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Title Information: Finding Our Way: Finding Our Way examines the various strategies and techniques people use to navigate their way to places. It includes information on memory maps, physical maps, navigational techniques such as using the stars and other environmental indicators, and modern techniques such as using GPS.Content vocabulary:convenient, GPS (Global Positioning System), horizon, hull, intricate, landmark, locations, maps, memory, navigate, navigation tools, Northern Hemisphere, oral history, peninsula, orbiting, reefs, route, satellite, seafaring, sextant, Southern Hemisphere, star compass, stationary, vast, visualiseKey concepts: People use different strategies to follow directions and find their way to places People use a range of navigational tools such as maps, signals from nature, and digital technology to find their wayReading Strategies: Asking and answering questionsRelated resource:Lesson Plan - Finding Our WaySeries Information: WorldWise is a high-interest literacy program that encourages inquiry and questioning while extending knowledge in science and a range of STEM topics linked to the curriculum. This engaging program teaches reading strategies simultaneously with natural, earth and physical science concepts - reflecting the diversity of the world students live in.Students will develop strategies and skills to read informative texts across a range of text types while they learn to become informative text writers. With an assortment of text types on offer, themes and concepts are introduced and revisited across the reading stages, building on initial concepts with increasing complexity.WorldWise Lesson Plans support each Student Book, offering practical, systematic and easy-to-implement instructions. These visually appealing resources integrate oral language, vocabulary development, fluency and comprehension, writing and phonics.WorldWise Investigations is a web-based tool that provides extension activities for titles in the program. It e