Year 1 Unit 2 Changing lands and skies

Year 1, Unit 2: Changing lands and skies Where in the world? What are we going to learn about in science? Click here for clues © 2013 Education Services Australia Ltd, except where indicated otherwise. You may copy, distribute and adapt this material free of charge for noncommercial educational purposes, provided you retain all copyright notices and acknowledgements. 1

© Andy Caulfield/Getty Images Lands and skies How do they change? What do they mean to all Australians? 2

Planet Earth 3

Our home I live in Greenland I live in Texas I live in Kenya 4

I live in Greenland is a country right at the top of planet Earth in the Arctic. This photo was taken just at the end of our summer. It is already starting to become very cold and you can even see pieces of floating ice in the sea. Soon there will be ice and snow everywhere. The temperatures will be well below zero. In winter, the sun will shine for only two or three hours a day. Soon we will not be able to ride our bikes. We will have to move about on skis and with husky sleds. Back 5

I live in Texas During the summer, the plains get very hot and there are many thunderstorms. Tornadoes form during thunderstorms. When you live in a place like Texas you know very well that tornadoes can be dangerous. Homes are built with strong roofs and foundations. Many people also have underground shelters that they go to when a tornado is near. Many areas have neighbourhood tornado sirens that warn people. Back 6

I live in Kenya is a country in Africa. It is mostly a very warm country. Kenya has many amazing animals that are protected. A lot of people in Kenya have to grow their own food instead of buying it in shops. So it is important for children in my village to learn how to grow food. Back 7

Image acknowledgements Slide no. Image title Source/author details Creative Commons licence details 2 Lightning over Sydney Opera House © Andy Caulfield/Getty Images 2 Dam in drought 2005 Image by Lavinia Riachi, reproduced courtesy of Film Australia 2 Uluru Jalbarragup Artworks CC BY-NC 2. 0 3 Earth - The Blue Marble NASA/Visible Earth Public domain 4 Kids on a ranch Ranchseeker CC BY-NC 2. 0 4 Children in Kulusuk ezioman CC BY-NC 2. 0 4 Kenya, Keigamere Village, 2011 treesftf CC BY 2. 0 5 Children in Kulusuk ezioman CC BY-NC 2. 0 6 Kids on a ranch Ranchseeker CC BY-NC 2. 0 6 Dusty Texas sky Misserion CC BY 2. 0 6 Lightning West Texan CC BY 2. 0 6 Texas tornado Bruce Haynie Public domain 7 Kenya, Keigamere Village, 2011 treesftf CC BY 2. 0 7 Kenya, Muganjuki Primary School, 2011 treesftf CC BY 2. 0 7 Kenya, Masai Mara Elephant iaindc CC BY-NC 2. 0 8