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EPISODE 25 31st August 2021 KEY LEARNING Teacher Resource Students will view a range of BTN stories and use comprehension skills to Focus Questions respond to a series of focus questions. Refugees in Australia CURRICULUM 1. In pairs, discuss the Refugees in Australia story. Record the English – Year 4 main points of your discussion. Use comprehension strategies 2. Why did Muhammad and his family leave Syria? to build literal and inferred meaning to expand content 3. When did they come to Australia? knowledge, integrating and 4. Why do people leave their country as refugees? linking ideas and analysing and 5. When did Australia start accepting refugees? evaluating texts. 6. Who started the United Nations High Commissioner for English – Year 5 Refugees? Use comprehension strategies 7. How many Afghan refugees is Australia taking? to analyse information, a. 3,000 integrating and linking ideas b. 13,500 from a variety of print and digital sources. c. 20,000 8. Why did the Australian government have to abandon its rescue English – Year 6 mission in Kabul? Use comprehension strategies to interpret and analyse 9. What questions do you have about the story? information and ideas, 10. What do you think would be one of the most difficult things comparing content from a about moving to another country? variety of textual sources including media and digital texts. Paralympics – We the 15 English – Year 7 1. What did the BTN Paralympics – We the 15 story explain? Use comprehension strategies 2. What does the ‘We the 15’ campaign hope to raise awareness to interpret, analyse and about? synthesise ideas and 3. Why is it called ‘We the 15’? information, critiquing ideas and issues from a variety of 4. What sport does Katelin play? textual sources. 5. Katelin wants to compete in the 2024 Paralympics. True or false? 6. What sport does Ellie Cole compete in? 7. What message does Paralympian Kurt Fearnley give in the campaign? 8. What did organisers do for the launch of the ‘We the 15’ campaign? 9. What is the global colour for disability? 10. What did you learn watching this story? Fossil Emblem 1. Before watching the BTN story, can you name any of your state’s emblems? 2. Which Australian state is looking for a new emblem? ©ABC 2021 3. Name one of the animals that has been nominated to become the state’s fossil emblem. 4. What are some of New South Wales’s state emblems? a. Waratah and platypus b. Sturt desert pea and wombat c. Kangaroo paw and black swan 5. What is Victoria’s state bird? 6. What is Victoria’s state mineral? 7. What year did Western Australia choose the Gogo fish to be its fossil emblem? 8. Which state has the oldest fossil as its emblem? 9. Complete the following sentence. Dermot hopes that the fossil emblem vote will encourage people to consider a career in _______________. 10. Illustrate an aspect of the Fossil Emblems story. Check out the Fossil Emblem resource on the Teachers page. Street Art 1. Summarise the Street Art story using your own words. 2. What is street art? 3. Where can you see street art? Give an example. 4. What did street art evolve from? 5. Banksy’s identity is unknown. True or false? 6. What is the theme of Banksy’s street art? 7. Describe one of the artworks included in Banksy’s Great British Spraycation. 8. Why is Banksy’s street art controversial? 9. When is street art legal? 10. What did you like about the BTN Street Art story? Check out the Street Art resource on the Teachers page. ©ABC 2021 Teacher Resource EPISODE 25 31st August 2021 Fossil Emblems KEY LEARNING Focus Questions Students will learn about how 1. Before watching the BTN story, can you name any of your fossils are formed and the different types of fossils. state’s emblems? Students will explore the fossil 2. Which Australian state is looking for a new emblem? emblems shortlisted for 3. Name one of the animals that has been nominated to become Victoria. the state’s fossil emblem. 4. What are some of New South Wales’s state emblems? CURRICULUM a. Waratah and platypus Science – Year 4 b. Sturt desert pea and wombat Earth’s surface changes over c. Kangaroo paw and black swan time as a result of natural processes and human activity. 5. What is Victoria’s state bird? 6. What is Victoria’s state mineral? Science – Year 5 7. What year did Western Australia choose the Gogo fish to be Living things have structural its fossil emblem? features and adaptations that help them to survive in their 8. Which state has the oldest fossil as its emblem? environment. 9. Complete the following sentence. Dermot hopes that the fossil emblem vote will encourage people to consider a career Science – Years 5 & 6 Scientific knowledge is used to in _______________. solve problems and inform 10. Illustrate an aspect of the Fossil Emblems story. personal and community decisions. Activity: Pre-viewing questions Science – Year 6 Before watching the BTN Fossil Emblem story, students will discuss Scientific knowledge has changed peoples’ understanding the following and record their responses on an A3 piece of paper. of the world and is refined as • What do you think the BTN story will be about? new evidence becomes • Have you ever seen a fossil? Where did you see it and what available. did it look like? • Do you know where fossils come from? Describe. • What else do you know about fossils? Did you know that the Activity: Class Discussion word fossil comes Hold a class discussion about the information in the BTN Fossil from the Latin word Emblem story. Use the following questions to guide discussion: fossus, which means ‘dug up’? • What is a state emblem and why do we have them? • What are the emblems for the state where you live? • What are fossils? • What is a fossil emblem? ©ABC 2021 Activity: Glossary Students will brainstorm a list of key words that relate to the BTN Fossil Emblem story. Students may want to use pictures and diagrams to illustrate the meaning and create their own glossary. Here are some words to get your students started. Fossil Emblem Organism Extinct Palaeontology Geology Activity: Research After watching and discussing the BTN Fossil Emblem story, what questions do students have? The following KWLH organiser provides students with a framework to explore their knowledge on this topic and consider what they would like to know and learn. What do I want What have I How will I find What do I know? to know? learnt? out? Students will develop their own question/s to research or select one or more of the questions below. • How are fossils formed? Use illustrations to help describe the process. • How does finding fossils help scientists learn about the past? • What are trace fossils? What are some examples? • What is a coprolite? What can we learn from coprolites? • How do the layers of the Earth help us to work out the age of fossils? • What are the different types of fossils? Create a graphic that explains each type. • What is the role of a palaeontologist? What are the different parts to the job of a palaeontologist and what skills do they need to have? Present your information in a creative way. How are dinosaur fossils formed? Watch this video that explains the process of how dinosaur fossils formed. Give a short presentation to another student describing the process and include any interesting facts. Further investigation Students can understand how impression fossils are formed by making their own fossil using clay. Follow the instructions on the Australian Museum website. ©ABC 2021 Activity: Meet the fossils Students will learn more about the fossils shortlisted for Victoria’s fossil emblem. Play the short `Meet the Fossil’ video then respond to the following: • Describe the plant or animal. • Give reasons why it should it be chosen as Victoria’s fossil emblem • Fun Fact Meet the fossil Meet the fossil Meet the fossil Meet the fossil Meet the fossil Meet the fossil Meet the fossil Meet the fossil ©ABC 2021 Activity: Quiz 1. The word fossil comes from the 4. Fossils can be preserved in… Latin word fossus which means… A. Rock A. Old skeleton B. Soil B. Old Bones C. Amber C. Dug up D. All of the above 2. Scientists who study fossils are called… 5. What is fossilised poo called? A. Archaeologists A. Trilobites B. Botanists B. Coprolites C. Palaeontologists C. Ammonites 3. Fossils are found in mostly which 6. The oldest known fossil was type of rock? found in Western Australia. A. Sedimentary A. True B. Metamorphic B. False C. Igneous Quiz Answers: 1C, 2C, 3A, 4D, 5B, 6A Useful Websites • Nominations for Victoria’s fossil emblem - Melbourne Museum • What are fossils? – Australian Museum • How are fossils formed? – Australian Museum • Should a `mysterious marsupial’ or a giant, round-headed amphibian be Victoria’s state fossil? – ABC News ©ABC 2021 EPISODE 25 31st August 2021 KEY LEARNING Students will create their own Teacher Resource street art which connects with their community. Street Art Focus Questions CURRICULUM Visual Arts – Years 3 & 4 Discuss the BTN story as a class and record the main points of the Identify intended purposes and discussion. Students will then respond to the following: meanings of artworks using 1. Summarise the Street Art story using your own words. visual arts terminology to compare artworks, starting 2. What is street art? with visual artworks in 3. Where can you see street art? Give an example. Australia including visual 4.