Teaching+Materials

**Teaching Materials** Example of Curriculum Wheel Blank Map of Australia Poem by Michael Leunig Emergency Number Card The Science of Bushfires, [] [|www.theage.com.au] [|www.heraldsun.com.au] [|www.cfa.vic.gov.au] [|www.dse.vic.gov.au]
 * Resources for Students ****Tuning In and Preparing to Find Out**
 * Finding Out ** Poem by Bill Neidjie [[file:Poem.doc]]
 * Sorting Out

Making Connections Australian Wildlife Centre - quizzes and games, [|http://www.australianwildlifecentre.org.au] Department of Sustainability and Environment, [|http://www.dse.vic.gov.au]

Going Further ** KWL Chart Ideas for Action Worksheet Here's The Scenario cards //A Bushfire Burned My Dunny Down//, Tracey McGuire, pictures by Bill Wood, Allen & Unwin, 2004. Kids Help Line, [|www.kidshelp.com.au]

//Essential Bushfire Safety Tips//, Joan Webster, CSIRO Publishing, Second Edition, 2008. //Australian Knowledge: Australian Disasters//, Kay Batstone, Watts Publishing Australia and New Zealand, 2001. //Australia's Worst Disasters: Fires//, John and Jennifer Barwick, Heinemann Library, 1999.
 * Resources for Teachers ** __Books__

__Web Sites__ 'Concept to Classroom', Inquiry-based Learning, Educational Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/inquiry/index.html, 2004

CFA, 'VELS Curriculum Links', http://www.cfa.vic.gov.au/teachers/documents/VELS_CurriculumLinks_print.pdf

Children, Youth and Women's Health Service, Kid's Health, 'Grieving - working through loss', http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetailsKids.aspx?p=335&np=287&id=1789

Reach Out!, 'Coping with the Victorian bushfires', http://www.reachout.com.au/default.asp?ti=3224

Red Cross, http://www.redcross.org.au

Use as a source of debate in the classroom. Could be used as a good example of persuasive writing/reporting and how you need to read from more than one source to get the full story. [] [] [] [] [] **Tourism and Local Business sites ** [|http://www.etravelblackboard.com/showarticle.asp?id=90305&nav=48&suc=&cid=&email=&news__]  ($10 million package to promote tourism in fire affected areas) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[|http://www.vecci.org.au/vecci/news+releases/state+budget+investment+in+regional+victoria+to+benefit+tourism+industry1.asp__] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (More on $10 million tourism package) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[|http://www.visitvineyards.com/victoria/yarra-valley-dandenong-ranges/wine/vineyards-wineries/wine-food-travel-news/yarra-valley-victoria-bush-fires-destroy-wineries-and-vineyards__] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Yarra Valley tourist sites affected by the fires) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[|http://getaway.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=796812__] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Getaway report on the areas that were affected and places of interest that did not get damaged. Good source of links to tourist websites including hotels in the areas) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[|http://www.vecci.org.au/vecci/news+releases/bushfires+have+seriously+impacted+victorian+business,+economy1.asp__] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Effect on businesses in the fire areas) **<span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Animals and Local Wildlife ** <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Australia’s most interactive veterinary hospital. Site has dedicated section for children with interactive games, a wildlife quiz and much more) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Feeding bushfire affected animals) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (What Healesville has been up to after the fires – links to stories about some of the animals affected) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Some of the animals affected listed here) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Endangered Helmeted Honeyeaters) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;"> __Images__
 * Photography tour of fire hit area Narbethong**
 * <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sites relating to Government assistance **<span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Payments to orphans) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Money for burns victims) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Bushfire assistance extensions) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Assistance for farmers) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (How RACV paid claims after assessing sites via aerial shots) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (RACV site with some statistics of payouts) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Summary of financial assistance available – with links) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (Details of the Australian Government Disaster Recovery Payment AGDRP, funeral assistance and Income Recovery subsidy) <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; msoansilanguage: EN-AU;">[|http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/premier/rebuilding-and-recovering-from-the-bushfires.html__(State budget inclusions regarding fire fighting resources)] <span style="text-align: left; display: block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">

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