Getting your own way is not something we always achieve. Yelling, slamming doors, and being aggressive are not the ways to successfully argue a point. However having the right tools and approach to being persuasive can give you the power to achieve what you want, and even influence people to make a real difference in the world. This program guides students through the persuasive writing procedure and offers tips for reaching a desired outcome. Students will see the power of a well thought out and balanced argument with Pip our main character bringing about change at her school and even at home.
Languages: English
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More Fries With That?
Why is being overweight becoming a growing concern? This program explores the issues behind the popularity of convenience food and the increasing concerns and links to weight and health problems; direct and indirect medical, social and economical. In addition, we investigate a number of lifestyle factors that are influencing people’s diets including working or studying longer hours, the contribution of technological entertainment and forms of communication, and being out of the home over traditional meal times. We all have a choice in the lifestyle we choose to live, let’s make the right one.
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Principles of Physics 2 – Sound, Magnetism, Electricity and Radioactivity
Physics is a science that describes how things work. Almost everything around us can be explained in terms of the principles of physics. With the use of practical demonstrations related to common activities, this program investigates some of the key concepts of physics. Using a drum kit we look at how sound works, how we make it, and how it gets around. We investigate electricity and electromagnetism and compare the similarities between a remote control car and a mobile phone charger. Finally, we take a look at radioactivity and discover a radioactive device that can be found in almost every family home.
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Safety in the Senior Science Lab
In every classroom in every school, everyone has the right to a safe learning environment. Science laboratories present a whole range of potential hazards to people’s health and well-being, and it is critical that both teachers and students are fully aware of their responsibilities to ensure the learning environment is kept safe at all times. Everyone’s behaviour must be such that danger is minimized – both to themselves and others. After a few years performing experiments in the school lab, it is easy to forget that science laboratories can be dangerous places. Unfortunately, accidents can and do occur. The most common ones are fire, chemical and thermal burns, cuts from broken glass, absorption of toxic chemicals through the skin, and inhalation of toxic fumes. Some of these accidents result in permanent injury. Awareness and preventative action are therefore paramount to maintaining a safe environment. This program is aimed at students who are not new to science laboratories. It covers a range of safety areas, including general safety in science laboratories and specific areas of potential risk in chemistry, biology and physics labs. It is an ideal learning resource for students of this level to remind them of the ever-present need to act with safety foremost in mind at all times during science classes.
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Math
This program is specifically designed for in-classroom use to help teachers prep their students on the SAT. With these winning formulas for success, there’s no reason why your students need to sweat this test!
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Critical Reading
This program is specifically designed for in-classroom use to help teachers prep their students on the SAT Test layout, Time management, The “CHART” technique, Line reference questions and Greek & Latin roots
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Writing
This program is specifically designed for in-classroom use to help teachers prep their students on the SAT Identifying sentence errors, Improving sentences, Improving paragraphs, Essay-writing techniques, Scoring and Practice steps.
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Vocabulary
This program is specifically designed for in-classroom use to help teachers prep their students on the SAT. With these winning formulas for success, there’s no reason why your students need to sweat this test! Covers· Usurp · Undermine · Exasperate · Flourish · Reconcile
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A Greener Workplace – Planning and Managing Sustainability
The ‘green’ approach to life started as a grass-roots, community-based movement. It has now permeated the mainstream to the point where businesses across the globe realize that adopting an environmentally sound philosophy is essential – not only to maintain credibility and protect the bottom line, but also to attract the best employees. People expect business to be at the fore with regard to sustainability – to lead changes in thinking and behaviour. This program discusses the benefits of ‘green’ workplaces. The lead must come from the top – managers and business owners find themselves needing to be increasingly in tune with sustainable and ecological thinking. We hear from leading business people and sustainability experts about environmental corporate culture and practices and gain an insight into how to effectively implement a policy and strategy.
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Understanding Bullying
Bullying is the act of intentionally causing harm to others, through verbal harassment, physical assault, or other non-verbal methods such as manipulation or exclusion. Such behaviour can have deep long term negative effects on the victim. Technology has also influenced the methods and means by which bullies inflict their harassment. This program provides an introduction to bullying – what it is, why it is wrong and strategies to deal with it. It includes comments from bullying expert and Clinical Psychologist Andrew Fuller as well as interviews from students who have been victims of bullying in the past.