Analyzes the physiological requirements of a range of sports, and how athletes train for these sports. It includes vital information and demonstration of energy systems for physical activity, components of fitness, training effects, the principles of training. Comments by a competing triathlete provide a real life view of the requirements of fitness.
Grade levels: Adult
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Productive Pedagogies
Restructuring of the Queensland education system in the 1990s gave rise to a new educational model – the New Basics Project. An integral part of this scheme was a fresh emphasis on the value of quality teaching/learning, termed “productive pedagogy” which is based on four premises: 1) intellectual quality, 2) connectedness, 3) social support, and 4) recognition of difference.
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Pushing the Limits: In Athletic Performance
In 1903, W.G.George ran one mile in a world record time of 4 minutes, 12 seconds. His coach said “the probability is that this record will never be broken.” In 1954, both Roger Bannister and John Landy broke the “four minute mile” and to this day, these records continue to be broken. This program follows the performance of today’s record-breakers in distance running in order to understand the fundamental question: is there a limit to human athletic performance? Interviews with Dick Telford, Craig Mottram, Kerryn McCann and Nick Harrison cover the following topics: Training and diet, Coaching, Psychology, Money, Drugs, Male / female differences and health risks.
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Reality Bites!: Sex, STDs, and Contraception
This program explores the important issues for modern teenagers. Understanding sex and sexuality is a key component addressed in the program, as is decision making, being sexually active, practicing safe sex, and dealing with unwanted pregnancies.
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Roles and Responsibilities in IT
From business to games, medicine to astronomy, the IT industry consistently and competitively improves technologies. This program examines the huge variety of jobs in the IT industry and the way these jobs interact to create the dynamic products that shape our modern life. Includes an inside look at Industry leader IBM, who are at the forefront of technology advancement.
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Rope Skills
This program examines the use and care of ropes. Whether it’s rock climbing, abseiling, caving, or military and rescue operations, using ropes correctly is a vitally important skill – sometimes literally a matter of life or death. Using expert demonstrators, Rope Skills covers: types of rope (static vs. dynamic kernmantle ropes); fall factors; care of ropes in action & storage; full demonstrations of 12 different knots; clear explanations of pulley systems for outdoor rescue. This program is an essential reference for any field trip practitioner.
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Got a Minute: Procedures, Principles and Practices of Meetings
This program investigates the reasons why we hold meetings and why meetings play such an important role in business. We discuss the difference between formal and informal meetings and demonstrate the documentation and procedures involved in formal meetings. The program also examines the roles of committee members such as the Chair person, secretary, treasurer and general members. This comprehensive program also considers note taking, follow up reports and negotiating skills.
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Safe Manual Handling: Three Steps To a Safer Workplace
In the past safe manual handling training was all about how to lift things correctly. However current practice is to minimize the risk of manual handling injury through a three step process: 1. Identify hazardous manual handling tasks; 2. Assess risks involved in hazardous tasks; 3. Risk control – measures to reduce or eliminate risks. With the aid of an ergonomist and a physiotherapist, this program demonstrates how to make a workplace safer using some basic principles and procedures.
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Orienteering
Orienteering is a sport for everyone. Whether you’re a super-fit, elite athlete or someone who just enjoys a walk with friends, there’s an orienteering event that suits you. This program outlines basic orienteering knowledge, map skills, navigational aids (including a very clear description of how to take a bearing) and more advanced skills such as using hand rails, attack points, control flow and map memory. We also examine the history and different types and levels of this growing sport – a sport that has everything.
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Safety in Technology Workshops: Working with Wood, Metal and Plastic
Because technology workshops can be very dangerous places, students need to be comprehensively educated about safety. Based on extensive research with teachers and DOE advisors, this program concentrates on those areas in which students can make a significant contribution to their own safety, such as the use of personal protective equipment. Many potential hazards are discussed, from keeping the floor free of obstacles to the dangers of excessive noise, electrical tools and airborne dust.