Questions for discussion

Israel and Palestine History

  1. The leader of which country visited Australia recently?
  2. The BTN story explained the conflict between which two groups?
  3. Before 1948 there was no ______. The area was known as Palestine and it was under the control of ______.
  4. Why did lots of Jewish people come to Palestine?
  5. People from which religious groups were living in the area known as Palestine?
  6. What solution did the United Nations come up with to solve the dispute?
  7. Why did war break out between Jewish and Arab people?
  8. Why has there been a lot of arguing about the West Bank recently?
  9. World leaders at the United Nations Security Council voted that the land should be divided into two separate ______.
  10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BTN story?

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Cybersecurity Jobs

  1. What did the BTN story mainly explain?
  2. Finish the following sentence: Cybersecurity is about protecting…
  3. Most hacks we hear about are done by
  4. White-hat hackers
  5. Black-hat hackers
  6. Red-hat hackers
  7. Describe the damage that black-hat hackers can do?
  8. What are white-hat hackers?
  9. The IT students in the BTN story want to be ______hackers.
  10. Why does the Australian government want good hackers?
  11. Which big business is looking for hackers?
  12. What courses do experts say we need more people to study?
  13. What was surprising about this story?

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Palm Oil Problem

  1. Briefly summarise the BTN Palm Oil Problem story.
  2. What is palm oil and were does it come from?
  3. Which products is palm oil used in?
  4. How many species of orangutan are there in the world?
  5. In which countries are orangutans found?
  6. Orangutans are ______endangered.
  7. What are the major threats to orangutans?
  8. How is palm oil important to the economy of Indonesia and Malaysia?
  9. What is palm oil often labelled as?
  10. Do you think there should be stricter labelling laws for products containing palm oil? Explain your answer.

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Planet Nine

  1. What was the main point of the Planet Nine story?
  2. How many planets are there in our solar system?
  3. What is the purpose of the Backyard Worlds project?
  4. Backyard Worlds is a ______science project.
  5. What do the eight planets orbit?
  6. Which planet is closest to the sun?
  7. When was it decided that Pluto was no longer a planet?
  8. Pluto is now called a ______planet.
  9. Where in the solar system do they think a ninth planet may exist?
  10. Visit the Backyards Worlds: Planet 9 website and get involved in the citizen science project.

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Robotic Student

  1. Retell Jacob’s story in your own words.
  2. Where does Jacob live?
  3. What technology does Jacob use to attend classes?
  4. Why can’t Jacob go to school?
  5. Who helped Jacob work out a way he could attend school?
  6. How did his teacher and classmates feel about having Jacob back in class?
  7. How did Audrey use technology to help her attend school?
  8. Why do you think it’s important for sick kids to have contact with their school?
  9. Illustrate an aspect of the story.
  10. What did you like about the BTN story?

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