Questions for discussion

Housing Affordability

  1. As a class, discuss the BTN Housing Affordability story. What were the main points of the discussion?
  2. What does the average Australian house cost?
  3. Where do most people get money from to buy a house?
  4. Australians on average, earn more than ______times what they did 30 years ago.
  5. Houses now are around 30 times more expensive that they were 30 years. True or false?
  6. What does that mean for people wanting to buy a house now?
  7. What are people in other countries doing to find more affordable housing?
  8. Which cities in Australia are some of the least affordable in the world?
  9. What is the government doing to help people who want to buy a house?
  10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BTN story?

Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page.

Skinny Model Laws

  1. Discuss the Skinny Model Laws story with another student and record the main points of the discussion.
  2. How can images of unhealthily thin models affect people?
  3. Finish the following sentence: A lot of images aren’t realistic because they have been…
  4. Which countries already have laws that ban models if they are unhealthily skinny?
  5. Which country has announced that they are introducing the same laws?
  6. Paris is known as the ______capital of the world.
  7. What will models have to do to prove they’re a healthy weight?
  8. What are the consequences for companies that break the law?
  9. What is the new law being introduced about using digitally changed images of models?
  10. Do you think the laws should be introduced in Australia? Explain your answer.

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Wipe Out Waste

  1. What was the main point of the BTN Wipe out Waste story?
  2. Briefly explain what the students at Immanuel Primary School doing?
  3. Every year, Australians throw out around ______million tonnes of waste?
  4. What are students at Star of the Sea school doing to reduce waste?
  5. What are they hoping will happen by term 4?
  6. Why are the students planning to do more nude food?
  7. What advice do the students give to reduce the amount of waste we produce?
  8. Why do the schools have an audit every term?
  9. What does your school do to reduce the amount of waste produced?
  10. How has your thinking changed since watching the BTN story?

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How does the Internet Work?

  1. What does the BTN story explain?
  2. In which decade was the internet invented?
  3. 1950s
  4. 1960s
  5. 1970s
  6. Explain how the internet started.
  7. In which year did Tim Berners-Lee create a system for sharing information around the world?
  8. What did he call it?
  9. How is information transmitted around the world?
  10. Describe the cables used to transmit the data.
  11. Why are cables quicker and more reliable than satellites?
  12. How does Jesse describe the process of sending a picture overseas via the internet?
  13. What did you learn watching the BTN story?

Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page.

Screen It Competition

  1. Explain the BTN Screen It Competition story to another student.
  2. Which competition are the students entering their films in?
  3. Who is running the competition?
  4. What is the theme for the competition?
  5. Which element of time did the students decide to focus on?
  6. What types of films are the students making?
  7. The students at Hallett Cove Primary are making films. True or false?
  8. What did the students like about creating films and video games?
  9. What skills do you think filmmakers need to have?
  10. What did you like about the BTN story?

Check out the Screen It Competition resource on theTeachers page.

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