PS5 vs Xbox Series X: How do they compare? - CBBC Newsround. To enjoy the CBBC Newsround website at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on.
If we had a console war klaxon, now would be the time to sound it! Sony has just revealed more details about the PS5, so how does it compare to the XBox Series X which will also be released in November? Take a look below to see how these monster machines match up, as they battle it out for Christmas 2020 supremacy. Price and release date Sony has now revealed that the PS5 will match the Xbox Series X in price, costing £449.99. However the new console will come out nine days later than its competitor in the UK, releasing on 19 November. Texting in the Classroom - The Brown Bag Teacher. Our students are saturated in a world of technology.
As educators there is immediate buy-in when we connections between our students’ real worlds and our classrooms. One of my favorite (free) resources to do this is called ifaketext. It allows users to create faux iPhone text conversations. The website lets you fit between 35 and 50 words on one screen (a conversation between 2 different people). Then, you can take a screen shot of the conversation or right-click to save the picture as a Jpeg. Kids News explainer: What and where is the equator? A group of paratroopers has set a world record for the most crossings of Earth’s equator during a parachute jump by a team.
The professional paratroopers — soldiers expert in parachuting — from Venezuela and Ecuador achieved 12 crossings of the equator in a single jump over the beaches of Coaque, Ecuador. They were successful on January 10 after two unsuccessful attempts due to poor weather conditions the previous day, Guinness World Records announced. Air pollution: Should cars be banned from city centres? - CBBC Newsround. Getty Images Private cars will banned from taking "through trips" across Birmingham city centre under plans to cut pollution.
Cars would be able to drive into the city, but to get to other areas they will need to use the ring road. The city council wants to encourage greater use of public transport, walking and cycling and have presented this as a draft plan for 2031 to tackle air pollution. : How to wash your hands - CBBC Newsround. Homework Debate - Classroom - BTN. What Kinds of Technology Do Athletes Wear? Today’s Wonder of the Day was inspired by Jackson.
Jackson Wonders, “Why are there no sports questions?” Thanks for WONDERing with us, Jackson! What colors do you wear on game day? Nike ‘Super shoes’ allowed to be used – Kiwi Kids News. How Are Fog and Mist Different? Picture it: You’re walking home with friends on a cool autumn night.
You chat happily, walking along the sidewalk toward home. Looking up, you can barely make out the moon, just visible through the mist. Science Lessons - Classroom - BTN. Australian cities facing water shortages. Dams supplying drinking water to Australia’s cities are emptying as dry conditions continue across much of the country.
Sydney households will be faced with extra water restrictions within three months unless dramatic* rainfall fills its dams. Sydney Water said without a break in drought conditions and Sydneysiders becoming more careful with their water use, the city’s dams will be less than 50 per cent full by August. This would almost certainly trigger level one water restrictions across the greater Sydney area, banning the hosing of driveways and paths and only allowing the watering of gardens before 10am and after 4pm. The details of future restrictions for Sydney are not yet decided. Melbourne’s dam levels were at 51 per cent on Monday, compared with 59 per cent last year and 61 per cent the year before.
Last month, Melbourne Water warned that storage “hasn’t been this low since April 2011”. World water supply worries scientists. GROWING up in Australia, most of us probably don’t think twice about where our seemingly* endless supply of water comes from.
But what would happen if we turned on the tap and nothing came out? Water is fundamental* to life, which makes warnings about water scarcity* and a possible global water crisis so concerning for world leaders. This month the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that by 2050 global demand for freshwater is expected to grow by more than 40 per cent and at least a quarter of the world’s population will live in countries with a “chronic or recurrent” lack of clean water. Vitamin C deficiency and scurvy on rise. A serious disease we associate with sailors on long voyages hundreds of years ago is making people sick in modern-day Australia.
The disease is called scurvy. It was once called the “plague of the sea” and is caused by not eating enough vitamin C, which is found in fruit and vegetables. Medical experts blame the availability of junk food, lack of awareness about nutrition and the development of cities, leaving less space for backyard fruit trees. Doctors in Adelaide hospitals are treating cases of scurvy and are alarmed to see people on low incomes facing preventable* disease due to poor diet. Forward-thinking explorers such as Captain James Cook — who sailed to Australia 250 years ago — managed to prevent scurvy in the 1700s by providing regular fresh food and making sure everyone kept clean on long voyages.
Scurvy symptoms include weakness, fatigue* and sore arms and legs. Without treatment, decreased red blood cells*, gum disease, changes to hair and bleeding from the skin may occur. Sommaroy, Norway plans to ignore time for northern summer. The residents of an island near the Arctic Circle* plan to scrap time for two months each summer.
Norway’s island of Sommaroy, translated to Summer Island, doesn’t get dark at all between May 18 and July 26. With the sun not setting for 69 days, it means there is no conventional* day-to-day running of the island, which is home to 300 people. The island also doesn’t experience any sunrise between November and January, when its residents live in total darkness. Hobart bans single-use plastics. Hobart will be the first Australian city to ban single-use plastics. The Hobart City Council in Tasmania approved the single-use plastics bylaw* which will ban single-use, petroleum-based* plastic containers and utensils* next year.
Curious Kids: how would the disappearance of anglerfish affect our environment? Curious Kids is a series for children. Send your question to curiouskids@theconversation.edu.au. You might also like the podcast Imagine This, a co-production between ABC KIDS listen and The Conversation, based on Curious Kids. How would the disappearance of anglerfish affect our environment? - Bella, age 6, Sydney. As I am sure you know, anglerfish live deep in the ocean. Newspaper to news service - ABC Education. What killed a million Darling River fish? Pastoralists call for action on swelling populations of southern hairy-nosed wombats - ABC Rural - ABC News.