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Questions for discussion
Singapore Nuclear Summit
1. Summarise the BTN Singapore Nuclear Summit story.
2. What two world leaders recently met in Singapore?
3. The meeting between the two leaders was the first time ever a US president has met a North Korean leader. True or false?
4. What type of weapons has North Korea been building and testing for the past 10 years?
5. After what war was the first atomic bomb detonated?
6. In what year did many countries sign an agreement to stop making, buying or using nuclear weapons?
7. What was the only country to back out of the agreement in the 2000s?
8. What does de-nuclearisation mean?
9. What agreement did North Korea and the US make during their meeting in Singapore?
10. What did you learn watching the BTN story?
Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page.
Raising funds for refugees
1. Discuss the BTN story with another student.
2. How old are Soufia and Arielle?
3. Where did Soufia and Arielle meet?
4. Why did Soufia and her family leave Syria?
5. Where is Syria? Find Syria using Google Maps.
6. What is the Ration Challenge? Describe using your own words.
7. What sort of food did Soufia and Arielle eat during the Ration Challenge?
8. Why did Soufia and Arielle do the Ration Challenge?
9. How did this story make you feel?
10. Write a message of support to Soufia and Arielle and post it in the comments section on the story page.
Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page.
Tutankhamun Exhibition
1. Discuss the BTN story as a class. What points were raised in the discussion?
2. Finish the following sentence: King Tutankhamun was an Egyptian ____________.
3. About how many years ago did King Tut live?
4. How old was he when he became king?
5. What happened to King Tut’s body when he died?
6. Where was the tomb of King Tut found?
7. Who discovered the tomb?
8. What was surprising about this story?
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9. Name three facts you learnt watching the BTN story?
10. Illustrate an aspect of the BTN story.
Check out the Tutankhamun Exhibition resource on the Teachers page.
Do the quiz on the BTN website. Get your class involved in BTN’s Ask A Reporter! This week’s topic is King Tut.
Frog Sniffer Dogs
1. What was the main point of the story?
2. Which group of animals do frogs belong to?
a. Reptiles b. Mammals c. Amphibians
3. Finish the following sentence: Rubble and Uda started their career as…
4. Baw Baw frogs are critically __________________.
5. About how many of them are left in the wild?
6. Why are a lot of Aussie frogs under threat?
7. Why are frogs an important part of our ecosystem?
8. Why is the Baw Baw frog difficult to find?
9. A dog’s sense of smell is about _____________times stronger than a human’s.
10. What did this video make you wonder?
Check out the Frog Sniffer Dogs resource on the Teachers page.
BTN Investigates – When was the first car made?
1. Retell the BTN story.
2. Briefly explain how the Shearer steam vehicle worked.
3. What were some disadvantages of early steam cars?
4. Who came up with the very first petrol powered car?
5. Some of the earliest cars were electric. True or false?
6. In the early 1900s cars were reserved for the very________.
7. When was the first Ford Model T made?
8. Why was the Model T a popular car?
9. What was significant about the way it was put together?
10. What questions do you have after watching the BTN story?
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