Monday 19 March 2012

Australian Animals



The Australian fauna has got some unique animals. We all know about the kangaroo or the koala but there are many more. Have you ever heard about the wombat, the seadragon, the emu, the wallaroo or the dingo? Can you identify the eight animals in the drawing above?
Post your comments.

If you need some help, look at the animals below. You can see their pictures and their names.
They are classified into these categories:
- aquatic creatures
- birds
- mammals, marsupials and reptiles

Then, look at the pictures below, click on the names of the animals, go to the link that shows and read the information about them.
After that, choose an animal and make a power point presentation about it.Remember! Use your own words! Don't copy and paste! Make it nice and interesting!

What do you need to say about each animal?
1. Name of the animal.
2. Description of the animal.
    (Use the verbs to be and to have got.)
3. Location and habitat.
4. Food
5. Are they on a red list? or,  are they protected?
6. Add any interesting fact you want to.

We'll see your  presentations in class and then we'll post them to our blog.

Do your best and enjoy



AQUATIC CREATURES
Dugong Blue Mountains Tree Frog Platypus Western Swamp Tortoise Australian Furseal Seastars & Crown of Thorns
Dugong Blue Mountains Tree Frog Platypus Western swamp Tortoise Australian Furseal Seastars & Crown of Thorns




Giant Cuttlefish Great White Shark Salt Water Crocodile Sawfish Dolphin Whale
Giant Cuttlefish Great White Shark Salt Water Crocodile Sawfish Bottlenose Dolphin Southern Right Whale






Yabby Seadragons Little or Fairy Penguin Eastern Snake Necked Turtle Pelican Email me with your suggestion
Yabby Seadragons Penguin Snake Necked Turtle Pelican Suggestion is ... ?








BIRDS
Cassowary Turquosine Parrot Australian Owls Emu Australian Magpie Kingfishers
Cassowary Turquosine Parrot Australian Owls Emu Magpie Kingfishers












Oystercatcher Galah Brolga Cockatoo Bogong Moth Mallee Fowl
Oystercatcher Galah Brolga Cockatoo Bogong Moth Mallee Fowl
Little or Fairy Penguin Lyrebird Pelican Rainbow Lorikeet White Bellied Sea Eagle Email me with your suggestion
Penguin Lyrebird Pelican Rainbow Lorikeet Sea Eagle Suggestion is ... ?



MAMMALS, MARSUPIALS AND , REPTILES 
Spotted Cuscus Wombats x 3 Pygmy Possum Kowari wallaroo Frilled Neck Lizard
Spotted Cuscus Wombat x 3 Pygmy Possum Kowari Wallaroo Frilled Neck Lizard












Numbat Dingo Leadbeaters Possum Red Kangaroo Goanna (Sand Monitor) Echidna
Numbat Dingo Leadbeaters Possum Red Kangaroo Goanna (Sand Monitor) Echidna












Koala Quoll Tasmanian Devil Thorny Devil Quokka Crocodile
Koala Spotted Tailed Quoll Tasmanian Devil Thorny Devil Quokka Salt Water Crocodile






Long Nosed Bandicoot Sugar Glider Phascogale Thylacine Bogong Moth Pademelon
Long Nosed Bandicoot Sugar Glider Phascogale Thylacine Bogong Moth Pademelon



Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo Bilby Green Tree Ant Bridled Nailtail Wallaby Fying Fox (Grey-headed) Email me with your suggestion
Lumholtz Tree Kangaroo Bilby Green Tree Ant Bridled Nailtail Wallaby Fying Fox (Grey-headed) Suggestion is ...