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Rainforest: read a brochure

Rainforest: read a brochure

TLF ID L345

Read a six-page brochure about the climate of a temperate rainforest in Victoria. Look at maps of Australia showing patterns of temperature and rainfall. Find out what clothing to bring and how to get to the rainforest from the airport. As you go, look up the meaning of tricky words.

Tags: rainforests
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Educational details

Educational value
  • Provides opportunities to interpret maps, including legends.
  • Provides a factual description of a physical environment.
  • Contains a glossary of difficult terms and their pronunciation
Year level

5; 6; 7; 8

Topics English language Creating texts Words Reading Australia Climate Landforms Geographic location Factual descriptions Film scripts Text types Symbols Teacher professional learning Multimodal texts Hopping mice
Learning area
  • English
  • Geography
  • Humanities and Social Sciences

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Deakin University\; Faculty of Education\; Consultancy and Development
  • Organization: Deakin University\; Faculty of Education\; Consultancy and Development
  • Description: Subject matter expert
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.deakin.edu.au/
  • Name: Global Vision Productions
  • Organization: Global Vision Productions
  • Description: Technical implementer
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.globalvision.com.au/
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Colour independence
  • Device independence
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.