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 * Behind the News**

=  INTRODUCING YOU TO THE WORLD OF NEWS  =

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17/4/2012 La Nina // Learning Area // Science // Key learning // Students will develop a deeper understanding of what La Nina and El Nino are and the impact they have on Australia’s weather patterns. Focus Questions 1. What do you think is meant by the statement `Australia is no stranger to extreme weather’? 2. Which was the wettest two year period on record for Australia? 3. What has caused the recent wet conditions? 4. What does La Nina mean in Spanish? 5. What causes the changing weather patterns in Australia during La Nina? 6. What is the opposite of La Nina? 7. What impact does it have on Australia? 8. Describe how climate change may be having some effect on Australia’s weather patterns. 9. Illustrate an aspect of this story. 10. What is //La Nina// ? EPISODE 4 6TH MARCH 2012 Dental check up 1.Discuss the main points raised in the story with another student. 2.A new report has found that about a ___of people don’t go to the dentist. 3.What reasons were given for people not going to the dentist? 4.What work has been done over the years to improve the teeth of Australians? 5.What do some people think should happen to the dental health care system? 6.Cheaper medical care is provided through a system called a. Medivac b.National Health c.Medicare 7.How does the Government fund public health care? 8.About how much would the proposed dental system cost? 9.Why do you think the report recommended focussing on children’s dental care? 10.Name three facts you learnt in the //Dental check up// story. Learning Objective Students will investigate why floods occur, how they affect people and how floods can be prevented. Flood update EPISODE 1 14TH FEBRUARY 2012

1.Briefly summarise the BtN story. 2.Which parts of Australia were affected by the recent floods?

3.Water always finds the a. Highest land b. Lowest land c. Flattest land

4.How is water channelled away in the city and country? 5.Complete the following sentence: The size and shape of rivers depends on... 6.What happens when a river bursts its banks? 7.By understanding how water moves, experts can sometimes predict where

and when a flood is going to hit. True or false? 8.Why did officials make the people in the St George area evacuate their

homes? 9.What damage can flood water do? 10. DescribetheimagesintheBtN//Floodupdate//story.

Investigate what countries like the Netherlands have done to cope with floods.