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Australia-Centred World Map

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    Updated:  19 Sep 2023

Teach your students about the continents, oceans and countries of the world with this Australia-centred world map.

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    Non-Editable:  PDF

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    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  2 - 6

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teaching resource

Australia-Centred World Map

  • Updated

    Updated:  19 Sep 2023

Teach your students about the continents, oceans and countries of the world with this Australia-centred world map.

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Years

    Years:  2 - 6

Teach your students about the continents, oceans and countries of the world with this Australia-centred world map.

Explore the World with Our Australia-Centred Map

Are you venturing on an adventure into World Geography with your students? Well, they will need to become familiar with the world’s continents, oceans, and countries!

This Australia-centred world map enables your students to become more familiar with the seven continents, five oceans and approximately 195 countries that comprise our great planet. The map comes in various download options to best suit your teaching and learning needs! The options include:

  • colour map with lines of latitude and longitude
  • colour map without lines of latitude and longitude
  • black-and-white map with lines of latitude and longitude
  • black-and-white map without lines of latitude and longitude.

Whatever your purpose, you are bound to find the download option that best meets your lesson’s learning objectives!

Multiple Uses for These Australia-Centred Maps of the World

These Australia-centred maps of the world with labelled countries make a great asset to your Geography lessons and can be used in a multitude of ways in your classroom. Here are some suggestions:

Explore the location of the world’s countries as a whole-class activity

The colour version of this Australia-centred map of the world is the kind of resource that any teacher of world geography needs to access on a frequent basis! Project the map onto your interactive whiteboard for a paperless lesson or class review session. Have students take turns coming to the board to point out specific continents, oceans and countries of interest. As an added challenge, why not ask your students to name the line of latitude or longitude upon which a particular continent is located?

Create a classroom display

Make this colour world map the central feature of a classroom display displaying key information about the continents, oceans and countries of the world. Have students write fact cards, then use string or wool to link each fact card to the corresponding position on the world map. Instant bulletin board!

Reinforce mapping skills through colour-coding

Provide students with their own printed copy of the world map. Decide whether to provide the version with or without the lines of latitude and longitude according to student ability. Have the students colour-code the countries based on specific criteria, then create a legend to explain the meaning of the colours. Why not get your students to colour-code the map according to:

  • population
  • language spoken
  • climate
  • average life expectancy
  • education levels
  • student ancestry
  • and much more!

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  • Michelle HS
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    Great resource bu Antarctica is spelt incorrectly. On the map it is spelt Antartica - should be Antarctica.

    • Nadeem Navidi
      ·

      The black and white one with lines of latitude/longitude is still spelt incorrectly 😩

      • Dean Hughes
        ·

        Hi Nadeem. Thanks so much for bringing this to our attention. The team has corrected the misspelling!

    • Kristian
      ·

      Hi Michelle, Thanks for your comment. We have fixed this error and it is ready to download again. We really appreciate you informing us. If there is anything else I can assist you with, please don't hesitate to contact me.

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