Australian Animals Activities In this PDF product are a variety of Australian Animal activities that include -Match the animal name with the correct picture by reading the descriptions. -Tell me about an Australian Animal writing prompts. -Match the Australian animals with the correct babies names and collective group names. Answer Sheets Inc. Studying about Australia? You may also be interested in these activities - Christmas in Australia Activity Australian Map JIGSAW Re arrange the states and territories to make a map of Australia and write cities and state names to complete.

Critical Thinking Game: Detective Dan and The Musicians of Abbey Road is based on the same idea as "The Einstein Intelligence Quiz". Gather information from clues and compile the information into the answer grid to show (in this particular mystery) 5 musicians names, what instruments they play, what pets they own, what nationality they are and what their hobbies are. This activity stretches the brain to take into consideration many factors, some clues being a little cryptic...It takes some thinking to work it all out. Included with the PPT activity is the printable PDF worksheet for the students to compile their information and write their answers on to. The lesson covers many areas of learning incorporating some flag knowledge of the 5 countries involved, nationalities, genres of music (in the characters names), instruments, animals, reading, comprehension, prepositions, critical thinking, problem solving and much more...It's super fun. • Vocabulary - Characters - Jazzy Jeff, Bluesy Bill, Salsa Sally, Hip-Hop Henry and Rockin' Ray • Nationalities - American, Spanish, Australian, English and French • Hobbies - Basketball, Reading, Riding Bikes, Photography and Tennis • Instruments - Guitar, Drums, Saxophone, Piano and Voice (singing) Pets - Dog, Snake, Mouse, Cat and a Goldfish. Some example questions: • -The pet living at Number 3 is a cat, the person living next door to the cat comes from England. • Bluesy Bill lives in a house that is in between a singer and a person with a dog. • Bluesy Bill comes from this country (see flag picture) but his neighbor only speaks Spanish. • The Saxophonists neighbor lives at Number 3. and so on ... To see a screen recorded video of this game in action see the video here https://youtu.be/ogL4Fdk7Jwk?list=PLP_xsoFOetKjXGwPG2ZjmJDClSD2nXGVk This PPT was created on Microsoft Office 2013. If you are worried about the compatibility of your Microsoft Office version, you can download the official Free PowerPoint Viewer

The Worlds Strangest Festivals come to you in this fun power-point game. True answers (signal a thumbs up) or false ( a thumbs down). This activity questions the validity of many strange festivals around the globe. 20 festivals in total are on the question board to be revealed, Many sound very strange but are they true? From a toilet Race to a Goat who is crowned king for 3 days...this activity will keep your students laughing and guessing "Thumbs up or Thumbs Down". I have included 2 printable worksheets that you can use in conjunction with the Power-Point Game. Worksheet 1 is for if you want to get your students to write the answers down and Worksheet 2 is a creative writing prompt asking which festival they would like to go to and why? Have they been to a festival and what did they see? And if they were to create a festival what would it be? All of my PPT templates and games are made with Microsoft Office 2013. If you are worried about the compatibility of your office versions for viewing this template, you can download the Free Microsoft PPT Viewer Download

This is an interactive Power-Point game that incorporates a fun playing format in to the classroom, as students make decisions about where within the world certain inventions come from. Students find themselves faced with a board showing 20 numbers to choose from and the task of deciding if the invention that is revealed to them from behind each number, comes from the powerhouse country of inventions..."China" or from another country in the world. Bonus questions and points are up for grabs at every turn, filling this fun game with a plethora of informative facts. Whilst graded from grade 7- 10, it really is very general and can be used for younger and /or older students. •Students choose a number (Teams for big classes) • They say Chopsticks if they think it is a Chinese invention or Pop-Sticks if it is an invention that originates from another country. • Answer correctly (YAY) Score the allocated points, Incorrectly (Boom). Read the accompanying facts on screen. • Answer a special bonus question for a bonus point Information touched on in this PPT Game • Nationalities such as Hungarian, Dutch, Canadian and more • Lots of China facts and trivia like the previous name of Beijing, major rivers, The Last Emperor, some dynasty facts etc. • Facts about some cool inventions like Rubik's Cube, wiFi, Toilet Paper, Jet Pack, Lawn Mower, Orange Carrots and much more • Famous or not so famous inventors names and their countries. See the screen video of the powerpoint game in action here on my youtube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKXaf4j9osU&list=PLP_xsoFOetKjXGwPG2ZjmJDClSD2nXGVk This PPT is designed using Microsoft Office 2013. If you are worried about the compatibility of your Microsoft Office version, you can download the official Free PowerPoint Viewer with which it works wonderfully. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Animal Sounds - Power-Point Game Demo Version ONLY Full version can be purchased in my TES shop. For Pre K,Kinder, Grade 1,2 and 3 To see the screen recording of the game in action copy and paste this address into the address bar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvezVUDgMGA&feature=youtu.be Kids will enjoy this interactive PPT race game in which they must listen to and identify the correct animal sound (with multi choice) which gives them a chance to move their mascot closer to the finish line. First home wins. For a better quality preview than above click here Animals sounds to listen to and identify in the FULL Version of the game are -Bear -Cat -Dog -Wolf -Bat -Rooster -Bird -Raccoon -Whale -Lion -Dinosaur -Sheep -Goat -Bee -Duck -Cow -Frog -Elephant -Monkey and Horse All of my PPT templates and games are made with Microsoft Office 2013. If you are worried about the compatibility of your office versions for viewing this game, you can download the Free Microsoft PPT Viewer Download

Christmas In Australia: Reading Comprehension + more. This is a short reading comprehension exercise about what having Christmas in Australia is like. Students read the passage and answer the 10 questions and write a short passage on if they would like to go to Australia for Christmas and why. NOW WITH ADDED BONUSES... -SPOT THE DIFFERENCE (Aussie Christmas theme) from the Spot and Talk the Difference Christmas Themed Activity -Color In "Aussie Christmas" page -When I think about Australia, I see...Write words and draw pictures of things that students associate with Australia.

Australian Money Activity This is a printable PDF lesson all about Australian money. It includes- *Colored pictures of the notes and coins. *Lots of interesting information about the people appearing on the notes, what the currency is made out of, security features and more. *Black and White cut and color notes and coins *Comprehension questions Studying about Australia? You may also be interested in these activities - Christmas in Australia Activity Australian Map JIGSAW Re arrange the states and territories to make a map of Australia and write cities and state names to complete. All About Australian Animals

Spot The Difference, with a difference because students actually SPEAK about what the differences may be without looking at each others pictures. The pictures are almost identical but have 10 distinct differences that the students (working in pairs) should try to identify with no peeking allowed. The set of pictures have the answer pages included and space below the pictures for the students to write their answers as they talk. There is also a teacher instruction page. Under The Sea - This is the "Under The Sea" edition. Fun characters and sea creatures swimming around in the blue ocean. Can you all find and talk about the differences? A super Christmas bundle for Christmas themed "Talk The Difference is available here Christmas Spot/Talk The Difference

Christmas Spot The Difference, with a difference because students actually SPEAK about what the differences may be without looking at each others pictures. The pictures are almost identical but have 10 distinct differences that the students (working in pairs) should try to identify with no peeking allowed. There are THREE sets of different pictures, one titled "Christmas Fever" (picture A and B) another titled "Christmas Eve Joy" (pictures A and B) and an insight into an Australian Christmas with "Aussie Christmas" (picture A and B) All three different sets of pictures have the answer pages included and space below the pictures for the students to write their answers as they talk. There is also a teacher instruction page. Christmas themed, discussion based, writing and observation exercise all rolled into one. Great to get into the Christmas spirit. If you are interested in a little reading and writing comprehension about Australia, the Aussie Christmas picture is also available in the Christmas in Australia Activity

Spot The Difference, with a difference because students actually SPEAK about what the differences may be without looking at each others pictures. The pictures are almost identical but have 10 distinct differences that the students (working in pairs) should try to identify with no peeking allowed. The set of pictures have the answer pages included and space below the pictures for the students to write their answers as they talk. There is also a teacher instruction page. CITY PARK - This is the City Park edition. Fun characters just enjoying a day in City Park. Can you all find and talk about the differences? A super Christmas bundle for Christmas themed "Talk The Difference is available hereChristmas Spot/Talk The Difference

Australia WORD GAME is a PowerPoint Game that plays in the style of Hang-man (but a passive version). Please see screen recorded PREVIEW by viewing here https://youtu.be/tJP-wLduo8s Students choose a letter to try and guess the "Australian Thing" (The Aussie things include food,animals,sport,places etc) If the letter is correct, some things will appear upon the beach scene you see on screen, along with the letter in the word. If the letter guessed is wrong... smash a secret agent spy glass (5 spy glasses to be smashed before answer has to be revealed). The Australian things are: Cricket Vegemite Canberra Pavlova Barbeque Kangaroo Uluru Koala Lamington Boomerang Tasmania Kookaburra All of my PPT templates and games are made with Microsoft Office 2013. If you are worried about the compatibility of your office versions for viewing this game, you can download the Free Microsoft PPT Viewer Download ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Australian Products: • Australian Animals • Australian Map Jigsaw • Australian Money Activity • Christmas In Australia Activities

Students get to review common Christmas things by becoming them with these great printable review cards. Students must ask questions to elicit yes/no answers from other students enabling them to finally guess what Christmas thing they actually are. For example... Can you eat me? Am I white? Am I a person? Can I fly? In the style of the popular headband game (by using some ordinary elastic headbands and inserting the card for students to see but not the student wearing) or can also be placed with a clip or tape on students backs (again so others can see but not the student wearing). What does this digital download include? Christmas Things PDF Printable Cards -30 cards including such things as Santa and Mrs Claus, Snowman, Elf, Presents, Chimney, Christmas star, Christmas Dinner etc There is also a large bundle of early learning review cards available to purchase in my store that incorporates This Christmas PDF Download AND Animals -30 cards Transportation -12 cards Nature -12 cards Food -18 cards That's 102 cards in total. Great value!

OCCUPATIONS WORD GAME is a PowerPoint Game that plays in the style of Hang-man (but a passive version). Please see screen recorded PREVIEW by clicking here Students choose a letter to try and guess the occupation. If the letter is correct, some objects (furnishings) will appear within the room you see on screen, along with the letter in the word. If the letter guessed is wrong... smash a secret agent spy glass (5 spy glasses to be smashed before answer has to be revealed). The occupations are Dentist Author Carpet Layer Post Woman Principal Astronaut Zoo Keeper School Teacher Salesman Painter President Veterinarian News Reader Photographer Plumber All of my PPT templates and games are made with Microsoft Office 2013. If you are worried about the compatibility of your office versions for viewing this game, you can download the

Australia Map- Jigsaw Activity This activity includes a jigsaw activity (for you to print) in which students cut out the different states and territories of Australia and then rearrange and paste them to form the map of Australia. Students can label their map with the included list of the 7 state and territory names and the matching capital cities. If you would rather just print the fully completed map for the students to label, that is also included within this PDF.

Categories Game- Like Scattergories and Pass The Bomb. Tick Tick Think Quick allows students to choose from 24 hidden categories, and allows for 4 different styles of play. Watch students try and beat the ticking clock music before it goes off with a BANG! Please take a minute to view the super short video of the screen recording of PPT in action, by copying and opening this youtube link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uOnAXCvOR8&index=6&list=PLP_xsoFOetKjXGwPG2ZjmJDClSD2nXGVk Suitable for just about all ages, grades and levels, this game is a mix of a few different games all rolled in to one interactive Power Point activity. Likened to Scattergories and Pass The Bomb word game (but in hyper mode), it works on vocabulary, is great for revising, uses critical thinking skills and is just all round tension building, exciting fun. 4 Ways To Play one Powerpoint game. Circle game (individual or group combat in one big circle) Collaboration (Team play in seated groups) Tennis Game (two or four players hit the category words back and forth - Printable answer template included) List It - (Individual list as many words from the category before the bomb explodes- Printable Answer Template included) Instructional Demonstration Video included in download. Categories that students must think of words for. Animals, countries, sport, vegetables,winter, school things, food, things at the beach, fruit, musical instruments, things in the kitchen, colors, in the garden, words ending with "N", what makes you smile, things you do everyday, birds, boys names, jobs, furniture, things you wear, transportation, girls names and shapes. All of my activities are created using Microsoft Office 2013. I f you are worried about compatibility you can download the free Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer.

Christmas Word-search 25 words to find such as Snowman Sleigh Reindeer Peace Turkey Stockings Bells Elves Fireplace Decorations Mistletoe Gifts Love Star Angel. Merry Christmas!

Chinese Inventions: World Inventions This is a super fun and informative game that's all about different inventions from around the world. This is a condensed DEMO VERSION ONLY. So you can trial how it runs. A huge hit in class, the full version is a fun filled 45 minutes of frenzied discussion and debate as the students try to test their knowledge (or just guess) if the inventions come from China (with it's endless history of many famous inventions) or other countries from around the globe. Bonus questions and points test the students to the maximum. A great informative game with a fun factor to liven up any classroom. Whilst graded from grade 7- 10, it really is very general and can be used for younger and /or older students. • Choose a number • Choose if you think it's Chopsticks (Chinese invention) or Pop-Sticks (another countries invention) • read extra interesting points about that invention • Answer a bonus question for a bonus point This game touches on things such as • Nationalities (Hungarian, Canadian, Dutch, Russian and more) • China facts and trivia ( Previous name of Beijing, The 2 major rivers in China, The Last Emperor, Dynasties etc) • Country specific invention information and interesting facts (Rubik's Cube, White Chocolate, Toilet Paper, The Jet Pack, The Lawn Mower, Orange Carrots, Stethoscope, WiFi and many more • Inventors names and country information. See the screen video of the powerpoint game in action here on my youtube page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKXaf4j9osU&list=PLP_xsoFOetKjXGwPG2ZjmJDClSD2nXGVk This PPT is designed using Microsoft Office 2013. If you are worried about the compatibility of your Microsoft Office version, you can download the official Free PowerPoint Viewer with which it works wonderfully.