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Ponde the Murray Cod is the story of Ponde by Phil Calwallader with images by Andrew Plant. It has been supported by the Murray Darling Basin to bring awareness to the Murray Cod – where he lives, the challenge he undertakes on a daily basis and what we can do to support him!
Discover activities that are designed to encourage an understanding of the relationship between plants, animals and the environment through the rich and diverse freshwater life found in lakes, ponds and even puddles.
Designed for children from middle-primary to middle-secondary age, with four full-colour sticker sheets.
Authors: Wilhelmina Wallis and Chris Smyth. Illustrations by Alexis Beckett.
This helpful kit of books contains:
Freshwater Invertebrates – Illustrated identification key with informative text.
Ponding (Activities) – Explore the rich and diverse freshwater life found in lakes, ponds and even puddles.
Australian Guide to Pondlife – Discover ferocious hunters, timid swimmers and armour-plated monsters in this hidden world.
This is an exceptional kit for teachers that includes many activities to engage students in outdoor activities and learning. Books includes:
The Gould League Book of Australian Birds by Don Goodsir and Tony Oliver.
It’s an Australian Favourite of bird lovers featuring over 100 magnificent Australian birds. Check out the index to see if you can find your favourite and the image gallery for a taste of what to expect.
PDF download link will be sent immediately after payment is received. You will have 14 days only to download your copy.
With 15 student comics per kit, this kit provides a fun way of discovering the problems caused by litter.
Designed by waste educators, it provides great ideas for classroom action.
Also includes teachers’ activity book and CD of great litter songs.
The Nestbox Book by Gould League gives you 64 pages of step by step instructions on how to build new homes for 26 species from birds and bats through to possums and gliders who’s natural habitat has been destroyed. It guides you on how high to place them, species breeding details and much more. It will also help you to establish a management plan for the boxes to ensure we do not inadvertently support unwanted species who are in direct competition with native birds and mammals for food, water and shelter – as we want to help not further damage our recovering wildlife.
This first edition book was published by Gould League in 1997. It was complied by Jim Grant, with contribution by Hugo Phillipps (Birds Australia – RAOU), Tim Gunn (Gecco Nestboxes), Russell Trainor, Rob Morrison and Ellen McCullock (Bird Observers Club of Australia) in attempt to help protect native wildlife who were fast losing their habitat.
PDF download link will be sent immediately after payment is received. You will have 14 days only to download your copy. Enjoy!
If you would however like to receive a free PDF copy of our most up to date Nestbox Book to help with wildlife recovery, email gould@gould.org.au and tell us:
Your name
Your address
Phone number
How many and what type of boxes you intend to build and install
Location for installation
This information would be greatly appreciated as we wish to track how the book is being used and what nest boxes are being built.
If you can take some photos during construction and give us any pics of the installations, they would be greatly appreciated as this helps us with funding of various programs so we can get support for more of these activities. It also helps inspire others to do the same!
This is a practical and informative 60 page book that guides you through the process of selecting, constructing, installing and maintaining a selection of nestles for a variety of native Australian birds and mammals. There are great to use after fire has decimated a region to give these species refuge until the plants and trees have time to regrow.
There are nestbox plans for 25 different species – 16 birds, 8 mammals and bats. It also guides you on how high to place them, species breeding details and much more.
It also helps you to establish a management plan for the boxes to ensure we do not inadvertently support unwanted species who are in direct competition with native birds and mammals for food, water and shelter – as we want to help not further damage our recovering wildlife.
This book was first published by Gould League in 1997. It was complied by Jim Grant, with contribution by Hugo Phillipps (Birds Australia – RAOU), Tim Gunn (Gecco Nestboxes), Russell Trainor, Rob Morrison and Ellen McCullock (Bird Observers Club of Australia) in attempt to help protect native wildlife who were fast losing their habitat. This latest version was reproduced and updated in 2008. This book is currently only available in PDF.
PDF download link will be sent immediately after payment is received. You will have 14 days only to download your copy. Enjoy!
If you are looking to use this book to helping support wildlife recovery after the fires that have killed over a billion wild animals, or a school using this as part of lesson plans – email us at gould.org.au giving us a bit of information about you and how you will use the nest box book, and we will provide this to you FREE of Charge.
Please provide us the following information:
Organisation Name (if applicable)
Contact name
Address
Phone No
Email Address
How many and what type of boxes you intend to build and install
Location for installation
If you can take some photos during construction and give us any pics of the installations, they would be greatly appreciated as this helps us with funding of various programs so we can get more support for these activities. It also helps inspire others to do the same!
Time Traveller’s Guide to Ancient Australia by Gould League
This magnificent 32 page B&W book comes with 12 colour stickers and takes a journey through ancient Australia. It explores the age of worms and jellies, an era when armoured invertebrates ruled, reefs and sea scorpions, the age of armoured fish, life under the ice, giant amphibians, when dinosaurs rules Gondwana, the great flood, the age of isolation and the disappearing giants! This beautifully designed book is perfect for the inquisitive mind who may also like to bring our ancient past alive through colouring pictures.
It’s prefect for lower primary school children written by Gould League with support from Melbourne University and the Museum of Victoria. It’s one of those books children will treasure and reflect on for years to come.
TREES – An Activity-based curriculum guide by Gould League and VAEE.
Trees are a great starting point for Science, Visual Arts, Drama, Media, SOSE and music explorations, and enquiries. Trees can be found in most school yards and their variability in both detail and scale is fantastic. Their uses for people are interesting, accessible and at times controversial.
This guide, designed for primary students, integrates a variety of approaches and issues into simple activities, presentations and projects.
Concrete and practical learning and considered social action are build upon the enthusiasm generated from students’ enjoyment of the natural world. Learning outcomes across the curriculum can be achieved as students improve skills and get involved in hands-on learning.
This is a must for teachers and parents looking to engage children in the natural world. This is out of print, but now available for all to enjoy in PDF format so you can print activities as you need them.
PDF download link will be sent immediately after payment is received. You will have 14 days only to download your copy. Enjoy!
Urban areas provide many opportunities for people who live in Australia’s cities and towns to participate in environmental activities. There is an increasing focus upon conservation and ecology of ubran habitats in our parks, streets and suburban backyards.
Urban Wildlife is for all people interested in wildlife living within urban environments – helping readers understand the many opportunities to conserve wildlife from garden skinks and birds, to frogs, fish and nightlife such as the Tawny Frogmouth and Feathertail glider. It’s 48 pages that identifies hundreds of species and what they need to survive.
Written by Gavin Byrt. First edition 1982 (as Urban Survival), Reprinted 1988. 47 pages, A4 size.
“Weedbusters – Activities, Information and Curriculum Links” is a refreshing approach to weed education, suitable for classroom and outdoor focus.
Take another look at weeds! Weeds are a fascinating and exciting teacher resource waiting to be explored in your schoolground and beyond. Everything you need for a unit of work – practical activities, curriculum links, wild experiments and investigations.
This publication is an attempt to bring the weeds message to an extremely important group of people – students, the land and water managers of the very near future.
This Weedbusters book provides diverse activities and information that will encourage students to explore weeds from a number of perspectives – beginning with their own.
Activities offer many learning outcomes, particularly in Science and SOSE at curriculum levels 3, 4 and 5.
What Parrot is that?
As greater numbers of parrots are attracted to our cities due to native plantings in parks and gardens, Australians are enjoying these birds in a way not recorded since John Gould’s writing in the 1840’s.
This book will help people identify and enjoy parrots at home and when travelling – and may even be inspired to help ensure they protection and survival!
PDF download link will be sent immediately after payment is received. You will have 14 days only to download your copy. Enjoy!
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