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Speeding: a little is a lot. 00:00:00:00Onscreen text reads 'The science of low-level speeding'.00:00:03:22NARRATOR:Many drivers think that the speed they travel isn't important and travelling just above the speed limit isn't dangerous or risky.00:00:10:23Simple onscreen animated graphics illustrate the narration.00:00:10:23NARRATOR:However, even small increases in speed are an important factor in both the occurrence of road crashes and the severity of crashes.00:00:18:17Simple illustration of a family of three next to a car, as well as a figure holding a skateboard and another figure on a bicycle. Videos, Common Core Resources And Lesson Plans For Teachers: Teaching Channel. PBIS.org Home Page. View Text-only Version Positive Behavioral Interventions & Supports - OSEP OSEP Technical Assistance Center PBIS: Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports.

OSEP Technical Assistance Center. The Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports is established by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to define, develop, implement, and evaluate a multi-tiered approach to Technical Assistance that improves the capacity of states, districts and schools to establish, scale-up and sustain the PBIS framework. Emphasis is given to the impact of implementing PBIS on the social, emotional and academic outcomes for students with disabilities. current topics What's NEW? Check all of our latest updates Webinar Video New Webinar Video 'Tier II Overview' 2016 National PBIS Leadership Forum 2016 Leadership Forum online registration is open PBIS Evaluation Brief (Issue 23) SWPBIS Enhance Sustainability of Specific Programs?

Tier 2 Readiness Guide. Browse Interactives. The Boom: Iron ore and Australia. Australia’s economic future lies underneath our feet. The island continent is blessed with a variety of natural resources but none as plentiful or important as iron ore. Iron is a common element in soils and rocks – but finding it in high concentrations and the right minerals worth mining takes a bit more effort. Australia has been endowed with giant iron ore mineral resources and we keep finding more. In 2010, iron ore overtook coal as Australia’s most valuable export – $47.2 billion worth left our shores (coal was $43 billion).

Given the debate about the carbon tax and climate change, can iron ore replace the money we currently earn from exporting carbon emissions - in coal form - to the world? The answer is undoubtedly yes. What is iron ore? Iron is found in three major types of iron-bearing minerals – hematite, goethite and magnetite. The obvious question then arises as to how long this boom or so-called super-cycle’ can last.

How much ore do we have? Let’s do some basic maths. Iron Ore. Resource figures are current as at 30 December 2014. Commentary is current as of January 2016. Iron (Fe) is a metallic element that constitutes about 5% of the Earth's crust and is the fourth most abundant element in the crust. Iron ores are rocks from which metallic iron can be economically extracted. The principal iron ores are hematite (Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4). Hematite is an iron oxide mineral.

It is non-magnetic and has colour variations ranging from steel silver to reddish brown. Pure hematite contains 69.9% iron. Magnetite is an iron oxide mineral that is generally black in colour and highly magnetic, the latter property aiding in the beneficiation of magnetite ores. Australia's large magnetite Sino Iron project continues to improve the productivity of two of its production lines and aims for full operations for the remaining four production lines in 2016.

Mining and processing hematite and magnetite ores Worldwide Production Trends Resources Accessible EDR JORC Reserves Tasmania. Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI Training) The work-life balance basics: 10 stress-busting tips for teachers | Teacher Network. So you've just got home; you have to collect the kids from their nursery, cook tea, clear up and then start your marking. Then the preparation for the next day starts. You put your children to bed; one of them is in tears because she is being bullied at school. The other one has just landed a principal role in the school production. Neither of them wanted to tell you earlier because you looked so busy and they knew you had so much to do. Sound familiar? When I was a teacher, there would be countless times when my wife would go out with the rest of the family or friends because I didn't have the time, this continued for years. As you rise up the ranks in teaching, you end up doing unto others what has been done to you.

So as teachers how do you achieve a better work-life balance? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Chris Hunt taught for 33 years in four different schools, in roles ranging from head of department to assistant headteacher. Browse. Nature video. Lesson teacher resources to match the Australian curriculum. The national curriculum suggests learning areas for each of the subjects below. The list of links below can help teachers prepare lessons in line with the curriculum and teach the Aboriginal perspective. English Curriculum learning areas: contemporary literaturestory-telling traditionssocial, historical and cultural contexts associated with different uses of languageexistence of many Aboriginal languages and dialectsCreole and Yumplatokwriting systems and oral traditions Suggested resources: Science knowledge through observation, senses, prediction and hypothesis, testingpassing on methods through generationsparticular ways of knowing the worldsignificant contributions to development in scienceways of combining traditional and western scientific knowledge History taking an Aboriginal viewpoint on historylife prior to colonisationinvasion contact and impactkey policies and political movementssignificant roles in today’s society Geography Economics & Business Civics & Citizenship The Arts Technologies.

Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies | Directory of Learning & Performance Tools & Services. 10 Interactive Science Simulations. Looking for ways to deliver that "aha" moment in your high school biology, chemistry and physics lessons? Interactive science simulations can add a fresh level of discovery and insight to your regular hands-on science programs, and give students the opportunity to practice and learn at home when classroom equipment might not be at hand. Here are some handpicked online simulations to incorporate into your curriculum.

Molecular Workbench This site features hundreds of free simulations in biology, nanotechnology and more. Try the "Molecular Self-Assembly" simulation, in which students learn how nature constructs complex objects from molecules and how different conditions affect the behavior of molecules of various shapes. Electric Motor Have students test and explore an interactive animation of an electric motor. The coil will rotate when a current flows around it. Click the arrow buttons to turn the current on and off.

Algodoo. II - Home. NSW Syllabus :: Advice on units. The sample units are designed to assist teachers in planning for the implementation of the NSW K–10 syllabuses. The units provide programming ideas for selected syllabus content. The sample units demonstrate ways to present syllabus content and model a range of teaching and learning and assessment activities. They will assist teachers to: be explicit about the syllabus outcomes and content they are addressingadapt teaching and learning programs to students’ needs, interests and abilitieshave a sound basis for modifying future teaching and learning programs, in light of students’ needs.

Some samples have been included to demonstrate how teaching, learning and assessment activities can be adjusted to meet the needs of students with special education needs. Elements of a unit include: 1. The K–10 syllabuses promote an approach to programming that has syllabus outcomes as the focus. 2. 3. 4. English the processes of responding to and composing a variety of texts in a range of modes and media. Virtual Science. The following list contains examples of the types of interactive science teaching resources available on the web. Although the list is by no means complete, an attempt has been made to include a variety of activities, representing as many disciplines as possible and to include Australian examples where they were available. If you are using any of these resources or have found more appropriate resources, we welcome your comments.

If you are interested in evaluating any of these web sites, please contact UniServe Science. Who lives in the Intertidal Zone? A Last Interglacial estuarine deposit at Largs, New South Wales, Australia - from University of Newcastle. [Back to top of page ] REAL WORLD DATA and IMAGE BANKS Real World Data Images banks Morton Arboretum Gardening NZ [an error occurred while processing this directive] 5 Fantastic, Fast, Formative Assessment Tools. I thought I could read my students' body language. I was wrong. As an experiment, I used Socrative when I taught binary numbers. What I learned forever changed my views on being a better teacher.

Why Formative Assessment Makes Better Teachers Formative assessment is done as students are learning. Summative assessment is at the end (like a test). Here's what happened in my classroom. "We've got this, it's easy," they said. I looked at the other students and asked, "Do you have this? " They nodded their heads furiously up and down in a "yes. " My teacher instincts said that everyone knew it, but I decided to experiment. I was floored. I taught for another few minutes and gave them another problem. But the end result was not what you think. I am sold. Good teachers in every subject will adjust their teaching based upon what students know at each point. Formative Assessment Toolkit Learn the strengths and weaknesses of each tool. 1. 2.

Kahoot lets us build fun quizzes. 3. 4. 5. Preparing for a Contemporary Classroom. The Periodic Table | Chapter 4: The Periodic Table & Bonding. Introduce students to the periodic table. Project the image Periodic Table. Tell students that this is the periodic table. Explain that each box contains information about a different atom. The periodic table shows all the atoms that everything in the known universe is made from. It’s kind of like the alphabet in which only 26 letters, in different combinations, make up many thousands of words. Discuss the placement of the cards for two or three atoms. The Naked Scientists Online, Science Podcast and Science Radio Show.