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      Carey Bros Queensland

      • TLF-IDM019858

      This is a video about the operation of the Carey Brothers meat production business. Introduced by Greg Carey, the video shows beef cattle at the company's abattoir as he lists the numbers of cattle, lambs and pigs processed in a typical week and the numbers of staff employed at the plant. He praises the resilience of the ...

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      Refugees welcome here

      • TLF-IDM021183

      This resource embeds the use of online collaboration tools and 21st century learning skills in a student-centered hands-on project designed to welcome refugees into their community. The syllabus outcomes are aligned to NSW Stage 4 English, Geography or Visual Arts but this could be used with older or younger students by ...

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      Sustainable transport – sustainability action process (Years 3–6)

      • TLF-IDM021173

      This sustainable transport learning resource will guide students through an extended school based investigation. Students will develop and implement a chosen sustainability action and then evaluate and reflect on their success and their learning.

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      Water

      • TLF-IDM013198

      This is a PDF resource that focuses on the theme of water in Australian artworks, featuring 15 different artworks using various mediums. Each page includes an image, description and context of the artwork, and information about the artist, as well as specific focus questions or key statements that prompt a response to the ...

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      Explaining our catchment

      • TLF-IDM012493

      This is a 28-page PDF unit of work for year 7 geography in which students use conceptual diagrams to demonstrate visually the water catchment process. Over eight lessons, students use these diagrams as an aid to identifying the relationships between features in their local waterways. The resource includes an explanation ...

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      Places we protect

      • TLF-IDM013817

      This is a rich, multilayered resource about 35 protected Bush Heritage reserves throughout Australia. The resource includes a map of Australia that displays the locations of the 35 reserves. Each location is linked to important information and images including: quick facts; visiting information; the animals, plants and ...

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      ACMF: Farm visit

      • TLF-IDM016058

      This resource is a web page providing information about commercial chicken meat farming in Australia. It explains that meat chickens are not raised in cages but are kept in large barns, and provides a link to further information on the different farming systems used in growing meat chickens. The resource features a film ...

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      Activity: a global crisis?

      • TLF-IDM014386

      This is a web resource about the availability of fresh water in Australia and other countries that includes a student activity accompanied by a teacher guide providing background information and a lesson plan. A student worksheet provides activity instructions and a lotus diagram for the students to complete. The activity ...

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      Old Government House Parramatta virtual tour

      • TLF-IDM016334

      This resource is about exploring Governor Macquarie’s preferred residence while learning more about the early colony through this virtual tour of Old Government House at Parramatta.

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      Dollar street

      • TLF-IDM012536

      This is an interactive resource about the different standards of living of people at different levels of wealth. It shows a street containing photo-panoramas from households at different income levels in Mozambique, South Africa and Uganda. The user can choose the level of income ranging from $1-2 per day to over $100 per ...

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      CFA Bushfires - a geography resource for Australian students

      • TLF-IDM012439

      This is an illustrated PDF with comprehensive information about the causes and behaviours of bushfire as well as the impact fires have on natural and human environments. Taking a geographic perspective, the text is supported with photographs, maps, aerial photography, diagrams, and tables. Each chapter includes activities ...

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      Bushfire education: types of fires - good and bad

      • TLF-IDM012447

      This is a teacher resource containing a lesson plan that provides guidelines for class discussion about why some fires are helpful while others cause problems, and includes suggestions for activities and games that will encourage awareness of fire safety. High-quality photographs that can be used to assist the discussion ...

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      Groundwater

      • TLF-IDM012548

      This is an online resource about Australia's groundwater that provides important information, facts and images about groundwater. It contains seven major sections: Latest news about Australia's groundwater; Basics - groundwater; Our capabilities - groundwater; Groundwater in Australia; Understanding groundwater resources; ...

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      CFA fact sheets

      • TLF-IDM012437

      This is an online resource containing fact sheets on topics including Ash Wednesday, What CFA does, Safety in the home and CFA firefighters. Each fact sheet can be downloaded as a PDF. This resource is provided for students by Country Fire Authority (CFA) Victoria.

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      Bushfire education: emergency triple zero

      • TLF-IDM012446

      This is a teacher resource containing a lesson plan based on an interactive online narrative, Triple zero kids' challenge - story 8. It provides guidelines for a class discussion about a story of two children who come across a bushfire. The story prompts the user to dial 000 on a simulated mobile phone and poses the types ...

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      Mapping our waterway

      • TLF-IDM012494

      This is a 29-page PDF unit of work for year 7 that comprises a two-part teaching and learning sequence on waterways. 'Assessing the health of the waterway' involves students collecting data to assess the water quality of a local waterway, while 'Creating a map of the waterway' involves them using Google maps to display ...

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      Charles & Ruth Lane Poole

      • TLF-IDM013839

      This is a rich resource about Charles Lane Poole, Australia's most famous forester, and Ruth Lane Poole, a designer who created the interiors of the Canberra residences of the Prime Minister and Governor-General. Developed by the National Archives of Australia, the resource consists of a historical essay by John Dargavel ...

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      Weather: what is weather? - activity

      • TLF-IDM012709

      This is a Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) student worksheet about weather. The worksheet includes an aim, an introduction explaining what weather is and a series of questions about weather for students to respond to using pictures and words. Some of the questions are about what sort of clothes the students would wear and games ...

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      GeogSpace: year 3 - exemplar

      • TLF-IDM013314

      This is a web page consisting of an overview and two illustrations of practice on the GeogSpace website, a resource for teachers. The illustrations develop the concept of place into a more complex idea with subtleties of function, and contrasts in settlements between different places. Illustration 1 develops students' knowledge ...

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      GeogSpace: year 7 - exemplar

      • TLF-IDM013773

      This is a web page consisting of an overview and five illustrations of practice on the GeogSpace website, a resource for teachers. The illustrations relate to the Geographical Knowledge and Understanding, and the Geographical inquiry and Skills strands of the Australian Curriculum: Geography. The five illustrations investigate ...

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