New Zealand was a part of Australia? – Evie
How can we help the endangered Indonesian elephants? – Mira
How come New Zealand is the closest country to Australia? – Trishna
How can we help the Indonesian elephants and animals? – Odele
How could we help the endangered species? – Leuca
How many years ago was Asia found? – Chanelle
China Research – Sharing our findings Year 3
Greenscreen Technology – Year 3
http://www.doink.com/tutorials/
Things to do next week:
1. Find suitable images to appear in the background. Save them on to the iPad. Remember to make sure you have the wi-fi button turned on in Settings.
2. Organise your script – What will you say?
China – Our Research – Room 8
Chinese New Year – Our Questions
Room 8 – Year 3
Does everyone celebrate?
Why is 2016 the Year of the Monkey?
Do the animals change every 4 years or 12 years?
Why is it the Year of an animal?
Why do Chinese people use chopsticks?
What do you do on Chinese New Year?
What does the dragon symbolise?
Year 3 and 4 Climate Zones – Marking Rubric
Year 3/4 Climate Zones – Geography – How and Why are Places Similar and Different?
What do we know about weather?
What do we know about climate?
What is the difference between weather and climate?
How and why are places similar and different?
Map of Australia showing key Climate Zones
http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/climate_zones/map_1.shtml
http://www.bom.gov.au/iwk/climate_zones/map_2.shtml
World Climate Zones:
Alpine Zones:
http://splash.abc.net.au/web/splash/embed?id=1436384
Desert Zone:
http://splash.abc.net.au/web/splash/embed?id=1436340
http://splash.abc.net.au/web/splash/embed?id=1436032
http://splash.abc.net.au/web/splash/embed?id=1436054
Rainforest:
http://splash.abc.net.au/web/splash/embed?id=1423363
http://splash.abc.net.au/web/splash/embed?id=1423055
Temperate Zone:
http://splash.abc.net.au/web/splash/embed?id=1668062
Arid Zone:
http://splash.abc.net.au/web/splash/embed?id=1423407
| Climate Zones | Climate conditions | Geographical Location | Countries/ Places |
| Temperate | Rain 500mm annually, all year round – near equator, further away usually in winter | between poles and equator | northern Europe, Canada |
| Tropical | heavy rainfall, always warm, wet and hot all year round | narrow band near the equator | Congo basin (Africa), East Indies, Sumatra to New Guinea |
| Arid |
extreme temperatures – cold nights and hot days Cold deserts further away from the equator |
near Tropics (Cancer and Capricorn) |
Australia, Africa, USA, Mexico Cold desert – Antarctica and Iranian Desert in Middle East |
| Polar | |||
| Mediterranean | usual temp 2-26 degrees Celsius, rainfall is light about 1000 mm per year | near arid zones, near temperate zones | western and southern Australia, Italy and central Chile |
| Alpine |
What would it be like to live in a neighbouring country?
When researching we need to:
1. Read carefully
2. Clarify anything we don’t understand
3. Identify key words, points to note down – use sub-headings