Does simply ignoring bullying make someone an innocent bystander? Or is there something that they can do to help the situation. This program looks at the different behaviours demonstrated by bystanders, and focuses on the fact that all bystanders have a role to play in preventing bullying. Featuring expert interviews with Clinical Psychologist Andrew Fuller and Counseling Psychologist Roslyn Berkovitch as well as dramatised scenarios in the school yard and on public transport. This second program in the Against Bullying Series illustrates what we can do to assist in the fight against bullying.
Languages: English
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Better Ways to Communicate
The management of bullying by individuals and institutions has progressed a long way from the days of denial, three to four decades ago. Modern society places greater importance on positive relationships and there is a far greater awareness of the destructiveness of bullying. This program aims to strengthen viewers’ awareness of some effective techniques they can use to protect themselves from destructive attempts at intimidation. This documentary also explores how all of us are vulnerable both to the attacks of another person, and to the temptation of bullying people we know. More recent developments in cyber-bullying, and its pernicious effects caused by anonymity and relentless, un-sourced messages, are also effectively explored by psychologists Andrew Fuller and Rosalind Berkowitz.
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Chemical Equations in the Real World
The word ‘chemicals’ might bring to mind pools of swirling, poisonous mixtures, dangerous acids or secret formulas… but they are far more prominent in everyday life than we might first think. Very little in the physical world around us occurs without chemical reactions being involved. In this way, many of the important processes in modern manufacturing and product use can be summarised with chemical equations. This program takes an in-depth look at five common products that are in use all around us and explores the chemistry behind their manufacture and/or use, including chemical equations. Using graphics and footage from inside manufacturing plants, we see examples of how chemistry is so prevalent in the real world – and examine various reactions taking place. The products are soap, polystyrene, aluminium, paint and car batteries.
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Ethics and the Consumer
We as consumers all love a bargain, but when you are paying only $5 for a t-shirt, maybe it’s time to ask some questions. What can you do to ensure you make informed and ethical consumer choices? How does globalization impact on our consumer decisions? In a free market consumers are not completely powerless as they have the right to choose and the power to withdraw their business.
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Getting Along: Positive Communication
Communication is the transferring of information from one person to another and helps us in making new friends. The development of communication skills in children can help build positive interpersonal relationships. Effective communication skills help children to manage their emotions and to solve conflict without violence. This program looks at the communication skills needed to initiate, develop and maintain friendships at the individual and group level. Verbal and non-verbal skills are investigated, demonstrating why children need to be aware that there are different communication skills for different situations and audiences. Specific communication skills for interacting with adults are also investigated.
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Information Report Writing Skills
Pip with the aid of her persuasive writing piece has convinced her doughnut loving Principal that the school canteen needs a nutritional face lift. However, for her Principal to make the best decision on improving the canteen he has asked Pip to prepare an informative report. Pip decides to do some work experience at a local paper to learn more about informative writing. This program guides students through the informative writing process and points out some common problems students face when gathering information and presenting reports. Students will see how delivering the right information in the right way can be a very powerful tool.
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Coordinate Geometry
Welcome to the fabulous world of the coordinate plane! You’ll learn how to plot ordered pairs, familiarize with quadrants, and meet the x and y-axis. These handy rules will make working with planes a breeze.
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Gathering & Understanding Data
It’s time to make math sense of our surroundings! We’ll start by collecting and organizing information from our daily lives. Students will learn how to interpret this information through visuals like lists, charts, tree diagrams and graphs. The tour doesn’t stop here, we’ll move onto describing the outcomes based on probability, mean, median, mode, and range. The world will make much more math sense after these exercises!
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Problem-Solving Skills
Do you need to figure out how far New York is from Chicago? Have you ever needed to double a cookie recipe? Or figure out your batting average? Math problems are everywhere. We will identify how, when, and where to use the problem-solving logic.
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Stranded!
Teaching Systems Vocab is a unique and innovative tool that uses short video skits to give students a real-world representation of the meaning of a word in a way they can relate to and understand. With recurring characters and ongoing plots, this program provides an engaging and effective learning experience to students. Brett and Katie find themselves stranded on a desert island; their friendship quickly becomes strained when hunger sets in. An unexpected arrival prompts some desert island Olympics and we learn how Brett got stranded while the island reveals more of its mysteries.