Saturday, March 13, 2010

Australia Web Quest #2



Hello Students:

Last session you answered questions about Australia from an article in World Book Online. Today you will continue with another set of questions from the article.

Click on link (usename: ps376k / password: ps376k), read the article and answer the following questions in your social studies notebook:

1) Australia has _______ land regions. They are __________, _____________, and ______________.

2) __________ are one of Australia's most important resources.

3) Australia's _________________ is the world's largest coral reef.

4) Australia has six states. They are __________, _____________, _____________,
_____________, ______________ and ______________.

5) Most of Australia's people live in ___________. The interior of Australia is too
_________ to support many people.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Australia Web Quest #1



Hello Students:

Today, we will continue our investigation of Kenya with a web quest.

Click on this link (usename: ps376k / password: ps376k), read the article and answer the following questions in your social studies notebook:

1) Australia is the only country that is also a __________.

2) Australia is the ________ largest country but the smallest ___________.

3) Australia is often called _________ because the land lies entirely within the Southern Hemisphere.

4) A few of the many unusual wild animals that live in Australia are _______, _________, ___________ and _____________.

5) Australia is surrounded by water, so it is like an __________. But Australia is a ____________ because of its great size.