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Questions for discussion Petrol prices 1. What issues were raised in the Petrol prices story? EPISODE 6 2. What do some experts predict will happen to the price of petrol over the next TH few weeks? 15 MARCH 2010 3. Why are petrol prices going up? 4. Where are most of the world’s oil reserves? 5. How are petrol prices linked to supply and demand? 6. Apart from drivers, who else is affected by increased petrol prices? 7. In the past, what action have people taken in response to paying more for petrol? 8. How could your family reduce the amount of petrol they use each week? 9. Apart from saving money, what would be the other benefits? 10. What is a fuel cycle and which is the cheapest day to buy fuel in most places? Is petrol the way of the future? Investigate alternative energy sources for cars and state which is the best option and why. One and a half men 1. Discuss the BtN story with another student. 2. About how many viewers watch Two and a Half Men each week? 3. How much per season does the show make? a. 100 million b. 310 million c. 420 million 4. Why is Charlie Sheen an important part of the show? 5. Name another show that relied on one actor for its survival? 6. How were his bosses keeping Charlie Sheen interested in working on the show? 7. Describe the difficult decision the makers of Two and a Half Men had to make. 8. The TV bosses were worried that Charlie Sheen’s misbehaving could ruin the ______________of the show. 9. What is syndication? 10. Who has been affected by the decision to stop the show? Write a message about the story and post it on the BtN guestbook http://abc.net.au/btn/guestbook.html TV text 1. Summarise the TV Text story. 2. What are closed captions and who uses them? 3. It is not compulsory for closed captions to be used in prime time TV, news and current affairs. True or false? 4. What is the problem with the quality of some closed captions? 5. Describe the job of a stenocaptioner. 6. What accuracy rate do they need to have? 7. How is a stenograph keyboard different to a computer keyboard? 8. Why are some companies using voice recognition technology? 9. What are some of the problems with it? 10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BtN story? Apart from deaf and hearing impaired people, who else might benefit from closed captions? Dumb dogs 1. Choose five key words from the BtN story. 2. Researchers have found that over the years, the intelligence of dogs has a. Increased b. Decreased c. Stayed the same 3. Why were wolves and dingoes used in the dog intelligence research? 4. How successful were domestic dogs at problem solving? 5. How did the dingo perform in the tests? 6. What did the researchers found out about the social intelligence of dogs and wolves? 7. What has happened to the size of dogs’ brains over time? 8. Why do scientists think this has happened? 9. Do you think all dogs can be trained to solve problems? Explain your answer. 10. What was surprising about this story? Why is basic obedience training important? What are some commands that all dogs should be taught? Create an advertisement that encourages all puppy owners to teach their dog important commands. Ice hockey 1. Retell the Ice hockey story. 2. How many teams are in Australia’s National Ice Hockey League? 3. Describe the training the players do. 4. List the protective clothing they need. 5. What is the aim of an ice hockey game? 6. The rubber disc used in an ice hockey game is called a ____________. 7. Why is it frozen before a game? 8. Describe the dangers involved in playing ice hockey. 9. Where are the under 18 World Championships being held next month? 10. Name three facts you learnt watching the BtN story? Test your knowledge in the online ice hockey quiz. Go to the BtN website and follow the links. Petrol prices Focus Questions 11. What issues were raised in the Petrol prices story? EPISODE 6 12. What do some experts predict will happen to the price of petrol over the next few weeks? 15TH MARCH 2011 13. Why are petrol prices going up? 14. Where are most of the world’s oil reserves? Learning Area 15. How are petrol prices linked to supply and demand? Society and Environment 16. Apart from drivers, who else is affected by increased petrol prices? 17. In the past, what action have people taken in response to paying more for petrol? 18. How could your family reduce the amount of petrol they use each week? 19. Apart from saving money, what would be the other benefits? 20. What is a fuel cycle and which is the cheapest day to buy fuel in most places? Key learning Students will develop a Petrol prices deeper understanding of alternative energy sources Word warm-up for future cars. Working in pairs, students record key words from the Petrol prices story (they can either watch the story again or look at the transcript). Record what they think each word means Write two or three sentences about how each word was used in the story. Are there any antonyms or synonyms for the key words? With petrol prices rising, alternative energy sources for cars are being explored. Students will create a brochure or poster advertising the car of the future. The advertisement will need to include what the issues are with petrol/diesel powered cars, what the best alternative energy source is for powering cars and why. They need to include both words and pictures in their ad. Students begin with a partner/small group discussion about what they know about Clarify students’ understanding of alternative energy sources for cars. Ask them to report back to the class with renewable and non- what they know. They can then generate key questions to research in order to renewable energy and determine what alternative fuel source is best to power the car of the future. fossil fuels. Some possible questions include: . What are the issues with continuing fossil fuel use? . What types of alternative energy sources are being developed for future cars? (consider solar, hydrogen, biofuels) . What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? . Which energy sources seem most likely to be commonly used in cars of the future? Why? Students will need access to the internet to research the topic. They may find the following website a useful starting point http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/index.html When students have a clear understanding of what the alternatives are and the advantages and disadvantages of each, they can make a decision about what the car of the future could be. Discuss the different ways they could publish their final product. Reflection What worked well with your `car of the future’ advertisement? What would you change about your advertisement? Why? Related Research Links ABC News – Petrol prices at 29-month high http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/07/3157301.htm ABC News – Consumers told to brace for petrol price spike http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/02/27/3150062.htm ABC News – Libyan unrest fuels price gouging: NRMA http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/08/3158410.htm ABC News – Fuel costs force Qantas to lift fares again http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/03/09/3159463.htm Energy quest – A student’s guide to alternative fuel vehicles http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/transportation/index.html Dumb dogs Focus Questions 1. Choose five key words from the BtN story. 2. Researchers have found that over the years, the intelligence of dogs has EPISODE 6 a. Increased b. Decreased 15TH MARCH 2011 c. Stayed the same 3. Why were wolves and dingoes used in the dog intelligence research? Learning Area 4. How successful were domestic dogs at problem solving? Society and Environment 5. How did the dingo perform in the tests? 6. What did the researchers found out about the social intelligence of dogs and wolves? 7. What has happened to the size of dogs’ brains over time? 8. Why do scientists think this has happened? 9. Do you think all dogs can be trained to solve problems? Explain your answer. Key learning 10. What was surprising about this story? Students will develop an understanding about domestic and wild dogs Dog IQ including working dogs and Ask students to think about and record the relationship between dogs and the jobs they do. humans. Explain what an interdependent relationship is. Humans give dog’s food and shelter and dogs give humans companionship, affection and work. How does this relationship compare to those between humans and horses, cats, fish or birds? What makes the relationship between humans and dogs unique? Students can then choose one or more of the following activities: Investigate working dogs and the jobs they do. The following website has a slideshow with images of working dogs http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/dogs/working.html . What are the different breeds that are typically used as working dogs? What makes them suited for the type of work they do? Choose one type of working dog to focus on and write a narrative about the day in the life of a working dog. Why is basic obedience training important? What are some commands that all dogs should be taught? Create an advertisement that encourages all puppy owners to teach their dog important commands.