Marni Gilbert has a severe allergy to peanuts and dies after consuming some at a school camp. Unfortunately this fictitious case study parallels many cases of children dying after eating certain foods or coming into contact with allergens. Like Marni’s, their lives could have been saved. Allergens and Food Safety features interviews and footage throughout. The program covers: what allergens are; reactions and responses; rules and regulations; the role of food manufacturers in food safety; and the role of retailers and workers in food safety. This is a comprehensive look at processes, safety issues and control measures of food allergens in the manufacture, regulation and selling of food.
Producers: VEA Group Pty Ltd
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Animation in Multimedia
The program takes students through the elements of creating a successful animation. Beginning with the various methods of creating an animation, the program then explores the stages and aspects of animations, including character development, backgrounds, adding sound and voice and the use of wire frame in 3D work. We look at the various roles in an animation team, including producers, directors, computer technicians, artists and voice actors and some applications of animation such as computer games, advertisements and film.
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Automotive Design: CAD-CAM Case Studies
This program looks at two examples of innovative automotive design. Part one features the 2002 winner of the prestigious Pforzheim German Transportation Design Forum competition. The award-winning car design was for Aborigines living in remote rural areas. In part two we visit Drew Price Engineering, manufacturers of innovative high quality go kart products including axle components, bodywork, brake hardware and the Arrow chassis. DPE develop their products through computer-aided design (CAD) and computer-assisted machinery (CAM).
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Batch and Continuous Processes: Food Manufacturing Case Studies
Case studies of Brunetti’s café in Melbourne, Australia and a milk company show us the difference between batch processing and continuous processing.
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Battle Scars: An Overview of our Defense Against Disease
This program explores the human immune system and the body’s defenses against disease.
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Beating Bacteria: A User’s Guide
This humorous cross-curricula program shows students how harmful bacteria can hide – and grow – in even the most clean-looking of environments.
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Binge Drinking
A growing issue among adolescents is binge drinking. What is binge drinking, who is likely to be involved in binge drinking and what are the effects and consequences of this behavior are all questions answered in this program. Geoff Munro, the Director of the Australian Drug Foundation’s Community Alcohol Action Network describes the effects of alcohol in the body and the consequences of alcohol addiction. Also included are views from young people about their attitudes towards binge drinking, some warning signs for detecting alcohol addiction in friends and strategies for reducing alcohol consumption and drinking responsibly.
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Biology Fieldwork One
This program shows students how to complete the practical fieldwork needed to investigate a local inland ecosystem.
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Biology Fieldwork Two
We join a group of students as they investigate a rocky shore ecosystem. As well as the collection and interpretation of the data, we also investigate a number of important aspects of the ecosystem.
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Light and Vision
The following program covers two components. Firstly the scientific concept of light; how it travels in a straight line and its importance and varying uses is carefully explained through discussion and a variety of activities. Secondly, the program carefully explains the steps required to undertake a science experiment and the therefore the expectations of what the students will be required to do when they undertake their own experiments.