1. What are we going to learn about in science?
Year 1, Unit 2: Changing lands and skies
Where in the world?
What are we going to learn about in science?
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2. Lands and skies How do they change?
What do they mean to all Australians?
© Andy Caulfield/Getty Images

3. Planet Earth

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

5. I live in Greenland
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.
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6. 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.
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7. I live in Kenya
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.
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8. Image acknowledgements
Slide no.
Image title
Source/author details
Creative Commons licence details 2
Lightning over Sydney Opera House
© Andy Caulfield/Getty Images
Dam in drought 2005
Image by Lavinia Riachi, reproduced courtesy of Film Australia
Uluru
Jalbarragup Artworks
CC BY-NC 2.0 3
Earth - The Blue Marble
NASA/Visible Earth
Public domain 4
Kids on a ranch
Ranchseeker
Children in Kulusuk
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Kenya, Keigamere Village, 2011
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CC BY 2.0 5 6
Dusty Texas sky
Misserion
Lightning
West Texan
Texas tornado
Bruce Haynie 7
Kenya, Muganjuki Primary School, 2011
Kenya, Masai Mara Elephant
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