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Let’s Visit Australia
Today we will be:Using a compass and exploring north, south, east and west.
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We can use a map of Australia to help us
improve our mapping skills.
Let’s find out how.
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Do you know what this is?
What does it help us do?
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This is a compass. Did you guess correctly?
A compass tells us which direction north, south, east
and west are.
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North
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Wow! what a great tool.
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We can use a compass to describe
where the states and territories of
Australia are. Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
AustralianCapital Territory
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Are you ready to use a compass?
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Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
AustralianCapital Territory
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Use the compass to finish this sentence:
Queensland is ___________ of
New South Wales.
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Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
AustralianCapital Territory
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Queensland is ___________ of
New South Wales.
Did you get the correct answer?
north
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Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
AustralianCapital Territory
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Use the compass to finish this sentence:
The Northern Territory is
___________ of Queensland.
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Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
AustralianCapital Territory
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The Northern Territory is
___________ of Queensland.
Did you get the correct answer?
west
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Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
AustralianCapital Territory
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Use the compass to finish this sentence:
Tasmania is ___________ of
Victoria.
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Western Australia
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania
AustralianCapital Territory
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Tasmania is ___________ of
Victoria.
Did you get the correct answer?
south
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We can also use the compass to help us
describe where objects are on maps.How could you do
this?
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Sydney Opera House
Ayers Rock
Eighty Mile Beach
Shark Bay
Mountains
Here is a map of Australia showing some well-known features.
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Sydney Opera House
AyersRock
Eighty Mile Beach
Shark Bay
Mountains
Can you use north, south, east and west to describe
where these features are?
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Mountains
Did you say something like this?
The mountains are west of the Sydney
Opera House.
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Sydney Opera House
AyersRock
Shark Bay
Eighty Mile Beach
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Mountains
Did you say something like this?
Ayers Rock is north and west of the
mountains.
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NW
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Sydney Opera House
AyersRock
Shark Bay
Eighty Mile Beach
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Mountains
Did you say something like this?
Shark Bay is south and west of Eighty
Mile Beach.
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SW
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Sydney Opera House
AyersRock
Shark Bay
Eighty Mile Beach
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Mountains
What else could you say?
Turn to a partner and practise using north, south, east and west to describe
the features’ positions.
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Sydney Opera House
AyersRock
Shark Bay
Eighty Mile Beach
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Answer true or false to these questions:
My teacher is behind me.The door is above me.
The window is close to me.
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