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Short Reads 6 stories

Written by children, for children. Each one opens as a PDF.

Shipwrecked

The Mostly True Diary of a CastawayMax Buckley, age 9¾ · 5 pages The Lighthouse With No KeeperNell Ferris, age 10 · 6 pages The Heroic and Tragic Diary of Barnaby PlumBarnaby Plum · 7 pages

Procedures

How to Bake a CakeMilo Pratt, age 9 · 7 pages How to Look After a Guinea PigAva Silvano, age 9 · 7 pages How to Put Up a TentTheo Marchetti, age 9 · 6 pages

Animals 50 tasks

Fifty animals from Australia and around the world.

Red

Dogs Kangaroos Cats Koalas Elephants Wombats Penguins Kookaburras Rabbits Quokkas

Orange

Dolphins Echidnas Polar Bears Platypus Lions Tasmanian Devils Giraffes Bilbies Chimpanzees Little Penguins

Yellow

Sea Turtles Cassowaries Octopus Flying Foxes Cheetahs Numbats Wolves Sugar Gliders Gorillas Thorny Devils

Green

Blue Whales Dingoes Snow Leopards Frilled-neck Lizards Emperor Penguins Saltwater Crocodiles Meerkats Dugongs Great White Sharks Eastern Quolls

Blue

Wedge-tailed Eagles Humpback Whales Mimic Octopus Box Jellyfish Monarch Butterflies Lyrebirds Vampire Bats Leafy Sea Dragons Archerfish Green Tree Frogs

Dinosaurs 50 tasks

Fifty dinosaurs and prehistoric creatures.

Red

Tyrannosaurus Rex Triceratops Stegosaurus Brachiosaurus Velociraptor Pteranodon Ankylosaurus Diplodocus Spinosaurus Parasaurolophus

Orange

Allosaurus Pachycephalosaurus Apatosaurus Carnotaurus Archaeopteryx Mosasaurus Plesiosaurus Protoceratops Gallimimus Iguanodon

Yellow

Deinonychus Ceratosaurus Kentrosaurus Oviraptor Maiasaura Edmontosaurus Dilophosaurus Compsognathus Megalosaurus Therizinosaurus

Green

Giganotosaurus Carcharodontosaurus Argentinosaurus Microraptor Baryonyx Amargasaurus Saltasaurus Dreadnoughtus Pachyrhinosaurus Suchomimus

Blue

Troodon Quetzalcoatlus Acrocanthosaurus Herrerasaurus Coelophysis Sinosauropteryx Yutyrannus Nigersaurus Psittacosaurus Nanuqsaurus

Australian History 50 tasks

First Australians, colonisation, federation and beyond.

Red

The First Australians James Cook The First Fleet Convicts in Australia Arthur Phillip Botany Bay Early Sydney The Australian Flag Abel Tasman Life on a Ship

Orange

Terra Australis William Dampier Dirk Hartog The Australian Gold Rush Ned Kelly The First Fleet’s Journey Crossing the Blue Mountains Food in the Early Colony Women Convicts The Growing Colony

Yellow

Matthew Flinders HMS Endeavour The Eureka Stockade Rose de Freycinet John Macarthur and Wool Governor Macquarie Burke and Wills Charles Darwin in Australia Edward John Eyre The Overland Telegraph

Green

The Dutch East India Company Federation of Australia The ANZAC Spirit Women’s Suffrage in Australia The Stolen Generations The Sydney Harbour Bridge The Flying Doctor Service The Kokoda Track The 1967 Referendum The Snowy Mountains Scheme

Blue

Macassans and Aboriginal Trade The Rum Rebellion Terra Nullius The Land Rights Movement The Mabo Decision Australia’s Constitutional Monarchy The Stolen Generations Apology Australia’s Immigration History Women in Colonial Australia Australia in World War II

Biological Sciences 50 tasks

Living things, habitats, food chains and ecosystems.

Red

Living and Non-Living Things Once-Living Things Grouping Animals by Features Grouping Plants by Features Vertebrates and Invertebrates Mammals and Their Features Reptiles and Their Features Birds and Their Features Insects and Their Features How Scientists Group Living Things

Orange

Producers in a Habitat Consumers in a Habitat Decomposers in a Habitat What Is a Food Chain? Herbivores, Carnivores and Omnivores Habitats and the Living Things in Them How Plants Make Food Fungi — Nature’s Recyclers Bacteria as Decomposers The Role of Worms in Soil

Yellow

Food Webs Predators and Prey Desert Habitats in Western Australia Forest Habitats in Western Australia Freshwater Habitats Ocean Habitats How Decomposers Keep Ecosystems Healthy What Happens When a Producer Is Removed? Classifying Invertebrates Classifying Plants

Green

Ecosystems Biodiversity in Western Australia The Impact of Introduced Species Pollination and Food Chains Scavengers and Their Role Parasites and Their Hosts Symbiotic Relationships Habitat Loss and Its Effects on Food Chains How Human Activity Affects Producers Native WA Plants and the Animals That Depend on Them

Blue

Keystone Species Trophic Levels Eutrophication Biological Control of Pests in WA Marine Food Webs The Carbon Cycle and Living Things Bioaccumulation in Food Chains Conservation of WA Ecosystems How Scientists Study Food Webs Rewilding — Restoring Ecosystems

Chemical Sciences 50 tasks

Solids, liquids, materials and changes of state.

Red

What Is a Solid? What Is a Liquid? Melting Freezing Evaporation Condensation Ice and Water What Are Materials? Natural Materials Made Materials

Orange

Comparing Solids and Liquids Heat Energy Changes of State Why Puddles Disappear Dew and Frost Boiling Water The Water Cycle Cooking with Heat Chocolate and Heat Glass Blowing

Yellow

What Are Fibres? Cotton Wool What Are Metals? Iron and Steel Aluminium What Is Glass? What Are Plastics? Recycling Materials Choosing the Right Material

Green

Silk Synthetic Fibres Copper Gold and Silver Waterproof Materials Thermal Conductors and Insulators Strong and Weak Materials Materials in Buildings Biodegradable Materials Sustainable Materials

Blue

Flexible Materials Candles and Wax Steam Wood as a Material Natural vs Synthetic Materials How Plastics Are Made Recycling Metals Materials in Clothing Recycling Plastics How Glass Is Made

Geography 50 tasks

Maps, places, climate and our region.

Red

What Is a Map? Australia’s States Our Capital Cities Mountains in Australia Rivers in Australia Deserts in Australia What Is a Continent? Hot Places and Cold Places Land and Water Cities and Towns

Orange

Australian States and Territories Capital Cities of Australia Western Australia and Its Towns Australia’s Nearest Neighbours The Great Barrier Reef The Australian Outback Australia’s Coastline Aboriginal Place Names Caring for the Environment What Is Geography?

Yellow

Maps and Geographical Scales Aboriginal Connections to Country Australia’s Major Natural Features Australia’s Climate Zones Indonesia — Our Nearest Neighbour Papua New Guinea New Zealand How People Change Places Protecting Australian Environments Australia and the Pacific

Green

The Continent of Africa The Continent of Europe The Continent of South America The Continent of North America The Asia Region Bushfires in Australia Droughts in Australia Cyclones in Australia Flooding in Australia Renewable and Non-Renewable Resources

Blue

How People Alter Australian Environments Sustainable Resource Management Japan — Geography and People India — Geography and People China — Geography and People Geographical Diversity in Southeast Asia Responding to Natural Disasters Deforestation and Land Clearing Australia’s Connection to Asia The World’s Major Oceans

Fiction 50 tasks

Fables, folk tales and short stories.

Red

The Lion and the Mouse The Tortoise and the Hare The Ant and the Grasshopper The Fox and the Grapes The Crow and the Pitcher The Little Red Hen Mia’s Big Jump The Lost Puppy A Day at the Rock Pool Sam and the Scary Cave

Orange

The Boy Who Cried Wolf The Wind and the Sun Two Friends and a Bear The Honest Woodcutter The Three Billy Goats Gruff The Golden Touch Lost in the Bush Zara and the Storm Jack’s Strange Garden The Fisherman’s Catch

Yellow

The Fox and the Crow Stone Soup The King’s New Clothes The Fisherman and the Fish The Brolga’s Gift The Secret Cave The Three Questions The Midnight River Anansi and the Wisdom Pot The Night Sky Walk

Green

The Tiger’s Whisker Anansi and the Stories The Selfish Giant The Elephant’s Promise The Raven Steals the Light The Last Tree The Pearl Diver’s Daughter The Lighthouse Keeper’s Secret The Two Sisters The Frozen River

Blue

Pandora’s Box The Singing Tree The Clockmaker’s Apprentice The Weaver and the River God The Girl Who Outran the Wind The Mountain of Three Tests The Sea People The Riddle at the Gate Two Captains The Well at the World’s End

Phonics 12 activities

Four sets, three activities in each.

Phonics

Set A Set B Set C Set D

Match the Sound to the Picture

Set A Set B Set C Set D

Odd One Out

Set A Set B Set C Set D

Letter Planet 3 activities

Sound out the letters to land the ship.

s c bLetter Planet a e oLetter Planet oo ee aiLetter Planet

Words and Pictures 6 activities

Match words to what you can see.

First LetterWords and Pictures Last LetterWords and Pictures Beginning LettersWords and Pictures Find LettersWords and Pictures Rhyme TimeWords and Pictures Cassowary — non-fiction with fractionsWords and Pictures