<p>Questions for discussion</p><p>Disaster recovery EPISODE 22 1. Brainstorm a list of natural disasters that affect people around the world. 2. Which country has been affected by a natural disaster recently? 17TH AUGUST 2010 3. What four things do people need after a natural disaster happens? 4. Choose one and explain why it is important. 5. Why does it take a long time to recover from a natural disaster? 6. What sorts of things need to be rebuilt? 7. What experts are brought in to help? 8. Where does the money come from to rebuild? 9. Describe the images in the BtN Disaster recovery story. 10. What do you understand more clearly about recovering from natural disasters since watching the BtN story?</p><p>What do you think are the most effective ways of helping people who have been affected by a natural disaster?</p><p>Climate Vs weather 1. What are the main points raised in the Climate Vs weather story? 2. Give some examples of extreme weather. 3. What affect can extreme weather have on people and places? 4. Meteorology is the study of ______. 5. What is the difference between climate and weather? 6. How is the weather measured? 7. What do most climate scientists say about what is happening to the Earth’s temperature? 8. Some scientists think the changing temperatures could result in more extreme weather. True or false? 9. Why is it important to understand the world’s climate? 10. What was surprising about this story?</p><p>Write a message about the story and post it on the BtN guestbook http://abc.net.au/btn/guestbook.html</p><p>Blood diamonds 1. Discuss the main issues raised in the Blood diamonds story. 2. What do diamonds symbolise in our society? Think about images and references in advertising, movies, songs and magazines. 3. What was the cause of the civil war in some parts of Africa? 4. During the civil war, diamonds were often swapped for ______.</p><p>© ABC 2010 5. How were kids involved in the conflict? 6. Explain the term `blood diamond’. 7. What happened when the world found out about blood diamonds? 8. How do consumers know that they are purchasing `conflict free’ diamonds? 9. Describe Naomi Campbell’s involvement with blood diamonds. 10. How did this story make you feel?</p><p>Write a personal response to the Blood diamond story.</p><p>Cheese school 1. Why is cheese making being taught in chemistry lessons at some schools? 2. The milk is separated into a solid and liquid. What are these called? 3. What sort of cheese were the kids making? 4. What is added to the cheese to make it separate? 5. Describe the next step in the cheese making process. 6. What can go wrong in the process? 7. What do you think cheese making is teaching the students? 8. Why do you think cheese making is described as an `art’? 9. Where did Sandgate High place at the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show? 10. Illustrate an aspect of this story.</p><p>Test your knowledge in the online quiz. Have a go at making cheese. The following website has some different recipes to try http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Recipes/Cheese-Making-Recipes-304.aspx</p><p>Basketball star 1. Briefly summarise the Basketball star story. 2. Describe Liz’s first experiences playing basketball. 3. How tall was Liz at 10 years old? 4. Why is height an advantage when playing basketball? 5. What other skills are needed? 6. How did Liz cope with bullying at school? 7. Liz plays international basketball and studies at university. True or false? 8. Why does Liz think we lose basketball players to Europe and America? 9. Where are the world championships being held? 10. What character traits do you think are needed to be a successful sports person?</p><p>Create a profile of Liz Cambage using the biocube http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/bio_cube/</p><p>© ABC 2010</p>