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      Responsible fishing in Western Australia: write an article

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      Go fishing in Western Australia. Look at how and why laws restrict people from taking certain fish. Identify cases where laws apply: size limits, bag limits and closed seasons. Build a magazine article explaining the fishing laws. Use a model structure and persuasive text to support a responsible position. For example, ...

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      Rainforest: make a walking track

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      Mark the route for a walking track on a map of a rainforest. Choose a section of track based on instructions about distances, compass directions and grid references. Keep adding sections of track to get to the rest house. As you go, look up the meaning of tricky words.

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      Through my own eyes: a self-portrait - teacher resource

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      This resource for teachers is a visual arts unit that leads to a resolved two-dimensional self-portrait on paper. The unit combines the techniques of drawing and painting and explores the concept of a personal environment. It is in four parts: exploring examples of portraits by artists across history; developing line-drawn ...

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      Discovering democracy: we remember

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      View a slideshow of images and text to find out about the symbols used to represent Australia on flags, currency, sporting competitions and important days such as Australia Day. Complete a related task.

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      Rainforest: use compass points

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      Use compass points and a scale to find places on a map. Understand abbreviations such as N, W, SW and E. Follow instructions to find four locations. As you go, look up the meaning of tricky words.

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      The Umbrella Movement: Protests in Hong Kong

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      This lesson sequence examines the relationship between China and Hong Kong and explores the methods and symbolism behind the democracy protests that occurred when Beijing blocked nominations for the election of Hong Kong's chief executive in 2017.

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      Making waves with Hokusai

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      Students create artworks and poetry inspired by the works of Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai.

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      Shake the papaya tree

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      Find out more about papaya trees and then learn to draw one! Learn a song about climbing a tree and some movements to perform as you sing the song. Explore how to find the beat in the music.

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      Chicken challenge

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      Learn to use two-dimensional shapes to create a chicken artwork.

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      TrackSAFE Education Primary School Resources: Year 3, Year 4 The Arts

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      This unit uses various arts practices as the stimuli for exploring the safety message of Stop, Look, Listen, Think. Students create woven artworks to incorporate safety messages; they collaboratively develop a play about safety; and explore rap as a music form and combined with dance convey a safety message in a performance.

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      'Old Negro (former slave) with horn with which slaves were called', 1939

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      This is a black-and-white photograph showing an old African American man sitting in a doorway and holding a horn once used to summon slaves to work at sunrise. The photograph was taken near Marshall in Texas, USA, by photographer Russell Lee.

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      Shaun Tan's The Lost Thing

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      This is a very rich resource for students from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), which gives them an insight into the art of Shaun Tan through a focus on both the book and the film of The Lost Thing. The content focuses on aspects of storytelling, including themes, techniques, forms and language, visual, ...

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      What a stretch!

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      Investigate the unique physical features of the giraffe and explore how giraffes are represented in art. Create your own giraffe artwork.

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      Brushes Redux - iTunes app

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      Create paintings using editable brushes with a range of brush effects. Includes layers, transparency, and ability to export and import images. Unlimited undo and redo allows you replay your brushstrokes. Images can be saved to camera roll, file sharing, emailed or posted on social media. Free when reviewed 27/5/2015.

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      Metamorphosis

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      Using drama and visual arts students explore a world of play and imagination where nothing is as ordinary as it seems.

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      Bird's eye art

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      A visual arts activity for students using aerial perspective and abstract forms.

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      Inspire me …

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      Using stimulus material to inspire art and music. Learn about plastics in the ocean and what oceanographers have learnt through seascape artwork. Create an artwork based on a seascape and plastic waste, Explore graphic notation and create a city soundscape with an artwork as a stimulus.

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      The dot

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      Students will listen to the story 'The Dot' by Peter H Reynolds and create artworks of real and imagined things inspired by the story. They also sing a song with simple actions.

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      Be a friend

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      Explore dance, drama and visual arts through different elements of friendship.

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      Cat-toons!

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      Students learn about cartooning techniques to create cat cartoons inspired by the Cat in the Hat.

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