Creating a successful team environment in the Hospitality Industry is essential to an efficient and profitable business. Teamwork , team structure and communication are key elements in creating this successful team. This is particularly important in the Food and Beverage sector. Individual and team roles need to be clearly defined, goals and objectives need to be achievable and feedback and development constructive. Communication needs to be clear and concise and always conveyed in a friendly, respectful and professional manner. Successful teams make for a successful business
Producers: VEA Group Pty Ltd
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Consumer Choice and Protection
We as consumers make choices everyday that satisfy our needs and wants which in turn affect our quality of life. We need to understand what has an impact on these decisions and how to make more informed choices to avoid scams and scammers. We need to understand the legal framework that provides consumer protection and how technology influences our economic decision-making.
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Diet Related Disorders – Type 2 Diabetes, Obesity and Coeliac Disease
Around one in two people in the USA, Australia, and the UK are overweight. Knowledge of nutrition is integral to making healthy food choices. In this program we examine three diet-related disorders, looking in detail at the characteristics, causes, treatment and strategies for prevention. Common western health problems such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes and coeliac disease are discussed and their relationship with our diet explained. Follow us as we explore recent developments in food aimed at enhancing health, the impact of food consumption on nutrition, and ways of meeting food requirements to maintain optimum health and wellbeing.
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Geographers in the Field
Fieldwork is a critical part of geography, and involves a range of techniques. In this program, two young commandos are on a fieldwork mission to research and report on the human impact in two geographical regions – one urban and one within a National Park. Along the way they learn about preparation, collecting primary and secondary data, equipment, note taking, photographic recording, surveying and interviewing, and presenting findings. They also talk to park rangers who work in both areas and ultimately come to understand the importance of accurate, well prepared fieldwork.
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The Art of Persuasive Writing
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.
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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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Smart Food, Healthy Body
This program takes us outside to an athletics track and inside to a battle of minds over a chessboard – exploring how nutrition plays a critical role in maintaining both a healthy body and mind. Our presenter, aided by young competitors, guides us through the role that nutrients play in our diets and the positive outcomes that can be achieved by making healthy and balanced food choices. We finish by taking a look at the journey food takes through our body showing how nutrients are taken in and waste products removed.
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The Physics of Light
What is light? How does it operate? What are its properties? Why is it so important to the foundations of our physical world? The Physics of Light examines the nature of light and how it’s harnessed in our lives. The basic properties of light and the wave model are explained, while various applications are demonstrated using these facts. We discuss the concepts of wavelength, frequency, speed, reflection, refraction, total internal reflection and dispersion. We investigate the EMR spectrum, the colour of objects, and the addition and subtraction of colours are explained.