1. R65 Australian Geography

2. Flag of Australia

3. What do you know about Australia?

4. Quick Video on Australia
(10 minutes)

5. World Map

6. Where is Australia?

7. Today’s Standard
SS6G12 The student will be able to locate selected features of Australia.

8. Essential Question: What makes Australia so unique?

9. Physical Features of Australia
Australia has huge desert plains stretching across the country’s middle.
It’s largest part has semi-arid (dry land) called the Outback
It hasmilder climates along the
southeastern and southwestern
Coasts
There are larger populations in the southern
coastal regions, esp. on the east
coast.

10. It is the world’s smallest and flattest continent
Northern Australia has a tropical climate,
rain forests, mangrove swamps, grasslands
It is the world’s smallest and flattest continent
The Indian Ocean and
Pacific Oceans surround
Australia
Gondwana Rainforest,
Australia
Evergreen tree that are can survive in saltwater

11. Return to our……. “Essential Question(s)”
What are the major physical features of Australia, and where are they located on a map:
Great Barrier Reef
Coral Sea
Ayers Rock
Great Victoria Desert

12. Physical Regions of Australia

13. Indian Ocean Coral Sea Great Barrier Reef Pacific Ocean Ayers Rock
“Uluru”
Great Victoria Desert
Pacific Ocean

14. Great Barrier Reef

15. Video on Barrier Reef (4 minutes)
narrated-by-sylvia-earle/oceans-barrier-reef

16. Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea
The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef.
Coral reefs are made up of living organisms.
They exist in the ocean.
The Great Barrier Reef stretches over an area of almost 133,000 square miles.
It is so vast that it can be seen from outer space.
As the world’s largest living organism, the Great Barrier Reef has been labeled as one of the seven wonders of the world.
It lies in the Coral Sea, off the northeast coast of Australia.

17. The Coral Sea

18. Ayers Rock “Uluru”

19. Ayers Rock Video (4 min)

20. Ayers Rock Ayers Rock is a giant sandstone rock formation.
It lies in central Australia.
Ayers Rock has many waterholes, caves, and springs.
The Aborigines believe Ayers Rock is sacred.

21. Great Victoria Desert

22. Great Victorian Desert
The Great Victorian Desert is in southern Australia.
It is vast, barren region with many small lakes and grasslands.
It is the largest desert in Australia
It is the third largest desert in the world

23. The Outback

24. The Outback Much of Australia is covered by the Australian Outback.
It is a dry region that covers most of Australia’s interior.
Temperatures in the Outback can be very hot.
There is very little rain.
Most of the soil is not good for farming.
Harsh conditions and the lack of fertile farmland mean that very few people live in the Outback.

25. Return to our……. “Essential Question(s)”
What are the major physical features of Australia, and where are they located on a map (Great Barrier Reef, Coral Sea, Ayers Rock, and Great Victoria Desert)?

26. Coral
Sea
Great Barrier Reef
Ayers Rock
“Uluru”
Great Victoria Desert