Исследовательский проект "Кэнбера-столица страны вверх-тормашками"

Муниципальное бюджетное общеобразовательное учреждение

«Школа № 3»

 городского округа Семёновский Нижегородской области

Canberra - the capital of the amazing «upside - down» country

Канберра - столица удивительной страны «вверх тормашками»

инновационный проект

Работу выполнили: Илья Аздоев, 

ученик 7 «Б» класса

Алёна Дашкова,

ученица 7 «Б» класса,

Руководитель:

В.Л. Чижова                                  

Семёнов

2018

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                        Contents

Introduction…………………………………………………....2

Part I. Introducing Canberra – the capital city of the Commonwealth of Australia

    1.1. The geographical peculiarities……………….…………………..4

    1.2. Some interesting historical facts ………………………………...4

    1.3. People in Canberra and their lifestyle……………………………4

 Part II. The amazing world of   sightseeing in Canberra

    2.1. Australian War Memorial …….…………………………………6

    2.2. National Carillon……………………………………..…………..6

    2.3. Questacon…………………………………………..………….…6 

    2.4. National Dinosaur Museum………………………………….......7

    2.5. Commonwealth Park……………………………………………..7

   Part III. Conclusion……………………………………………....….8

Bibliography…………………………………………………………....9

Additional Materials…………………………………..……….…9 - 12

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Introduction

   Canberra is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Australia. It is the country’s largest inland city.    

  Canberra is very different from most Australian capital cities. It is a very unusual, geometrically precise and carefully thought out city, as it was built specifically to meet the capital’s function.

   The aims of the project are to get students acquainted with the capital city of Australia and encourage them to discover the fascinating world of sightseeing of the «upside – down» country.

 This work will be also interesting to children and adults because it combines amazing stories, interesting and scientific facts from the history of Canberra.

 Thus visitors may be slightly under-awed by Canberra, but don’t just turn around. Explore the sites and you will realize that Canberra is a far more pleasant place than it is usually given credit for.

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Part I. Introducing Canberra – the capital city of the

Commonwealth of Australia

        1.1. The geographical peculiarities

      Despite the fact that Canberra is located almost in the centre of Australia, it is surrounded by beautiful scenery and colorful nature.

     Canberra is built in the style of a garden city with large tracts of natural, undisturbed vegetation that eventually led to the emergence of a playful nickname « bush capital» (page 9).

          1.2. Some interesting historical facts

      It is believed that the name "Canberra" comes from the language of one of the local tribes – Gabri as a variation of the word "kambera" or "chamberí" ("meeting place"). Long before the European expansion of the modern city was inhabited by aboriginal tribes. Archaeological excavations indicate that Canberra was inhabited already 21 thousand years ago.

      In 1901, when it was decided to build a national capital, two cities – Melbourne and Sydney rivaled. To settle this argument a new capital Canberra was built roughly between the two states – New South Wales where Sydney is and the state Victoria where Melbourne is.

   Previous capital of Australia was Melbourne. And the government moved to Canberra in 1927.

         1.3. People in Canberra and their lifestyle

        Nowadays, the population of Canberra is more than 332.000 people.

        A lot of people in Canberra are practically born in the water as most of the country is a huge beach. As soon as they learn to walk, they glue themselves to surfboards or jump into kayaks and boats and spend hours or even days in the water. When they get older, they need more of a challenge. So they dive into the Great Barrier Reef and swim together with crocodiles, huge sharks and giant sea snakes. Some people prefer to risk their life in the rainforests which, are not

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populated just by koalas. In the Australian woods you can come across by far the most dangerous snakes and spiders in the world. Whatever you can think of: parachute jumping, cycling on mountain bikes, walking in the outback – Australians   have their own extreme way of doing it all.

    Every Olympic Games the whole world admires Australian athletes.

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Part II. The amazing world of sightseeing in

                               Canberra

   Canberra is a very Australian city with amazing places of interest and bright sun. In this city you can always dive into the world of museums, theaters, festivals and galleries, or choose among thousands of fantastic restaurants and bars which are open round the clock. 

    Canberra is world famous for its architecture.

 2.1. Australian War Memorial

    It is Australia’s national memorial to the members of its armed forces and supporting organizations who have died or participated in wars involving the                Commonwealth of Australia. The memorial includes an extensive national military museum (page 10).

 2.2. National Carillon.

    No trip to the capital of Australia is complete without a visit to the National Carillon. It is an architectural landmark of Canberra. It was a gift from the British government to the people of Australia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Capital. The national Carillon has 55 bells, each bell weighs between seven kilograms and six tones (page 11).

2.3.   Questacon

    "The Questacon" was opened in1988 at Ansile Primary School. It was the first interactive science centre in Australia. It was developed by Professor Mike Gore, a physics lecturer from the Australian National University. Questacon's current building was Japan’s gift to Australia.

   The centre involves both children and adults into scientific research. Everything here is based on experiments and games (page 11).

2.4. National Dinosaur Museum

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 It is Australia’s largest permanent display of prehistoric specimens located in     Gold Greek Village. The gift shop stocks a range of natural history books, dinosaur replicas, toys, crystals, minerals and meteorites (page 10).

 2.5. Commonwealth Park

    This park has got  many  small ponds and water features, walking trails, bike paths and sculptures. The annual spring Floriade festival is held in the park. It includes Regata Point and has a view of the National Gallery.

   Its area is 34.25 hectares ( page 12).

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                   Conclusion

     They say, « Every bird likes its own nest» and the same may  be said about people. But a man differs from a bird because he can enjoy not only the beauty of his native place but also the beauty of different countries and places of interest.

     For many other world capitals Canberra is a remote city to visit, nevertheless, millions of people gladly fly there to see its places of interest.

    See, enjoy and explore this fascinating city!

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8.  http:/www.licey.net/english.

9.  http:/www.licey.net.

Australian War Memorial

Questacon

National Dinosaur Museum

National Carillon

Commonwealth Park

                               The map of Canberra