With the aid of interesting personalities – Conrad and Candy – this program covers the following topics: Clothing, avoiding cuts, treating cuts, burns and scalds, lifting, golden rules for kitchen safety and hygiene.
Languages: English
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Integers – the whole thing
Integers are all around us and used for many different purposes. This program explores the world of integers where we share a day in the life of the presenter who entertains us in her own quirky way, taking us to a snooker hall, then to a shopping mall and finally the basketball court, demonstrating how integers permeate many aspects of everyday life. Starting with the representation of integers on a number line, the program looks at the relative size of integers, various computations with integers, estimation and the order of operations, and applications of integers.
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Sports and Injuries: Prevention and Assessment
With the aid of elite sports people as well as a suburban kung fu class, this informative program highlights the basic principles of sports injury treatment.
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Roots: The radical idea
In this entertaining program, we cover an introduction to roots and radicals, explore how roots can be simplified, carry out some operations with radicals, examine methods of approximation of roots and finish off by looking at an application involving the Pythagorean Theorem. A clear, concise and engaging explanation of roots and radicals.
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Staging a Performance
This program examines the staging and management of a professional production by Barnstorm theatre at Melbourne’s St Martin’s Youth Arts Centre.
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Exponents, We are the power
This entertaining and informative program explains all about exponents, the powers to which numbers are raised. Examining positive and negative indices, the uses and benefits of using exponents to express very small and very large numbers, and how to calculate approximations this is a program that will empower all math students with clear and accurate explanations.
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Stress: The Survival Guide
Explains what stress is and how to keep it within limits. It outlines easy relaxation techniques and coping strategies.
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Algebraic Notation
Another winner in the Mathemania brand, this is a clear and concise explanation of algebraic notation. In this program we start with an introduction to algebraic notation, then examine algebraic definitions and mathematical models, bringing it all together with the road test – creating a mathematical story. With a clear explanations of pronumerals and their practical uses in everyday life, this is an engaging and educational program just perfect for math students.
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Successful Study Skills
Produced especially for students undergoing their senior years of secondary schooling, this program introduces us to the basic skills of successful study. It includes: the need to establish a good study environment, whole year and weekly planning, the value of library research, the importance of balancing study with other pursuits and interests, identifying and coping with study stress.
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Nuclear Chemistry
A comprehensive look at the make up of the nucleus. What makes a stable nucleus? Radioisotopes and Fission vs. Fusion. A brief introduction to atomic structure sets the scene with students taken through the properties of particles that make up the nucleus including how and why some nuclei release energy and/or particles, with attention being placed to means of detecting ionizing radiation and uses of radioisotopes. Giving a historical perspective to this fascinating subject, the program also shows the sequence and importance of discoveries about the nucleus, including the major figures involved.