Australia Map Jigsaw Puzzle
This colourful puzzle resource is a terrific hands-on activity to allow your students to learn and review their knowledge of the states and territories of Australia. Students will learn the correct location of each state and territory, while also revising their knowledge of each capital city.
- The pieces on page 1 are designed to fit onto the Australia outline on page 2.
- Create multiple sets for small groups to work on or use as an early finisher activity.
- The second larger option can be used as a whole class warm-up or revision activity.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to understand the way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions.
- We are learning to understand that places are parts of Earth’s surface that have been named by people, and how places can be described as personal, local, regional and national.
- We are learning to understand connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world.
- We are learning to understand why people choose to visit places, e.g. accessibility, transport, technology and distance, and the reason for visiting, e.g. shopping, recreation, sport, family.
Curriculum alignment
AC9HS2S02
9
Collect, sort and record information and data from observations and from sources provided, including unscaled timelines and labelled maps or models
AC9HS2K03
9
How places can be spatially represented in geographical divisions from local to regional to state/territory, and how people and places are interconnected across those scales
ACHASSK051
8.4
The influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places
ACHASSI037
8.4
Sequence familiar objects and events
ACHASSI036
8.4
Sort and record information and data, including location, in tables and on plans and labelled maps
ACHASSI035
8.4
Collect data and information from observations and identify information and data from sources provided
ACHASSK050
8.4
The connections of people in Australia to people in other places in Australia and across the world
ACHASSK048
8.4
The idea that places are parts of Earth’s surface that have been named by people, and how places can be defined at a variety of scales
ACHASSK047
8.4
The way the world is represented in geographic divisions and the location of Australia in relation to these divisions
VCGGK065
Connections of people in Australia to other places in Australia and across the world
VCGGK070
Activities in the local place and reasons for their location, and the influence of purpose, distance and accessibility on the frequency with which people visit places
VCGGC058
Describe and explain where places and activities are located
VCGGK064
Definition of places as parts of the Earth’s surface that have been given meaning by people, and how places can be defined at a variety of scales
VCGGC088
Collect and record relevant geographical data and information from the field and secondary sources, using ethical protocols
VCGGK063
Representation of the location of places and their features on maps and models, including a globe, and the location of the major geographical divisions of the world in relation to Australia
VCGGC061
Represent data and the location of places and their features by constructing tables, plans and labelled maps
VCGGC060
Collect and record geographical data and information from the field and other sources
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.