Abstract
This article analyzes an interactive educational platform created using the Scratch program, designed to help students easily remember the location of Australia’s native animals in relation to climatic, physical-geographical, and seismic zones. The platform facilitates the integration of geography, natural sciences, biology, and computer science, develops map-reading skills, and helps students remember Australian wildlife in relation to climatic zones.References
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