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Anne-Marie Claxton

Christmas in Australia- Design Santa's swimsuit. Compare the hemispheres.

Grades: 2nd Grade, 1st Grade, 3rd Grade
Subjects: Social Studies, Art, English Language Arts

Student Instructions

1. Tap the add button in this activity. 2. Tap the link and listen to the Aussie Jingle Bells song🔔🎄 3. Use either a world map or Google Earth and find Australia. 4. Can you see the Equator? Find which hemisphere Australia is in. Now look at the continents in the other hemisphere. 5. Go back to seesaw 6. Tap the drawing tool and then tap rec and tell us *what hemisphere Australia is in. **Explain what season the Southern Hemisphere is having at Christmas time and ***what season the Northern Hemisphere is having at Christmas time. 7. Tap check 8. Tap the drawing tool to draw Santa in a swimsuit, ready to cool down after all the presents he's delivered in Australia. 9. Tap the check button TWICE to upload your work.

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

To further extend this activity teachers could compare the nocturnal native animals that Santa might see.

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