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Teacher’s Guide

CURRICULUM LINKS

E D U C A T I O N A L G U I D E

NEW SOUTH WALES

PRIMARY K-6

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Content areas:

- Living Things

- Earth and Its Surroundings

Units of Work:

• What’s Alive (Stage 1)

• A Place in Time (Stage 1)

• Mini-worlds (Stage 2)

• Our Australia (Stage 2)

• An Ancient Land (Stage 3)

• Environment Matters (Stage 3)

HUMAN SOCIETY & ITS ENVIRONMENT K-6

Environments:

- Patterns of Place and Location

- Relationships with Places

Units of Work:

• Wet and Dry Environments (Stage 1)

• Australia: You’re Standing in It (Stage 2)

• Global Environments: Deserts; Rainforests (Stage 3)

SECONDARY 7-12GEOGRAPHY Stage 5

• Investigating Australia’s Identity

• Changing Australian Environments

• Issues in Australian Environments

• Elective: Environments at Risk

SCIENCE Stage 4 – 5

Ecosystems:

• Adaptations of living things to factors in their environment; effects of

drought & flood (Stage 4)

• Cycles within ecosystems (Stage 5)

GEOGRAPHY Stage 6

• Biophysical Interactions

• Ecosystems at Risk

EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE Stage 6

• Planet Earth & its Environment; Water Issues; Dynamic Earth

• Environments Through Time: Formation of the Australian continent

over millions of years

• Caring for the Country: weathering & erosion; soil management; water

management

BIOLOGY Stage 6

• Evolution of the Australian Biota

• Blueprint for Life

VICTORIA

THE ARTS:

Level 1: Media Unit 1: Telling a Story

Level 3: Music Unit 1: Music and Media; Art Unit 1: Exploring narrative

and media; Media Unit 1: The moving image

Level 6: Narrative film and video production

ENGLISH:

Level 4: Different forms of narrative: mass media and literature

Level 5: Telling stories: Varieties of narrative; Presenting ideas & information

Level 6: Reading documentary film

HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

Level 5: Outdoor education perspetive: Promoting healthy natural environments;

Outdoor education perspective: Being 'bushwise' (Concept area 3)

Level 6: Outdoor education perspective: journeying skills (concept area 3);

Outdoor education perspective: Concepts of challenge and adventure;

Physical and sport education perspective: Outdoor adventure activities

STUDIES OF SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT (SOSE):

Level 1: parks and gardens

Level 2: Trees and the natural environment; the beach; Water - a vital resource

Level 4: Discovering Australia

Level 5: Hot deserts - a global perspective; You, Me and the Big Blue Sea;

Antarctica - land of extremes

Level 6: The use and values of forests

SCIENCE:

Level 1: Earth and space science

Level 2: Earth and space science

Level 3: Living together: past, present and future; the changing Earth;

forces and their effects

Level 4: Living together: past, present and future; the changing Earth;

Formation, composition and cycling of rocks; Rocks and their uses

Level 6: Ecosystems: energy and matter; Natural selection and evolution;

Adaptation, biodiversity, evolution and survival; crustal movements of the

Earth; Geological resources

TECHNOLOGY:

Level 4: Video, digital photos and multimedia production

ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (ESL):

Stage S3/S4: Listening/Viewing comprehension

Australia: Land Beyond Time is produced by Living Pictures (Australia) Pty Limited in collaboration with the Houston Museum of Natural Science; Museum of Science, Boston;Cincinnati Museum Center; The Denver Museum of Nature & Science; and Museum of Victoria (Australia). Financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation Limited.

From Antarctica to Australia,Producer/Writer/Director David Flatman

David Flatman is one of the fewproducers of large-format films inAustralia. He was co-producer ofAntarctica, one of the world’s mostsuccessful large-format films. Withhis wife Sue, David is listedamong Australia’s top 10documentary filmmakers. His

experience in producing fine documentary films aboutAustralia translates perfectly to the giant screen.

AUSTRALIA: LAND BEYOND TIMEFilm Synopsis

Grab your daypack, slap on some sunscreen and prepareto explore the country you call “home”, as you’ve neverdone before in Australia: Land Beyond Time.

From the kilometres of red, weathered sand dunes thatcharacterize Australia’s famed Outback, to the cascadingwaterfalls and lush wildlife of its scattered rainforests,ours is a land of extremes.

Through computer animation and the wide-eyed lens ofthe world’s most evocative motion picture format, you’lljourney back in time to witness the birth and evolutionof this intriguing land.

Your adventure begins more than 40 million years agowhen Australia was part of the supercontinent ofGondwana. As this huge landmass broke up, Australiadrifted north into the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean,while its sister continent, Antarctica, remained at theSouth Pole.

Nestled in the Earth’s Southern Hemisphere, Australia iscomparable in size to the United States and is the largestisland in the world. Isolated from other continents formillions of years, its plants and animals evolved in aunique way. To some it may appear to be more likeanother planet than another continent.

Australia: Land Beyond Time explores the diversity and uniqueness of Australia’s life – life that evolved during the continent’s isolation

from all other major landmasses. The film surveys some of the most surreal and fascinating landscapes on Earth – from ancient, eroded

seabeds and undulating, red sand dunes to the vast, jewelled coral reef. It is about the ingenuity of life adapting to an arid environment

and the strategies that many species have developed to survive the Earth’s most challenging extremes. Australia brings to the giant screen

animals that hop instead of run, creatures that have fur yet lay eggs, gawdy parrots and venemous snakes.

LARGE-FORMAT FILM

E D U C A T I O N A L G U I D E


Objectives• Use maps to answer questions.

• Develop a chart to compare distances between cities in Australia.

Materials • Activity sheets with maps for students to share

• Ruler for measuring distance

Procedures1. Locate the following cities on the maps:

AUSTRALIA

Canberra (capital), Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin, Perth,

Hobart, Adelaide.

Area: 7 682,300 square kilometers

Population: 19 million

2. Measure between each city and the capital to complete achart showing distances.

Extension 1. Viewing the maps, can you see a pattern of where

selected cities are located?

2. List all the places you would visit in Australia and theUSA if you had 10 days. What would you do in each?

3. How does Australia compare in size to the USA?

4. How does Australia compare to the USA population?

DISTANCES FROM

GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS• The lowest point is Lake Eyre (16 metres below sea level).

• The highest point is Mount Kosciuszko (2,228) metres abovesea level) in the Snowy Mountains.

• The longest river is the Murray-Darling River, which flowsfor 4,685 kilometres into the Indian Ocean.

• Uluru (Ayers Rock) is the world’s largest rock and measures348 metres high; 2.5 kilometres long; 1.6 kilometers wide.

• Fraser Island is 120 kilometres long and is the world’s largestsand island.

• The night sky is magnificent for its display of the Milky WayGalaxy, which is centered in the Southern Hemisphere.Constellations that shine brightly include the SouthernCross (Crux), Orion the Hunter, Scorpio and Pleiades (whofeature in many Aboriginal stories).

WHERE IN THE WORLD?AUSTRALIA – NATION/CONTINENT

Canberra to (km)

Sydney

Brisbane

Darwin

Perth

Hobart

Adelaide


AtlanticOcean

Gulf of Mexico

L. Ontario

L. Erie

LakeHuron

Lake Michigan

Lake Superior

PacificOcean

Boston

Houston

Cincinnati

Los Angeles

Washington, D.C.Denver

COLORADO

TEXAS

OHIO

MASSACHUSETTS

CALIFORNIA

CANADA

MEXICO

State / Territory Boundary

National Capital

0 800Kil t

Australia

City Indian Ocean

PacificOcean

Indian Ocean CoralSea

Gulf ofCarpentaria

Arafura Sea

WESTERNAUSTRALIA

NORTHERNTERRITORY

SOUTHAUSTRALIA

QUEENSLAND

NEWSOUTHWALES

VICTORIA

TASMANIA

Perth

Darwin

Brisbane

SydneyCanberra

Hobart

Adeliade

Melbourne

Uluru

National Capital

City

International Boundary

0 Kilometres

United States

600


WHERE IN THE WORLD

State / Territory Boundary

National Capital

0 800Kilometres

Australia

City

WHERE DO THEY LIVE?AUSTRALIAN HABITATS

Australia is a living museum of rare and unusual species. Many of these developed as a result of the continent’s isolation fromother land masses. Through the years, the animals of Australiahave adapted to their environment in unusual ways.

Objectives• Identify and colour-code three habitats in Australia.

• Match animals to their habitats – desert, grassland or tropical.

Materials• Copy of activity sheets (map and animals) for students

• Colours for map work

Procedures1. Review the map with habitats (desert, grassland

and tropical) shown.

2. Colour the habitat indicated by symbols on the map.Desert: orange; Grassland: yellow; Tropical: green.

3. Review the list of animals unique to each habitat.

4. On the next activity sheet, indicate in which habitat(tropical, grassland or desert) each animal lives by writing the habitat on the line beside the animal’s name.

5. Pelicans are not usually found in Australian inland deserts.What was it in the desert that attracted pelicans? (i.e. water, nest, food etc)

Teacher ReferenceDesert – dingo, bandicoot, thorny devil (lizard)Grassland – kangaroo, emu, wombat, koala, echidna, kookaburraTropical – platypus, honey possum, cassowary, pelican

Extension1. Research animals for reports to the class. Focus on

adaptation to the environment.

2. Enlarge the map and animals to create a poster showingwhich animals live in which ecosystems.

3. People tell stories to explain animal characteristics andbehaviour. Have students create their own stories toexplain the scenarios suggested by these titles: how thekangaroo learned to jump, how the clown fish escaped,how the koala learned to climb, why the kookaburralaughs, and so on.

FUN FACTSKANGAROO

One story which seeks to explain how the kangaroo got itsname is as follows: When explorers first saw the hoppinganimal, they asked the indigenous people what it was. TheAborigines replied “kangaroo”, meaning, “I don’t understand’.Kangaroo males are called bucks, females are called does, andbabies are called joeys. They are marsupials, and the femalescarry their young in a pouch for five months. Their life span inthe wild is six years.

KOALA

Koalas are marsupials, with the females carrying their young ina pouch. Newborns weigh just 1/2 a gram and are the size ofa peanut. During a 24-hour period, koalas will spend 14.5hours sleeping, 5 resting, and 4.5 foraging. They are nocturnal,and late in the evening they move from tree to tree feeding.Because koalas eat mainly the leaves, shoots, stems and barkof certain eucalyptus trees that are nutrient poor, they are lowin energy. They do not drink water but get all liquid fromleaves.

PLATYPUS

The platypus is a web-footed mammal known as a monotreme.Monotremes lay eggs that hatch (like reptiles), then suckle theiryoung (like mammals). A platypus swims with its front pawsand uses its flat tail to dive and rise. The snout looks like aduckbill, but is softer and contains a special organ that detectsthe minute electromagnetic fields of its prey. The motherincubates the eggs for 10 days, then the baby is fed in the nestfor three months.

HABITATS OF AUSTRALIA


Desert

Grassland

Tropical

Other

On the line provided, write the habitat (tropical, grassland, or desert) where each animal lives.

Honey possum

Echidna

Thorny devil (lizard)

Platypus

Pelicans

Kangaroos

WHERE DO THEY LIVE?ANIMALS


• The Great Barrier Reef off the north-eastern coast ofAustralia is made up of coral reefs, shoals, atoll and islands.

• There are over 350 species of coral found on the reef. Theyhelp support the animals that live in the ecosystem.

• The Great Barrier Reef is the largest natural living structureon Earth and can be seen from the Moon!

• It stretches 2,025 kilometres and follows the contours of thecontinental shelf.

Corals are radially symmetrical invertebrate animals. The outerskeleton (calcium carbonate) protects the polyp. Some corals eat zooplankton or small fishes. They are nocturnal feeders andextend their tentacles to capture food with the aid of nematocysts(stinging cells). Many corals derive their nutrition fromzooxanthellae (algae) living within the polyp. When acoralpolyp dies, its skeleton remains as part of the reef.Crown-of-thorn starfish, parrotfish and humans threatencoral.

Objective• Construct a model of a coral polyp and reef in order to

understand a reef system.

Materials• Paper cup (outer skeleton)• Drinking straw (polyp)• Small coffee filter (cut as tentacles)• Green, brown or orange markers (to color algae)• Scissors, glue

Procedures 1. Introduce coral reefs and their characteristics with special

emphasis on the coral polyp.

2. Give each student materials to create a coral polyp usingthe following directions:

• Decorate the filter with color markers (algae).

• Fold the filter into 1/8 sections; trim about 2.5cmoff, then cut the filter into 4cm-wide strips(tentacles).

• Cut the straw in half.

• Insert filter into end of straw (polyp); push otherend of straw through bottom of cup (skeleton ofcorallite).

3. Glue each coral onto a cardboard box to form a reef.

AssessmentDescribe the parts of the coral (skeleton, body, algae andtentacles) and how they contribute to its well-being.

Extension 1. Coral reefs are generally found between 30° North

and 30° South. Why do you think that is?

2. Debates continue between environmentalists who want toprotect the reefs and developers who want to build near thereefs. Search the internet and prepare an arguement, thenpresent your view to the class, supporting one of the sides.

WHAT’S UNDERWATER?CORAL: The FOUNDATION of

the GREAT BARRIER REEF

CORAL POLYPTentacles

with stingingnematocysts

Mouth

Pharynx(gullet)

Coenosarc(connects the

polyp to another polyp)

Calyx embeddedin the corallite(the skeleton)

Septa

Mesenteries

Body wallof polyp(theca)


AUSTRALIA’S GEOGRAPHY

• Australia became the youngest continent on earth when itbroke away from Antarctica more than 40 million years ago.It also became the world’s largest island. At 7.8 million sq.kilometres, it is comparable in size to the United States.

• Located in the Southern Hemisphere, Australia is surroundedby three oceans; it shares no borders with any other country.

• Uluru is the world’s largest exposed rock, measuring 3486mhigh, 2.4km long and 1.6km wide. Once known as Ayers Rock,it is now an important sacred site for many indigenous people.Located in the heart of the continent, this magnificent monolithdramatically changes colour at sunset, from bright pinky bluethrough glowing scarlet, to burnished orange. This is caused byreflections of the evening light on the rock.

• After millions of years of scouring rain, drying wind andscorching heat, Australia is now the flattest and driest vegetatedcontinent on earth. The dry, mostly deserted Outback coversnearly all of the continent – two thirds of which is classified asarid and one half as desert.

• Lake Eyre is Australia’s lowest point and part of the world'slargest internal drainage system. It covers about one-sixth of thecontinent and is also the fifth largest terminal lake in the worldalthough it usually contains little or no water.

• Mount Kosciuszko is Australia’s tallest mountain. At its highestpoint, it is 2230m above sea level and is snow-covered only in thecolder months.

• Australia’s longest river system is the Murray-Darling River. Itflows for 4687km across southeastern Australia from the SnowyMountains to the Southern Ocean.

FAST FACTS - GEOGRAPHY


FAST FACTS - AUSTRALIA WILDLIFE

• Kangaroo – The kangaroo’s unique reproductive system allowsit to support three generations of young at one time – one atfoot, one in the pouch and one in embryo. The female suppliestwo different kinds of milk to her teats – one for the juvenile,and another for the baby in the pouch. A kangaroo has theability to shut down her reproductive system during times ofdrought. Its lifespan in the wild is six years.

• Koala – Female koalas carry their young in a pouch, similar tothat of a kangaroo. Newborns are the size of a peanut. Koalasare nocturnal and late in the evening they move from tree to treefeeding. Because koalas eat mainly the leaves, shoots, stems andbark of certain eucalyptus trees that are nutrient poor, they arelow in energy. During a 24-hour period, koalas will spend 14.5hours sleeping, 5 resting and 4.5 foraging. They do not drinkwater, instead retrieving all liquid from leaves.

Echidna – Equipped with a tubular snout and long stickytongue, the echidna dines on small insects such as ants andtermites. It uses its short powerful legs and sharp claws toburrow into the ground, exposing nothing but the sharp spineson its back.

Honeypot Ant – These highly colonised ants dangle in largegrape-like clusters from their moist chambers located 1.8mbelow Australia’s parched crust. Characterized by a bulgingbelly of golden nectar, honeypots retain their food from the sapof mulga trees. This abundant nectar is force fed to othermembers of the colony, and when food is scarce, honeypots willeven regurgitate nectar on demand for other ants to eat.

Platypus – Part mammal, part reptile, the platypus defies allrules. A monotreme, or web-footed mammal, it lays eggs like areptile, yet suckles its young like a mammal. The platypus canonly be found in Australia and lives in creeks and freshwaterrivers along the continent’s east coast. Using its duck-billedsnout, the platypus scours through Australia’s waterways forfood. Sensors in the snout allow the platypus to swim with itseyes closed, and help it detect the minute electromagnetic fieldsof its prey.

Thorny Devil – This resilient lizard has adapted well toAustralia’s drought-ridden environment. Over time, the thornydevil developed prickly skin that collects moisture from the airand a system of minute channels along its back that transportswater to its mouth.

Honey Possum – This cute, cuddly creature bares noresemblance to its namesake. With chocolate brown eyes and apointed nose, the honey possum is not a possum at all. In fact,it is the only living survivor of the tarsipedidae marsupial group.Honey possums survive on a regular diet of sweets – nectar andpollen to be exact. They also play a critical role in the foodchain. As the honey possum uses its brush-tipped tongue tocollect pollen, it also collects pollen on its furry coat. This excesspollen is then carried to other flowers and plants, which helpskeep at least one of the honey possum’s food groups in bloomthroughout the year.

Pelican – Pelicans can be found all over Australia but are mostcommonly found along its fertile coastlines. These large waterbirds return to Australia’s inland desert only when torrentialrains flood the Outback’s dried, weathered surface (eg. LakeEyre). Responding to water reflections in the sky, tens ofthousands of pelicans will return to their primeval home tobreed. Pelicans usually breed in small, scattered communitiesproducing only one chick a year, but in the fertile, floodedOutback, they will produce up to five or more chicks insuccession…. for as long as the food supply lasts.


Australia is a living museum of rare and unusual species. Many of these animals developed as a result of the continent’s isolationfrom other landmasses. It is estimated that 80 percent Australia’s indigenous animals are not found anywhere else in the world intheir natural state. Through the years, the animals of Australia have adapted to their environment in unusual ways.

FUN FACTS

BOOMERANGThe boomerang is a traditional indigenous throwing stickmade from wood. Some were used as weapons; others werethrown for fun and games.Activity: You can make one type of boomerang out of a foamfood tray.(1) Cut two strips lengthwise from the food tray,

each 4 centimeters wide.(2) Use the strips to make an X (with the curved end of one

strip up and the curved end of the other down). Staple inthe center.

(3) Take your boomerang outdoors and practice until you canget it to fly.

SPECIAL HOLIDAYSAustralia Day, January 26 - Australia Day commemorates thearrival of Captain Arthur Phillip and the First Fleet at SydneyCove on January 26, 1788. This landing started the firstpermanent European settlement on the island continent.

Easter - In Australia a Bilby is often used as a symbol of easterinstead of a ‘bunny’.

ANZAC Day, April 25 - ANZAC is an acronym forAustralia/New Zealand Army Corps. ANZAC Day isobserved in Australia and New Zealand. Originally ithonoured those who fought in Gallipoli during World War I.Today it honours all soldiers who have died in war (www.web-holidays.com/ANZAC).

Queen’s Birthday, June 12 - Having started as a colony in theBritish Empire, Australia celebrates the birthday of the Queen ofEngland.

Boxing Day, December 26 - In England, many years ago,servants were required to work on Christmas. They wereallowed to take leave on December 26 and visit their families.The employers gave each servant a box containing gifts.Boxing Day is an echo of that tradition.

BUSH TUCKERQuandongs are a native fruit like a peach, but not very sweet (like rhubarb). Halved and seeded, they look like bright crimson-red apricots. They are best stewed in sugar, water and orange juice and served with ice cream or pureed as a base for other desserts like pies or tarts.

Wattle Seeds. There are between 850 and 1000 species of wattle in Australia. The seeds of these bushes and small trees can be roasted, steamed, or pulped. They have the consistency of poppy seeds and are pleasantly crunchy.

Witchetty Grubs are tasty grubs found in the stems, trunksand roots of certain wattles. They are good sources of calciumand iron. Depending upon the wattle, the grubs have differentflavours.

Goanna is a native lizard and now an endangered species.High in protein, goannas vary in size.

Kakadu Plums are a round fruit of a plum-like color. They canbe used in the same way as quandongs.

MACADAMIA NUT CRISPS

Macadamia nuts are a part of Australian bush tucker.Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add nut mixtureand flour, then mix well. Add vanilla. Spoon heaped tablespoonsonto a greased tray, flatten with a fork, and sprinkle lightly withcoconut. Bake at 180° C (350° F) for 15 minutes, or untillight gold in color. Remove from oven and cool. Makes about20 –24 biscuits .

• 250 grams butter • 1/3 cup sugar • 1-1/3 cups plain flour

• 1 teaspoon vanilla • 1-1/2 cups dried coconut • 65 grams ground macadamia nuts


MUSEUMSAustralian Museum (Sydney) www.austmus.gov.au6 College Street, Sydney NSW 2010 Australia61 2 9320 6000Features search and discovery, biodiversity, indigenous people and stories of Dreaming.

Melbourne Museum www.museum.vic.gov.auGPO Box 666E, Melbourne Vic. 3001 Australia61 3 8341 7777Introduces cultures, nature and sciences in a museum which is aCampus of Museum Victoria. Its exhibitions include ‘SouthernDiversity’ about southeastern Australia’s fauna and the Forest Gallery.

National Museum of Australia (Canberra) www.nma.gov.auGPO Box 1901, Canberra ACT 2601 AustraliaProvides educational games and information, including Coasting onthe Web and Kids, Cows n’ Copters.

BOOKSCousteau Society. Corals: The Sea’s Great Builders.New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992.

Flannery, T., P. Kendall, and K. Wynn-Moylan. Australia’s VanishingAnimals. Surry Hills, NSW: RD Press, 1990.

Gruppa, Jonathan. Destination: Australia.Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2000.

Hoser, R.T. Endangered Animals of Australia.Sydney, NSW: Pierson & Co., 1991.

Jukofshky, D., and Chris Wile. They’re Our Rainforests Too.Washington, D.C.: National Wildlife Federation, April/May 1993.

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Muzik, Katy. At Home in the Coral Reef.Watertown, Massachusetts: Charlesbridge Publishing, 1992.

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Selberg, Ingrid. Secrets of the Deep. New York: Dial Books, 1990.

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WEBSITES

Generalwww.hmns.org Official website of the Houston Museum of NaturalScience, distributor of Australia: Land Beyond Time. Click on filmdistribution for more information.

www.auslig.gov.au View landforms, pictures, and maps of Australia.

www.australiangeographic.com Online version of national magazineof science and nature.

www.biodiversity.environment.gov.au Highlights plants and animals,conservation, and protection.

www.classroom.com (AustraliaQuest) Offers subscription service withvisitor option. Site includes AustraliaQuest undertaken in October2000, which features set the course, Quest map, mystery photo, Questcritters, and daily movie.

www.enchantedlearning.com/school/Australia Online information,lessons, and activities.

www.globalgourmet.com/destinations/australia Defines foods (tucker)and provides recipes.

www.ozramp.net.au/~senani/animaust.htm Shows continental spreadin animated graphics.

www.museums.vic.gov.au/bioinformation

Animalswww.aaa.com.au/A Z_ An archive of Australian animals.

www.musc.edu/cando/ausdwnun/ausecoa1.html Offers lessons onanimals; good data with possible investigations.

Great Barrier Reefwww.gbrmpa.gov.au (GBR Marine Park and World Heritage Area)Features information for education, including reef VIDEOLINQ,creature feature, the living classroom, and media releases.

www.reef.crc.org.au (Cooperative Research Center) Updates news andpublications for reef managers, researchers, and industry.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAuthors: Patricia (Pam) Wheat, Director of Education, HoustonMuseum of Natural Science, and Martha Kolbe, Manager,X•Plorations, Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Advisors: Charis Smith, Amber Schumacher, Sally Horrigan, BeverlyAderholt, Melissa Langfield, and Greg Hunt.

Australian adaptions by the IMAX theatres in Sydney and Melbourne.

Design by Gateway Design, Inc.

Copyright © 2001 Houston Museum of Natural Science.

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Thanks to Australian Geographic for editing these educational materials for an Australian audience.

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