Across the world 1.3 billion people suffer from extreme poverty. They don’t have enough to eat, they don’t have proper shelter, they don’t have safe drinking water and they don’t have access to life saving medicines. This program explores three aspects of development that can have a positive impact on the health and lives of people in developing countries. We look at how the provision of safe drinking water, the clearing of landmines and the introduction of micro-finance systems to create employment can help improve the quality of life for individuals and society.
Grade levels: Adult
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Gravitation
With the help of demonstrations, animated graphics and worked examples, this program demystifies: Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation; How to enter very large and small numbers into a calculator; The physics involved in apparent weightlessness, satellites, including geostationary satellites; Gravitational field Strength; The inverse square nature of the law of gravitation.
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Grrls in IT
Information Technology is the world’s fastest growing industry, responsible for decisions and innovations that affect our daily lives as much as government policy – but not enough women are interested in IT as a career. This program aims to dispel a range of preconceptions many young women have about joining the industry: Working in front of a screen all day, too “geekie”, technical and dull, needing a high level math and science background, and not enough variety and social interaction.
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Fat
This program looks at what fat is, how much of it we eat, what foods it is found in, what function it carries out in the body, what problems it causes, and how we can reduce our consumption of it.
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Fiber
Looks at the much underplayed role fiber plays in our diet. How does fiber protect us from conditions like colon cancer, coronary heart disease, diabetes, diverticulitis, high cholesterol and obesity? How much fiber should we be eating to maintain good health?
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Salt
For some years now, salt has been viewed as a major cause of high blood pressure. But the reality is a little more complex. For people with a genetic pre-disposition, salt may be a killer; for others it may not be such a problem. But until a satisfactory test is developed, it’s wise for all of us to greatly reduce the amount of salt we consume.
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Sugar
The more sugar we eat, the less complex carbohydrate and the more fat we eat. For that reason, sugar, with its empty kilojoules, is a food we should eat less of. But there’s also the problem of dental caries: despite all the improvements in tooth-paste and fluoridation over large areas of Australasia, sugar which is hidden in an amazing variety of foods, is still public enemy number 1.
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Going Places: Careers in Food Technology and Home Economics
This program presents interviews with professionals in the food technology and hospitality industry. Topics include career paths, skills needed to advance and recent industry trends.
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Oral Presentation
Produced to help inject vitality into this important form of communication, the trials of Boring Bob and his long suffering audience are compared with the responses created by Gary, Karen, John and Joanne, who each use highly innovative approaches in their delivery.
