This pocket-sized guide takes readers through lush rainforests, across high mountain peaks and onto the lowland plains of the Scenic Rim. It includes some of Queensland's best known national parks and reserves. 68 pages. View More...
The high mountains of the Scenic Rim in South-East Queensland has been a refuge for flora and fauna since the last ice age. Many rare and endangered species are found in this region which borders Queensland and Northern New South Wales. A pocket sized guide to the wildlife living in one of Queensland's great natural treasure troves. 68 pages. View More...
This pocket sized companion covers almost 50 species of raptors living in Southern Queensland. This is an invaluable reference for bird watchers around Australia. View More...
The only A7V left in the world surviving from World War 1. Called 'Mephisto' by the German Army. This pocket companion contains everything you need to know about the only surviving A7V Mephisto tank, housed at the Queensland Museum. From technical specifications to service history, it's the next best thing to being in the drivers seat! A comprehensive pocket-sized guide to the German WWI tank, the A7V Mephisto. 68 pages. View More...
A comprehensive pocket-sized guide to the wilderness of Caboolture and its surrounds. This pocket companion holds everything you need to know about the wild areas of Caboolture. The plants, animals and ecosystem of one of Queensland's undiscovered environmental wonders are all contained in this miniature guide. 72 pages. View More...
The houses of Queensland are unique in Australia. Broad verandahs shaded by gracefully curved expanses of roofing iron, tall stumps, lattice, roof ventilators, and a host of the subtleties combine to give the Queensland house of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries its own special qualities and visual character. It might be thought that determining why Queensland houses are so very different from those found elsewhere in Australia would be a simple matter. But it has taken years of research to unravel a very complex story and find the answers to some fundamental questions about the... View More...
This new and improved New Curriculum Editions of Targeting Handwriting QLD Year 1 Student Book ensures teachers have complete coverage of the Australian Curriculum. Following the winning formula of the original book, this new edition now includes and extra set of practice lines for each letter, with students now having lines for both lower and upper case letters, as well as a word for each letter sound. This book gives students the vital practice and skills they need to fully grasp the Queensland Beginner's Alphabet. Contents: Downstroke Pattern (L, T, I, X, Z, F, J), Hopping Pattern/Cl... View More...
The Targeting Handwriting QLD Year 2 Student Book includes revision of Queensland Beginner's Alphabet with tracking and tracing exercises. The book introduces the Queensland Modern Cursive Alphabet, including exits, rounded and pointed entries, letters that change (f and z) and letters that don't change (b,g,o,q and s). Includes patterning exercises, tracking and tracing, plus opportunities for independent writing assisted by starting points and directional arrows. Features practice of capitals, numerals and number words, and punctuation in simple sentences. Includes an introduction to jo... View More...
Targeting Handwriting QLD Year 3 Student Book begins with revision of the Queensland Modern Cursive Alphabet, numerals and punctuation. The book focuses on joining - diagonal joins, drop-on joins, horizontal joins and letters that don't join and provides students with lots of practice pages. Also included in the book is a section on double-letter combinations and a consolidation section, which includes joins practice and tips on avoiding common errors. Writing is a vital, compelling form of communication. Regular practice, three to four times a week, in fine motor skills and in letter forma... View More...
The Targeting Handwriting QLD Year 4 Student Book focuses on consolidation of joining skills. Features include: extra attention paid to tricky joins like joining s and f, double letter combinations, students begin to assess their own letter size and spacing, spacing between words, and slope features progressive improvement check. The Years 4-7 Targeting Handwriting Student Books have been designed to make learning cursive handwriting as easy as possible for students. New skills and techniques are introduced sequentially, so that students build on skills one by one and aren't called on t... View More...
The full colour layout of Writing Time 3 is designed to teach, consolidate and extend handwriting knowledge. Writing Time 3 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes: Revision of Queensland Beginner's Alphabet, Exits and Entries. Engaging comics that help make joins easier to understand. Teaching banners with directional arrows for each join. Clever handwriting practice activities to reinforce fluency and accuracy of joins. Fine motor art activities that provide challenging handwriting practice. Posture, paper position and pencil grip reminders to ensure correct... View More...
The full colour layout of Writing Time 4 is designed to teach, consolidate and extend handwriting knowledge. Writing Time 4 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes: Australian Curriculum themed activities covering English, science and mathematics. Fine motor art activities that provide challenging handwriting practice. Revision of Queensland Beginner's Alphabet and Exits and Entries to reinforce basic skills. Clever handwriting practice activities to reinforce joining technique. Explicit teaching of fluency and legibility skills including slope and spacing. Po... View More...
The full colour layout of Writing Time 5 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes: Australian Curriculum themed activities covering English, science and mathematics. Fine motor art activities that provide challenging handwriting practice. Revision of Exits and Entries to reinforce basic skills. Clever handwriting practice activities to reinforce joining technique. Practical techniques for improving fluency and legibility skills including slope and spacing. Alternative handwriting applications to help develop a personal handwriting style. Speed trials to practi... View More...
The full colour layout of Writing Time 6 covers handwriting in a clear and structured way. The book includes: Australian Curriculum themed activities covering English, science and mathematics. Fine motor art activities that provide challenging handwriting practice. Revision of Exits and Entries to reinforce basic skills. Clever handwriting practice activities to reinforce joining technique. Self-assessment for improving fluency and legibility including slope and spacing. Alternative handwriting applications to help develop a personal handwriting style. Speed trials to practise writing ... View More...
Why spend hours photocopying handwriting sheets and thinking up activities when this scrapbook has done all the work for you? For each letter of the alphabet, the book provides pages to paste in or draw things that begin with that letter. Accompanying this is a writing practice page reinforcing correct formation. Teaching notes are provided. View More...
This handy scrapbook has been designed to help children explore the numbers 0-20. The activities have the children counting, comparing and ordering combinations of numbers to 20. Ordinal numbers are introduced and related to the cardinal numbers. View More...
These scrapbooks will help young children develop phonemic awareness and explore sound/symbol relationships (graphophonics). Tactile experiences and enjoyable written activities are provided throughout My Sounds Scrapbook Book A & B which explore short vowels, consonant blends and digraphs. Features:- Follows My Alphabet Scrapbook but can stand alone. Open-ended activities cater for individual differences. Teaching notes for each page, with background information and further teaching ideas. View More...
These scrapbooks will help young children develop phonemic awareness and explore sound/symbol relationships (graphophonics). Tactile experiences and enjoyable written activities are provided throughout My Sounds Scrapbook Book A & B which explore short vowels, consonant blends and digraphs. Features:- Follows My Alphabet Scrapbook but can stand alone. Open-ended activities cater for individual differences. Teaching notes for each page, with background information and further teaching ideas. View More...
Mephisto: Technology, War and Remembrance is the latest addition to The Queensland Museum Discovery Guide series. The bloody battles of the First World War were fought with many new and increasingly destructive weapons. One of the most significant of these was the tank. Only a single type of German tank was used in action, the A7V Sturmpanzerwagen, and it was a formidable opponent for the Allied forces. 506 Mephisto, the world’s sole surviving A7V, was captured on the battlefields of France in 1918. Under cover of darkness, with gas shells falling around them, a small group of soldiers — Q... View More...
Mephisto: Technology, War and Remembrance is the latest addition to The Queensland Museum Discovery Guide series. The bloody battles of the First World War were fought with many new and increasingly destructive weapons. One of the most significant of these was the tank. Only a single type of German tank was used in action, the A7V Sturmpanzerwagen, and it was a formidable opponent for the Allied forces. 506 Mephisto, the world’s sole surviving A7V, was captured on the battlefields of France in 1918. Under cover of darkness, with gas shells falling around them, a small group of soldiers — Q... View More...
