Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand

Leah Walton2023-04-22T20:36:50-04:00

Welcome to Our Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand Homeschool Geography Curriculum

Want to travel to Australia and New Zealand from the comfort of your own home? Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand is the perfect answer! In each homeschool geography unit, students focus on a different state or territory of Australia. Through text-based lessons, activities, notebook pages, and links to additional information, students can virtually explore the areas discussed in the day’s lesson.

Getting Started with Our Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand Homeschool Geography Course

The Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand homeschool geography course allows students of all ages to study interesting facts about Australia and New Zealand and the history of these nations. A different state or territory of Australia is visited in each homeschool geography unit, with detours to explore New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Niue. There are activities, interesting facts, and links that can help the student virtually explore the areas being discussed in the day’s lesson. A study of native Australian animals is included in the “Build a Zoo” feature. Activities to study the animals are included and targeted to different grade levels so any age student can benefit from this geography course. Answer keys are included where appropriate.

Overview

32 weeks, 5 days a week
Includes text-based lessons, activities, notebooking pages, links to additional information, and answer keys
Grades: Kindergarten through Grade 12

Supplies Needed

Corresponding lessons on SchoolhouseTeachers.com; 3-ring binder for writing assignments, notetaking, research, and Build a Zoo project; Zookeeper’s journal download under “Build a Zoo Instructions – Bilby: Week One” for appropriate grade level

What to Do

Go to Class Lessons and download the lesson plan. Start with the Day 1 instructions to download additional files for the first lesson. Follow the instructions each day on the lesson plan and check them off when completed.

Course Sample for Our Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand Homeschool Geography Course

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Tasmania and Victoria
Day One

Welcome to Tasmania! My name is George, and I am looking forward to showing you around my island of Tasmania and our neighbor on the mainland, Victoria. I was named after George Bass, a British surgeon in the Navy who explored this area with Matthew Flinders. Together, they sailed all the way around Tasmania, proving that it was an island.

The first place I want to show you is the Woolmers Estate. It is a beautiful place that has all sorts of historic buildings on it. There are Wool and Apple Packing Sheds, a Coach House, Farm

Stables, and Blacksmith’s shop. There is a Cider Press and a Garden Pavilion.

There’s something else Woolmers is famous for, too. Do you like roses? If you do, this will be your favorite stop! The Rose Garden there has one of the most amazing collections of roses anywhere! There are roses there from all over the world, including Europe and China!

So, come on! Let’s be on our way to Woolmers’ Estate. This is one place you won’t want to miss!

Course Outline for Our Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand Homeschool Geography Course

Nine Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand homeschool geography units and the “Build a Zoo” feature take students across Australia and New Zealand, exploring historic locations and meeting exotic animals. Geography activities are provided for Kindergarten-2nd grade, 3rd-6th grade, and 7th-12th grade.

Weeks 1-4: Australian Capital Territory
Weeks 5-8: New South Wales
Weeks 9-12: Northern Territory
Weeks 13-16: Queensland
Weeks 17-20: South Australia
Weeks 21-24: Tasmania and Victoria
Weeks 25-28: Western Australia
Week 29: New Zealand: Bridge to NoWhere in Whanganui Nations Park, Clarks Flour Mill
Week 30: New Zealand: Larnach Castle, Museum of New Zealand
Week 31: New Zealand: National Library, Ophir Post Office, Waitomo Caves
Week 32: Cook Island and Niue: Mauke, Penryhn, Niue

More About Our Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand Homeschool Geography Course

Everyday Explorers: Australia and New Zealand homeschool geography lessons lead students through exploring Australia, New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and even Niue along the way!

Homeschool students expand their learning and fun by building their own zoos!

So, grab a map and an adventurer’s spirit, and let’s go exploring!

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