Questions for discussion School standards 1. Discuss the issues raised in the School Standards story with another student and record the main points of your discussion. 2. Why are people concerned with Australia’s performance in subjects like science, reading and maths? 3. Who put out a report into Australia’s education system? 4. How does Gonski want to make education fairer in Australia? 5. Julia Gillard wants Australian schools to be back in the top ____ by the year _______. 6. The Prime Minister wants to make it easier to get into teaching at university. True or false? 7. About how much will the changes cost? 8. How have most people responded to the plan? 9. What aspects of the plan have been criticised? 10. What do you think about the government’s planned changes to education? Post a message on the Behind the News Guestbook http://www.abc.net.au/btn/ Citizen Surveillance 1. Briefly summarise the BtN story. 2. What is an ISP? 3. How can online activity be monitored? 4. In what circumstances could the information collected be useful? 5. If the Government’s plan goes ahead, ISP’s and phone companies would keep information for ______years. 6. What are some concerns people have about the suggested changes? 7. What is hacking? 8. Complete the following sentence: Storing large amounts of information is expensive so internet prices will… 9. What do you think about the suggested changes? 10. Think about how your own internet use is monitored. Who currently monitors what you see/do online? `Should the government be allowed to store the internet data of all Australians?’ Vote in the BtN online poll http://www.abc.net.au/btn/ Test your knowledge in the Citizen Surveillance quiz. Go to the BtN website and follow the links. Anti-venom 1. What is venom? 2. Why are some animals venomous? 3. When was anti-venom first introduced in Australia? EPISODE 26 11 TH SEPTEMBER 2012
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Questions for discussion
School standards 1. Discuss the issues raised in the School Standards story with another student
and record the main points of your discussion. 2. Why are people concerned with Australia’s performance in subjects like
science, reading and maths? 3. Who put out a report into Australia’s education system? 4. How does Gonski want to make education fairer in Australia? 5. Julia Gillard wants Australian schools to be back in the top ____ by the year
_______. 6. The Prime Minister wants to make it easier to get into teaching at university.
True or false? 7. About how much will the changes cost? 8. How have most people responded to the plan? 9. What aspects of the plan have been criticised? 10. What do you think about the government’s planned changes to education?
Post a message on the Behind the News Guestbook http://www.abc.net.au/btn/
Citizen Surveillance
1. Briefly summarise the BtN story. 2. What is an ISP? 3. How can online activity be monitored? 4. In what circumstances could the information collected be useful? 5. If the Government’s plan goes ahead, ISP’s and phone companies would keep
information for ______years. 6. What are some concerns people have about the suggested changes? 7. What is hacking? 8. Complete the following sentence: Storing large amounts of information is
expensive so internet prices will… 9. What do you think about the suggested changes? 10. Think about how your own internet use is monitored. Who currently monitors
what you see/do online?
`Should the government be allowed to store the internet data of all Australians?’ Vote
in the BtN online poll http://www.abc.net.au/btn/
Test your knowledge in the Citizen Surveillance quiz. Go to the BtN website and follow
the links.
Anti-venom
1. What is venom? 2. Why are some animals venomous? 3. When was anti-venom first introduced in Australia?
4. Anti-venom works a bit like a _________soaking up poisonous stuff in a person’s body.
5. How is the venom from funnel-web spiders collected? 6. Complete the following sentence: To make anti-venom, small amounts of
venom are injected in animals like… 7. What does the immune system produce to help make the anti-venom? 8. What unusual request did a wildlife park make recently? 9. What should children remember when it comes to venomous animals? 10. What was surprising about this story?
Write a short explanation about why some animals produce and use venom. What are the different body parts used to deliver venom?
Agriculture school
1. What was the main point of the Agriculture School story? 2. What is stopping young people from choosing a career in agriculture? 3. How might some people view a career in farming? 4. Using the images in the story, describe the sorts of things students are learning at
Ag school. 5. Agriculture graduates start on very good salaries. True or false? 6. Why was agriculture tough in the 1990’s? 7. Why is the future of farming brighter these days? 8. Why is it important for people to study Agriculture? 9. How do you think people could be encouraged to study Agriculture? 10. What do you now know about studying agriculture that you didn’t know before?
Compare the reporting of the Agriculture School story with another story on BtN this week. Share your comparisons with other students.
Bushcare kids
1. What is the aim of `Bushcare Major Day Out’? 2. How do `forget-me-nots’ spread through the wildlife park? 3. What is an introduced species? 4. Why is it important to remove introduced species’? 5. The native animals like eating the weeds. True or false? 6. Name three of the worst weeds in Australia. 7. What does koala poo smell like? 8. Why is it important to get rid of the seeds as well as the plants? 9. Illustrate an aspect of the BtN story. 10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the Bushcare Kids
story?
Choose an introduced (invasive) plant species and find out the impact it has on the environment.
Anti-venom
Focus Questions 1. What is venom? 2. Why are some animals venomous? 3. When was anti-venom first introduced in Australia? 4. Anti-venom works a bit like a _________soaking up poisonous stuff in a
person’s body. 5. How is the venom from funnel-web spiders collected? 6. Complete the following sentence: To make anti-venom, small amounts of
venom are injected in animals like… 7. What does the immune system produce to help make the anti-venom? 8. What unusual request did a wildlife park make recently? 9. What should children remember when it comes to venomous animals? 10. What was surprising about this story?
Anti venom Watch the BtN Anti- venom story again and ask students to circle the key words as they hear them. Students then clarify their understanding of the key words by writing down what they think the word means. Swap definitions with a partner and ask them to add to or change the definition. Check them using a dictionary or other source.
Key word My definition Dictionary definition
Venom
Venomous
Toxins
Poisonous
chemicals
Anti-venom
Milking
Antibodies
Immune
system
Students can choose one or more of the following activities:
Write a short explanation about why some animals produce and use venom. What are the different body parts used to deliver venom?
EPISODE 26
11TH
SEPTEMBER 2012
Learning Area
Science
Key learning
Students will investigate why some animal produce venom, how venom affects our bodies and first aid treatment for venomous bites and stings.
Create a profile of a venomous animal. Include information about: Name of animal Type of animal (eg reptile) Physical description Habitat How venomous is the animal? How does it deliver the venom?
How does venom affect our bodies? Different parts of the body react to different types of venom. For example, the venom from a funnel-web spider affects the nervous system. Find out how venom affects different body systems: Nervous, muscular, circulatory, respiratory and the skin.
How do you treat venomous bites and stings? Choose an animal and find out what the symptoms are if a person is bitten or stung, what first aid and medical treatment is needed. Students can demonstrate the information by creating a graphic, role play or power point presentation.
Related Research Links
ABC News – Venom shortage sparks call to hunt funnel-webs http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-02/anti-venom-shortage-sparks-call-to-catch-deadly-spider/4239024 The Venom Patrol - Interactive http://venompatrol.info/index.html Australian Venom Research Unit – About venom http://www.avru.org/general/general_main.html Australian Reptile Park – Venom production http://www.reptilepark.com.au/about-us/research-venom/venom-production/ Australian Museum – Funnel-web Spiders http://australianmuseum.net.au/Funnel-web-Spiders-group/ Australian Museum – Spider bites and venom http://australianmuseum.net.au/Spider-bites-and-venoms/
1. What was the main point of the Agriculture School story? 2. What is stopping young people from choosing a career in agriculture? 3. How might some people view a career in farming? 4. Using the images in the story, describe the sorts of things students are
learning at Ag school. 5. Agriculture graduates start of very good salaries. True or false? 6. Why was agriculture tough in the 1990’s? 7. Why is the future of farming brighter these days? 8. Why is it important for people to study Agriculture? 9. How do you think people could be encouraged to study Agriculture? 10. What do you now know about studying Agriculture that you didn’t know
before?
Agriculture School
Negotiate with students how many activities they need to complete.
Summarise the story Have students pair-up and write three or four summary statements about what
they have learned watching the Agriculture School story. Then partner up two
groups and share what has been written.
True or False After watching the Agriculture School story, ask students to write three true and
three false things from the story. Pass them around so others can read them and
explain why they are false.
Brainstorming In small groups, ask students to brainstorm and record three important things they
have learned watching the Agriculture School story on a sheet of paper. Students
can share their ideas with other class members.
Quick Quiz Working in pairs, students write a multiple choice quiz with ten questions about
the Agriculture School story or agriculture in Australia. Students can then take
turns quizzing each other. Multiple choice quizzes can be submitted to Behind the
News Quiz Page – Quizzes by Whizzes http://www.abc.net.au/btn/quiz.htm
Matching facts Ask students to find a partner and collect two sheets of paper. One person in each
pair writes a question about a fact from the Agriculture School story. The other
person writes the answer. Place the questions in an empty hat and the answers in
another one. Ask each student to pick a question or answer and then move around
the room to match the questions to the corresponding answers. Once they have
found the student with the corresponding answer they sit down and think of
another question, which could have the same answer.
EPISODE 26
11TH
SEPTEMBER 2012
Learning Area
Society and Environment
Key learning
Students will develop a deeper understanding of the issues raised in the Agriculture School story.
Respond to the story Why do you think the story was chosen to be on BtN? What do you think the producers/journalists want kids to know about the topic/issue? Describe the main issue/message in the story. What changes would you make to the story? Consider the words, pictures, music and graphics. Explain why you would make the changes. Rewrite Working in pairs or small groups, provide students with a transcript for the
Agriculture School story and ask them to rewrite it for another television program
or a different audience. Give them a choice about how they present their new
transcript. It might be a reading or they may choose to act it out.
Compare Ask students to compare the reporting of the Agriculture School story with another
story on BtN this week. After they have made their comparisons, students can
share their results.
Related Research Links
Behind the News – Farm Uni http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2219583.htm ABC 730 SA – Students aiming for careers in agriculture http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-03/students-aiming-for-careers-in-agriculture/4240550