A peculiar large hopping animal!
Australian Curriculum Year 3 and 4 Integrated Science and HASS
Australian Curriculum Year 3 HASS
How the community has changed and remained the same over time and the role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community (ACHASSK063)
How the community has changed and remained the same over time and the role that people of diverse backgrounds have played in the development and character of the local community (ACHASSK063)
Australian Curriculum Year 4 HASS
The journey(s) of AT LEAST ONE world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts (ACHASSK084)
The journey(s) of AT LEAST ONE world navigator, explorer or trader up to the late eighteenth century, including their contacts with other societies and any impacts (ACHASSK084)
Australian Curriculum Year 3 Science
Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day (ACSSU048)
Earth’s rotation on its axis causes regular changes, including night and day (ACSSU048)
Australian Curriculum Year 4 Science
Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity (ACSSU075)
Earth’s surface changes over time as a result of natural processes and human activity (ACSSU075)
Who was the first explorer to report Australia's peculiar large hopping animals to Europe? In what year? In which part of Australia was he reporting from? Why was he there? What is the significance of this explorer? How might we find the answers to these questions? What sources might you use? What else could you do?
Which country was he from? What other societies did he contact on his journey to Australia? What stories might he have shared with people he met?
How did the explorer use the regular changes of the Earth’s rotation in their journey to Australia? How did this affect their way of life? What things would the sailors notice in the rotation of the Earth in Europe and in Australia? What poems do you know explain navigation and the effects of the Earth’s rotation?
What do you think might happen on a new moon? Was the explorer concerned about a full moon?
What do you think might happen on a new moon? Was the explorer concerned about a full moon?
There is a town named after this explorer. If we visited that town today how has the Earth’s surface changed as a result of human activity?
How the community has changed? What features have been lost and what features have been retained? How has the diverse backgrounds of the people living in this town played in developing the character of this town?
Image from : http://gutenberg.net.au/aust-history.html
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