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• Name five famous Australian explorers.
• Name five metals.
• Why are they famous?
• What are their chemical symbols?
• Did they achieve what they set out to do?
• Name two uses for each metal,
• What hardships, if any, did they endure?
• Name two places in the world where each
is mined.
• Would you like to have been an explorer?
• How are th6 metals mined?
• Name five pieces of equipment you would
need to use when going on an exploration
trip.
• Name a metal that doesn't rust.
• What metal is the foil we use to wrap food
made from?
• Choose any four of the following to take on
an expedition: bottle of water; mirror; soap;
fishing line; knife; portable TV; rifle; first aid
kit; diary; tins of baked beans.
• Explain why you chose the four items you
did.
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• Who were Gregory Blaxland, Lieutenant
William Lawson and William Wentworth?
• Which is the largest ocean?
• What are they famous for?
• Which is the smallest ocean?
• Did they achieve what they set out to find?
• Which three oceans touch the shores of
Australia?
• What hardships, if any, did they encounter?
• You are going with Blaxland, Lawson and
Wentworth. You can choose any two
people you want to go with you. Who will
you choose and why?
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• Name the oceans.
• Name a place in Western Australia where
two oceans join, and name the oceans.
• Name six seas and give their location.
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Give the number of players in each team.
What equipment is needed for each sport?
What is the venue for each sport called?
List two rules for each sport.
Do you play any of these sports?
Describe the uniform worn by members of
any one of the teams.
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List a surname or family name for every
letter of the alphabet.
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Pick ten of these names and find the
meaning of each.
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What is the first family name listed in the
telephone directory?
What is the last family name listed in the
telephone directory?
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• List a first or given name for each letter of
the alphabet.
• Pick ten names and find the meaning of
each.
• What is the meaning of your first name?
• What is your favourite boy's name?
What is your favourite girl's name?
Do you like your first name?
• Name ten types of music.
• List an artist for each type of music.
• Write a sentence about your favourite type
of music.
• Name four orchestras.
• Name four bands.
• List five popular female singers.
• List five popular male singers.
• What is the longest first name you have
ever heard?
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• Who is your favourite singer?
• Who is your favourite band or group? List
its members.
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Name six different political parties in
Australia,
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Name an insect for every letter of the
alphabet.
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Which political party is at present in office?
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For which letters were you unable to find an
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Who is the current Prime Minister?
Who are the leaders of the six parties you
listed?
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Name the current head of government of
each state or territory.
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Who is the Governor-General of Australia?
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Which is th6 smallest insect on your list?
How many of the insects on your list can
fly?
Do you have a favourite insect?
Are there any insects you do not like?
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• Think of, and list, an animal for each letter
of the alphabet.
• Name the three defence forces in Australia.
• List the letters you were unable to find an
animal for.
• Describe one of the uniforms worn by a
member of each service.
• What is the largest animal on your list?
• What is the smallest animal on your list?
• List three jobs you could do in each
service.
• Find out how many of these animals are
native to Australia and name them.
• Which service would interest you most and
why?
• Which of the listed animals have you
actually seen?
• Name an important base for each service in
Australia.
• Name the highest rank in each service.
• Are any of your listed animals extinct?
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• List the Roman numerals from one to
twenty.
• What system of measurement does
Australia use?
• What are the Roman numerals for fifty, one
hundred, five hundred, one thousand and
one million?
• Find a country that uses Imperial
measurement.
• Write the following numbers in Roman
numerals: 67, 202, 350, 571, 1069,
2002, 3900, 5620, 7777 and 10 000.
• Name three places where you have seen
Roman numerals used.
• Write your birth date in Roman numerals.
• On many clocks with Roman numeral
faces, iiii is used instead of iv, for 4.
Research to find out why.
• Find what these abbreviations for units of
measurement mean:
in
ft
yd
ac
oz
lb
• What system of measurement do they
come from?
• Find out what these abbreviations mean:
mm cm m km g kg t
• What system of measurement do they
come from?
• What is measured using the troy weight
system?
• What do we measure in carats?
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• What is a planet?
• Name the planets in our galaxy in order
from the sun.
• Which is the largest planet?
• Which is the smallest planet?
• Which planet is called the 'Red Planer?
• Which planet has rings?
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• Name two systems for measuring area,
and list three units used to measure area in
each system.
• Now name two systems for measuring
temperature. What units are used?
• Name two systems for measuring pressure.
What is one unit in each?
• Which planet is the brightest?
• Is our moon a planet?
• A five-litre car engine is how big in cubic
inches?
• What is our galaxy called?
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• Name two systems for measuring volume,
and list three units to measure volume in
each system.
• How were the planets named?
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• Write a definition of an 'acronym'.
• Find a definition of a `proverb'.
• Find out what these acronyms, initialisms
or abbreviations mean:
• Choose ten proverbs and write them down.
ANZAC
IBM
laser
AIDS
UNO
sitcom
NATO
NASA
UNICEF Scuba
FAQ
sonar
WHO
radar
bin
• Now write a brief explanation of each.
• Ask five people their favourite proverb and
see if you know what it means.
• If not, see if'You can find out.
• Now find as many as you can of your own.
• What do the following text abbreviations
mean?
CUL8R CYA
AFAIK
BRB
4EVRYRS RUOK?
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• Find a definition of an 'idiom'.
• Find a definition of 'epo nym'.
• Now explain the meaning of these
expressions: Achilles heel
• Can you explain where these words come
from?
bald as a bandicoot
banksia
biro
to kill the fatted calf
braille
cardigan
as game as Ned Kelly
diesel
dunce
a fool's paradise
leotard
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Buckley's chance
teddy
pavlova
to take the cake
mackintosh
sandwich
to break the ice
maverick
morse code
as mad as a March hare
Melba toast
tied to one's apron strings
mind your p's and q's
• See if you can find any more with the same
origins.
Think of three similar expressions yourself,
and explain their meaning.
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