Overview
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Year Levels F–6
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Curriculum ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
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Subject Humanities
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Resource Formats Print
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Learning Focus Geography
What it is
From the award-winning Discovering series, Discovering Geography is written by experienced Geography teachers and supports your teaching of geographical skills, concepts, and inquiry in creative and engaging ways. Included resources assist with the implementation, lesson planning, and ongoing teaching of the Australian Curriculum: Geography and consist of:
- teacher resource books for Lower, Middle, and Upper Primary
- learning sequences with teaching activities, ideas, and links to series components
- engaging and varied levelled text types for learners
- detailed topic overviews with curriculum links
- blackline masters and support materials
- hands-on activities and answers
- student topic books and topic picture cards.
What it includes
Find out how Discovering Geography makes a difference.
Components
Teacher resource books
The teacher resource book provides a clear overview of the Australian Curriculum: Geography and helps teachers build the knowledge required to contextually teach geography skills and concepts. It includes:
- cohesive learning sequences for each topic
- detailed Australian Curriculum: Geography topic overviews with curriculum links
- engaging picture cards in print and digital formats
- imaginative student topic books
- blackline masters.
Components
Student topic books
Engage students with a range of nonfiction and fiction books that make Geography accessible for all learners.
- Fiction Topic Books cover the key strands of the Australian Curriculum while making Geography more accessible by teaching concepts through a fictional story with likeable characters.
- Nonfiction Topic Books include engaging photographs that give opportunities for classroom discussion.
- Provide concept development through levelled student resources, linked to the Teachers Resource Books.
Components
Topic picture cards
Use fun visual materials to encourage classroom discussion with the picture cards included with each Teacher Resource Book. They’re also available in digital format for projection in the classroom and interactive whiteboards to ensure maximum flexibility.
Samples & downloads
- Discovering Geography: Lower Primary Teacher Resource Book Download PDF (789KB)
- Discovering Geography: Foundation Student Topic Book Nonfiction - What is a Map? Download PDF (949KB)
- Discovering Geography: Year 1 Student Topic Book Fiction - The Great Train Race Download PDF (1.5MB)
- Discovering Geography: Year 2 Student Topic Book Nonfiction - Our place on Earth Download PDF (2MB)
- Discovering Geography: Middle Primary Teacher Resource Book Download PDF (2.8MB)
- Discovering Geography: Year 3 Student Topic Book Fiction - Lost at Lake Mongo Download PDF (1000KB)
- Discovering Geography: Year 3 Student Topic Book Comic - Climate Suits Download PDF (2.8MB)
- Discovering Geography: Year 4 Student Topic Book Nonfiction - Vegetation of the World Download PDF (2.8MB)
- Discovering Geography: Upper Primary Teacher Resource Book Download PDF (2MB)
- Discovering Geography: Year 5 Student Topic Book Fiction - Lost in Time Download PDF (416KB)
- Discovering Geography: Year 5 Student Topic Book Comic - Fire Flood! Download PDF (3.4MB)
- Discovering Geography: Year 6 Student Topic Book Nonfiction - Connections Download PDF (1.5MB)