ARTS & CRAFTS RESOURCES Printable Coloring Pages Printable Word Search Puzzles FREE Clip Art		You are here: Teach > Thematic Units > Australia     Internet Activities for Australia   Kangaroo Images (All Grades) Students of all ages will enjoy seeing these pictures of kangaroos. Younger students can print them for classroom decorations and older students can print them for research reports. http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~toddjh/kangaroo/ &title=ALFY%20-%20Animals%20and%20Pets%20-%20Mammals%20and%20More Kookaburra (All Grades) Listen to the sounds of the kookaburra and read the kookaburra poem by a 6 year old at this site. Have students research, then write their own kookaburra or other Australian animal poetry. http://www.ozemail.com.au/~wprimary/kooka.htm Lenny Loosejocks goes Walkabout (3+) Older students will enjoy going on a virtual tour to the Outback with Lenny Loosejocks at this site. http://www.loosejocks.com/cgi-bin/frames/frames.cgi? http://www.loosejocks.com/walkabout/ Sydney 2000 Olympic Games (3+) Students can go to the Kids section of this site to explore the 4 sports zones, or they can go to the Sydney section to read a Sydney city guide. http://www.olympics.com/eng/ Great Barrier Reef Project (4+) Have older students research the Great Barrier Reefs of Australia, including geography and lifeforms. The sites below will help in their research. http://www2.eis.net.au/~nqtds/infocomm/1overv1.html http://www.lonelyplanet.com/dest/aust/graphics/map-gbr.htm Welcome to Australia (4-5) Older students will enjoy searching this site about travel in Australia. Have students plan a pretend trip using the resources at this site. Give them a set amount of money to spend on a trip and see what they come up with. http://www.australia.com/ http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/tourism.html