BTN Explainers

• Watch BTN Explainer - why do people like scary movies?
  Duration: 5 min
  Syllabus outcomes: EN4-5C, EN4-7D, EN5-5C, EN5 –7D
  Learning intentions: Students will develop understanding of why people like scary movies. Students will experiment creatively with their composition of a scary story.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – BTN Explainer - why do people like scary movies (DOCX 67 KB)

BTN: Media Literacy

• Watch BTN - Media literacy - bias
  Duration: 13 min
  Syllabus outcomes:
  Learning intentions: To be able to identify and explain the concept of point of view. To be able to evaluate the impact of bias on our point of view. To be able to apply understanding of bias and point of view
  Download the ABC TV education resources – BTN - Media literacy - bias (DOCX 65KB)
• Watch BTN: Media literacy – fake news
  Duration: 10mins
  Syllabus outcomes: EN4-2A, EN4-4B, EN5-2A, EN5-4B
  Learning intentions: To understand and unpack what is fake news. To explore the media in our current climate
  Download the ABC TV Education resources – BTN: Media literacy – Fake news (68KB, DOCX)
• Watch BTN: Media literacy – media ethics
  Duration: 15mins
  Syllabus outcomes: EN4-5C, EN4-7D, EN5-5C, EN5 –7D
  Learning intentions: Students will develop understanding of media ethics. Students will explore how media ethics impact our understanding of text and its meaning. Students will experiment creatively with their composition of persuasive or informative representations.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – BTN: Media literacy – Media ethics (76KB, DOCX)
• Watch BTN: Media literacy – sources
  Duration: 13mins
  Syllabus outcomes: EN5-2A, EN5-4B
  Learning intentions: To construct personal responses utilising source material for inspiration and to add authority to the text. To demonstrate personal understanding of the role of sources for various occupations.
  Download the ABC TV Education resources – BTN: Media literacy – Sources (66KB, DOCX)

Poetry: Between the Lines

• Watch Poetry: Between the lines – Bright Star by John Keats
  Duration: 6mins
  Syllabus outcomes: EA12-3 A, EA12-6
  Learning intentions: Utilise textual evidence to support personal interpretation of a text. Utilise research to inform the construction of a personal response to a suite of texts in relation to the ideas presented within a syllabus module
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Poetry: Between the lines – Bright Star by John Keats (70KB, DOCX)
• Watch Poetry: Between the lines – When we two parted by Lord Byron
  Duration: 6mins
  Syllabus outcomes: EN5-7D
  Learning intentions: Create a personal response to a poem using a thinking routine. Compare and contrast your response to the way it is represented in the episode.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Poetry: Between the lines – When we two parted by Lord Byron (69KB, DOCX)

Shakespeare Uncovered

• Watch Shakespeare uncovered – The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman
  Duration: 53mins
  Syllabus outcomes: EN4-1A, EN4-2A, EN5-1A, EN5-2A
  Learning intentions: Understand how this play connects to (perhaps reaffirms, and perhaps challenges) some of the key ideas about the roles of women in the society in which it was written. Explore the ways that Shakespeare creates characters and stories that continue to be relevant and continue to be open to interpretation in ways that make them interesting.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Shakespeare uncovered – The Taming of the Shrew with Morgan Freeman (68KB, DOCX)

The Storybuilding Tool Kit

• Watch The storybuilding tool kit – Fantasy
  Duration: 5mins
  Syllabus outcomes: EN4-5C, EN5-6C
  Learning intentions: To understand the elements of the fantasy genre. To experiment through writing a draft of a fantasy story
  Download the ABC TV education resources – The storybuilding tool kit – Fantasy (70KB, DOCX)
• Watch The storybuilding tool kit – Mystery
  Duration: 5mins
  Syllabus outcomes: EN4-7D, EN5-6D
  Learning intentions: To understand the mystery genre. To experiment with writing that reflect the mystery genre
  Download the ABC TV education resources – The storybuilding tool kit – Mystery (68KB, DOCX)

Against All Odds: Inside Statistics

• Watch Against all odds: Inside statistics – two-way tables
  Duration: 10mins
  Syllabus outcomes: MA3-7NA, MA3-18SP, MA3-1WM, MA3-3WM, MA4-19SP, MA4-20SP, MA4-1WM, MA4-3WM
  Learning intentions: To be able to create a two-way table or organise data involving two categorical variables. To understand the data that is represented in a two-way table and draw conclusions from the data displayed.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Against all odds: Inside statistics – two-way tables (70KB, DOCX)
• Watch Against all odds: Inside statistics – designing experiments
  Duration: 11mins
  Syllabus outcomes: MA3-18SP, MA3-1WM, MA3-3WM, MA4-19SP, MA4-20SP, MA4-1WM, MA4-3WM
  Learning intentions: To understand the difference between an observational study and an experiment. To be able to list the features of a well-designed experiment. To pan a well-designed experiment.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Against all odds: Inside statistics – designing experiments (66KB, DOCX)

Ecomaths

• Watch Ecomaths – Rainwater harvesting
  Duration: 10mins
  Syllabus outcomes: MA3-1WM, MA3-3WM, MA3-11MG, MA4-1WM, MA4-2WM, MA4-14MG
  Learning intentions: To develop an understanding of volumes and capacities. To apply volume and capacity calculations to solve real life problems
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Ecomaths – Rainwater harvesting (69KB, DOCX)
• Watch Ecomaths – Reducing car use
  Duration: 10mins
  Syllabus outcomes: MA3-1WM, MA3-2WM, MA3-7NA, MA3-18SP, MA4-1WM, MA4-5NA, MA4-7NA
  Learning intentions: To investigate car emissions in Australia. To calculate with fractions, decimals and percentages in a real-life context
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Ecomaths – Reducing car use (70KB, DOCX)

Teenage Boss

• Watch Teenage boss - Susan
  Duration: 28 min
  Syllabus outcomes: MA4-6NA, MA4-5NA, MA4-7NA, MA4-19SP, MA4-1WM, MA4-2WM
  Learning intentions: To understand the difference between fixed and variable costs. To compare a family’s expenses with their weekly earnings.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Teenage boss - Susan (DOCX 65KB)

A Stargazer's Guide to The Cosmos

• Watch A stargazer's guide to the cosmos - how to see the earth turn
  Duration: 9 min
  Syllabus outcomes: SC4-4WS, SC4-12ES2, SC4-1VA
  Learning intentions: To explain that the fixed stars in the night sky move in predictable patterns, rising in the East and setting in the West. To understand how the observed motion of stars provides evidence for the Earth’s rotation. To collect data that demonstrates the motion of the stars in the night sky. To describe the motion of the Earth and stars using a variety of scientific formats
  Download the ABC TV education resources – A stargazer's guide to the cosmos - how to see the earth turn (DOCX 65KB)

Fierce Earth

• Watch Fierce Earth – Waves and tides
  Duration: 28mins
  Syllabus outcomes: SC4-4WS, SC4-5WS, SC4-8WS, SC4-9WS, ES2 (a), PW2 (e), PW3 (e), SC5-4WS, SC5-5WS, SC5-8WS, SC5-9WS, PW1 (b) (c)
  Learning intentions: To explain predictable phenomena on the Earth, including waves and tides. To use models to explain common phenomena, like waves, involving energy transfer. To investigate factors that affect waves as carriers of energy.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fierce Earth – Waves and tides (Science) (71KB, DOCX)
• Watch Fierce Earth – Deserts
  Duration: 28mins
  Syllabus outcomes: SC4-1VA, SC4-13ES, SC5-1VA, SC5-13ES
  Learning intentions: Identification of the key features and characteristics of deserts. To examine the changing interactions between people and the harsh environment of a desert
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fierce Earth – Deserts (81KB, DOCX)
• Watch Fierce Earth – World's coldest places
  Duration: 28mins
  Syllabus outcomes: SC4-1VA, SC4-9WS, SC4-13ES, SC5-1VA, SC5-9WS, SC5-13ES
  Learning intentions: Identification of the key features and characteristics of cold places. To examine the changing interactions between people and the environments and how this impacts on peoples use of resources.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fierce Earth – World's coldest places (161KB, DOCX)
• Watch Fierce Earth – World's driest place
  Duration: 28mins
  Syllabus outcomes: SC4-2VA, SC4-7WS, SC5-2VA, SC5-7WS
  Learning intentions: To examine the factors which determine the availability of water in desert environments. Discuss the ways that people have applied technology to overcome the limitations of their environment.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fierce Earth – World's driest place (72KB, DOCX)

BTN Specials

• Watch BTN specials – Moon landing
  Duration: 15mins
  Syllabus outcomes: HT5-4, HT5-1
  Learning intentions: To understand and explain the impact of the mood landing on Australian society. To sequence the events of the mood landing. To explain the role of the Australian television and communication technology in the mood landing.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – BTN specials – Moon landing (73KB, DOCX)
• Watch BTN specials – Refugees and migrants
  Duration: 16mins
  |Syllabus outcomes: GE4-3, GE4-4, GE5-3, GE5-4
  Learning intentions: Explain the changing interactions between people and places. To examine different perspectives of people and organisations.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – BTN specials – Refugees and migrants (72KB, DOCX)

Children of the Holocaust

• Watch Children of the Holocaust - Ruth Rogoff
  Duration: 9 min
  Syllabus outcomes: HT4-3, HT4-4, HT4-10, HT5-3, HT5-3, HT5-10
  Learning intentions: Students are able to explain the impact of historical events on individuals and groups. Students communicate historical information using a range of forms, including timelines and written narrative
  Download the ABC TV education resources –Children of the Holocaust - Ruth Rogoff (DOCX 67KB)

Dates That Made History

• Watch Dates that made history – 1347: The black death
  Duration: 27mins
  Syllabus outcomes: HT4-4, HT4-7
  Learning intentions: To understand and explain how trade and travel contributed to the spread of the Black Death. To discuss the impacts of the Black Death throughout history.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Dates that made history – 1347: The black death (189KB, DOCX)
• Watch Dates that made history – 1431: Fall of the Angkor Empire
  Duration: 27mins
  Syllabus outcomes: HT4-4, HT4-6
  Learning intentions: To understand and account for the different theories about the decline of Angkor. To explain the significance of Angkor today
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Dates that made history – 1431: Fall of the Angkor Empire (73KB, DOCX)
• Watch Dates that made History – 1492: The new world
  Duration: 27mins
  Syllabus outcomes: HT4-3, HT4-7
  Learning intentions: To explain how and why the Spanish arrived in the Americas in 1492. To explain the varying perspectives of the events of 1492.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Dates that made History – 1492: The new world (76KB, DOCX)
• Watch Dates that made History – 20 June 1789: The birth of the French Republic
  Duration: 27mins
  Syllabus outcomes: HT5-1, HT5-6
  Learning intentions: To explain the factors that led to key events of the French Revolution. To explain the historical relevance of the Tennis Court Oath in the framing of the French Revolution.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Dates that made History – 20 June 1789: The birth of the French Republic (85KB, DOCX)

Exploration India

• Watch Exploration India – India tomorrow
  Duration: 13mins
  Syllabus outcomes: GE4-6, GE5-6
  Learning intentions: To identify factors that influence human wellbeing and examine differences in human wellbeing across places. To explain ways of improving human wellbeing
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Exploration India – India tomorrow (43KB, DOCX)
• Watch Exploration India – urban life
  Duration: 13mins
  Syllabus outcomes: GE4-1, GE4-2, GE5-2, GE5-3
  Learning intentions: to identify and describe evidence of change in urban places. To explain the geographical processes that have resulted in change in Bengaluru (Bangalore).
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Exploration India – urban life (42KB, DOCX)

Fierce Earth

• Watch Fierce Earth – Deserts
  Duration: 28mins
  Syllabus outcomes: Identification of the key features and characteristics of deserts. To examine the changing interactions between people and the harsh environment of a desert
  Learning intentions: GE4-1, GE4-3, GE5-1, GE5-3
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fierce Earth – Deserts (81KB, DOCX)
• Watch Fierce Earth – World's coldest places
  Duration: 28mins
  Syllabus outcomes: GE4-1, GE4-3, GE5-1, GE5-3
  Learning intentions: Identification of the key features and characteristics of cold places. To examine the changing interactions between people and the environments and how this impacts on peoples use of resources.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fierce Earth – World's coldest places (161KB, DOCX)
• Watch Fierce Earth – Waves and tides
  Duration: 28mins
  Syllabus outcomes: GE4-2, GE4-5, GE4-8, GE5-2, GE5-5, GE5-8
  Learning intentions: To examine the process of energy transfer and wave formation Discuss management of people and places and technologies used to minimise the impact of natural processes.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fierce Earth – Waves and tides (Geography) (70KB, DOCX)
• Watch Fierce Earth – World's driest place
  Duration: 28mins
  Syllabus outcomes: GE4-1, GE4-3, GE5-1, GE5-3
  Learning intentions: To examine the factors which determine the availability of water in desert environments. Discuss the ways that people have applied technology to overcome the limitations of their environment.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fierce Earth – World's driest place (72KB, DOCX)

Kids of Courage

• Watch Kids of courage - Frit Jof
  Duration: 25 min
  Syllabus outcomes: HT4-3, HT4-4, HT4-7, HT5-3, HT5-4, HT5-7
  Learning intentions: Students are able to describe the effects of World War II on individuals and groups and account for differing perspectives on events. Students analyse the impact of past conflicts on modern perspectives on war.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Kids of courage - Frit Jof (DOCX 3.1MB)

Pocket Compass

• Watch Pocket compass – Ramadan: Break-Fast at Mobinah's
  Duration: 12mins
  Syllabus outcomes: GE4-3, GE4-4, GE5-3, GE5-4
  Learning intentions: Explain the changing interactions between people and places. To examine different perspectives of people and organisations.
  Download the ABC TV Education resources – Pocket compass – Ramadan: Break-Fast at Mobinah's (71KB, DOCX)

The House in Session

• Watch The House in session – The Senate
  Duration: 6mins
  Syllabus outcomes: COM4-3, COM4-4, COM4-5, COM5-3, COM5-4, COM5-5
  Learning intentions: To examine the features of the senate and its role in policy and law making for Australia. Identify decision making processes and problem solving undertaken within the parliamentary system.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – The House in session – The Senate (69KB, DOCX)

The Russian Revolution

• Watch The Russian revolution
  Duration: 18mins
  Syllabus outcomes: MH11-3, MH11-5
  Learning intentions: To understand and explain the impact of key events during the Russian Revolution. To explore the changing nature of Russian society between 1900-1924
  Download the ABC TV education resources – The Russian revolution (65KB, DOCX)

Tropical Rainforests

• Watch Tropical rainforests - The tropical rainforest ecosystem
  Duration: 23min
  Syllabus outcomes: GE4-1, GE4-2, GE4-3, GE4-4, GE4-5, GE5-1, GE5-2, GE5-3, GE5-4, GE5-5,
  Learning intentions: Students are able to accurately identify and describe the features of a rainforest and its use to the community. Students are able to explain the concept of sustainable management and its importance in maintaining biodiversity over time.
  Download the ABC TV education resources–1Tropical rainforests - The tropical rainforest ecosystem (DOCX 65KB)

Get into Textiles

• Watch Get into textiles – CAD/CAM in textile manufacturing
  Duration: 26mins,
  Syllabus outcomes: TE4-9MA, TE4-10TS, TEX4-3, TEX4-5, TEX4-7, TEX5-3, TEX5-5, TEX5-7
  Learning intentions: To understand how CAD/CAM is changing the textile manufacturing process
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Get into textiles – CAD/CAM in textile manufacturing (73KB, DOCX)
• Watch Get into textiles – Dyeing and printing
  Duration: 25mins
  Syllabus outcomes: TEX4-3, TEX4-5, TEX4-7, TEX5-3, TEX5-5, TEX5-7
  Learning intentions: To gain an understanding of the process and issues associated with dyeing and printing textile items.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Get into textiles – Dyeing and printings (74KB, DOCX)
• Watch Get into textiles – ICT in textiles: Design, practice and process
  Duration: 27mins
  Syllabus outcomes: TE4-9MA, TE4-10TS, TEX4-3, TEX5-3
  Learning intentions: To identify how technology aids the design and manufacture of textile items.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Get into textiles – ICT in textiles: Design, practice and process (73KB, DOCX)
• Watch Get into textiles – Mass production systems and techniques
  Duration: 27mins
  Syllabus outcomes: TEX4-3, TEX4-7, TEX5-3, TEX5-7, DT4-1, DT4-4, DT5-1, DT5-4
  Learning intentions: To gain an understanding of production methods used to mass produce textile items.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Get into textiles – Mass production systems and techniques (73KB, DOCX)
• Watch Get into textiles - recycled and sustainable textiles
  Duration: 27min
  Syllabus outcomes: TE4-9MA, TE4-10TS, TEX4-3, TEX4-7, TEX5-3, TEX5-7
  Learning intentions: To gain an understanding of how textiles can be developed and used sustainably.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Get into textiles - recycled and sustainable textiles (DOCX 64KB)

Social Media Me

• Watch Social media me – Cyberbullying and Digital Citizenship
  Duration: 17mins
  Syllabus outcomes: PD4-2
  Learning intentions: To consider different perspectives of those involved in a cyberbullying incident. To identify ways to be an ‘upstander’ or ally to someone being bullied. Problem solve potential challenges to responding to cyberbullying.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Social media me – Cyberbullying and Digital Citizenship (69KB, DOCX)
• Watch Social media me - understanding self-esteem
  Duration: 12 min
  Syllabus outcomes: PD4-2
  Learning intentions: To consider the impact social media has on self-esteem. To identify other support networks to share feelings thoughts and worries and practise the skill of accessing them. To understand strategies to boost self-esteem and how to promote it in others.
  Download the ABC TV education resources –Social media me - understanding self-esteem (DOCX 64KB)
• Watch Social media me – Resilience and Digital Citizenship
  Duration: 15mins
  Syllabus outcomes: PD4-2
  Learning intentions: Identifying positive action to take when faced with a challenging situation. Recognise the benefits of accessing support networks to overcome challenges.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Social media me – Resilience and Digital Citizenship (65KB, DOCX)
• Watch Social media me – What is Digital Citizenship?
  Duration: 17mins
  Syllabus outcomes: PD4-2
  Learning intentions: To reflect on their personal responsibility online. To identify and apply assertive and protective strategies to be a positive online role model or 'upstander'.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Social media me – What is Digital Citizenship? (69KB, DOCX)

Fall in Love with Music

• Watch Fall in love with music – How listening affects us
  Duration: 25mins
  Syllabus outcomes: 4.7, 4.8, 4.11, 5.7, 5.9, 5.11
  Learning intentions: Respond to musical concepts and terminology through listening and analysing. Identify and value the emotive capabilities of music. Aurally recognise and develop an improved understanding of the concepts of music.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Fall in love with music – How listening affects us (71KB, DOCX)

Your Paintings

• Watch Your paintings – Eileen Agar
  Duration: 6mins
  Syllabus outcomes: VA4.1, VA4.2, VA4.3, VA4.6, VA4.8, VA4.9, VA5.1, VA5.2, VA5.3, VA5.6, VA5.8, VA5.9
  Learning intentions: To provide an insight into surrealism. To explore the technique of a collage in creating a surrealistic effect.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Your paintings – Eileen Agar (73KB, DOCX)
• Watch Your paintings - Joseph Wright Of Derby
  Duration: 7mins
  Syllabus outcomes: VA4.1, VA4.2, VA4.3, VA4.7, VA5.1, VA5.2, VA5.3, VA5.7
  Learning intentions: To explore the use of a single light source in the work by Joseph Wright. To explore the period of Enlightenment in works of art.
  Download the ABC TV education resources –Your paintings - Joseph Wright Of Derby (DOCX 336KB)
• Watch Your paintings – Vincent Van Gogh
  Duration: 6mins
  Syllabus outcomes: VA4.1, VA4.2, VA4.5, VA4.6, VA4.8, VA4.9, VA4.10, VA5.1, VA5.2, VA5.5, VA5.6 VA5.8, VA5.9, VA5.10
  Learning intentions: To develop an understanding of the artist techniques used by Vincent Van Gogh. To gain an understanding of the artist’s personality and his feelings through their artwork.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Your paintings – Vincent Van Gogh (75KB, DOCX)
• Watch Your paintings – Wassily Kandinksky
  Duration: 6mins
  Syllabus outcomes: VA4.1, VA4.2, VA4.3, VA4.9, VA5.1, VA5.2, VA5.3, VA5.9
  Learning intentions: To investigate the practice of Wassily Kandinsky. To experiment with abstract mark making.
  Download the ABC TV education resources – Your paintings – Wassily Kandinksky (74KB, DOCX)