Discovering Geography (Upper Primary Nonfiction Topic Book)

What are connections? How do we create and build them? In this book, you will explore connections between Australia and the rest of the world and find out how connections can play an important role in your everyday life.   

Key concepts: Interconnections, Change

AC Content Descriptions:

• Significant events that connect people and places throughout the world.
• The various connections that Australia has with other countries, and how these connections change people and places.
• The effect that people’s connections with and proximity to places throughout the world, have on shaping their awareness and opinion of those places.

Discovering Geography is a comprehensive, three-level resource that assists with the implementation, lesson planning and on-going teaching of the Australian Curriculum: Geography F-6.

This book is classified as Reading Level 30 / Fountas and Pinnell Level U. Visit our Levelled readers page for further information on reading levels.

Lana Salfinger is currently a Science teacher, at Presbyterian Ladies’ College (PLC), an independent girls’ school in Western Australia. She is known in education as a co-author of numerous Science texts including the Science Aspects series, Science Ways workbooks 1 and 2 and the new series, Science and Inquiry books 1 and 2. She has presented at schools and conferences locally, nationally and internationally for the past nine years on a wide variety of topics in addition to regularly supporting visiting Science staff from other schools in her classes. Originally a Biology and general science teacher, Lana's passion now lies in engaging students during the transitional years of Middle School, with the aim of developing scientifically informed, caring and responsible individuals who think critically, and make informed choices for themselves, the environment and society.

Joanne Hine is a teacher and deputy principal who lives in the southwest of Western Australia with her husband and children. She is passionate about teaching and loves nothing better than watching kids discover something new or different about their world.

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