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South Africa Australia Environments

🌍 We Are Learning To Compare Environments

WALT: We are learning to identify deserts, savannahs and rivers in South Africa and Australia.

Success criteria: I can name an environment, describe one feature and make a connection between places.

1. Which environment is usually very dry and may have sand, rocks and very few plants?

Desert

Savannah

River

2. Which environment has flowing water?

Desert

Savannah

River

3. Tick the places where people, animals and plants can live.

South Africa

Australia

The Moon

🔗 Match the Environments

Draw a line to match each picture to its description. The symbols are simple picture clues.

A. 🏜️ Desert
B. 🌾 Savannah
C. 🌊 River
1. Flowing water that people, animals and plants may use.
2. Open grassland with scattered trees and animals.
3. A very dry place with little rain.
4. Write one place where you might find each environment.

Desert: ______________________________________________

Savannah: ____________________________________________

River: _______________________________________________

5. Circle one environment that you may find in Australia and South Africa.

Desert

Savannah

River

✏️ Explain and Connect

Word bank: dry, water, grass, trees, animals, people, Country

6. Complete the sentence.

A desert is __________________________________________ because __________________________________________.

7. Choose one environment. Explain how people, animals or plants use it.
8. Complete the sentence about caring for place.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples have cared for Country for a very long time by __________________________________________.

Challenge: Draw a bird’s-eye view of a river environment. Add a tree, an animal and water. Label your drawing.

My success check:

I named an environment.

I described an environment.

I explained one way to care for a place.

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