Sometimes understanding the task words / HSC key terms in questions and knowing exactly what is required to answer the question can be a tricky thing for students to grasp. This task uses confectionery, chocolate and/or lollies (images or actual products) to demonstrate this. There are two components - an individual/pair task and a class task. You have the choice to use one or both tasks to develop their understanding of the terms. For the individual/pair task, provide students with a small chocolate bar each and use it to answer each of the questions, such as DESCRIBE the taste of the chocolate bar. Stimulus material incorporating the definitions of each task word, example ingredient lists, the process of making chocolate, descriptive sensory words and an article on the health implications of chocolate are provided to assist students with the more in depth questions that require additional research/knowledge. For the class task, use and display the images on each slide of the PowerPoint presentation to complete the tasks, such as IDENTIFY this item and PROPOSE the introduction of this confectionery at the school canteen. There is a confectionery list and an estimated price list if you would prefer to use the actual products for this component. Task Words/HSC Key Terms include: identify define describe explain discuss propose justify outline compare evaluate account recommend analyse

Sometimes understanding the task words / HSC key terms in questions and knowing exactly what is required to answer the question can be a tricky thing for students to grasp. This task uses images of different sports to demonstrate to students the differences in the task words. Each slide of the PowerPoint has a different sport image and different task word for students to write an answer to. For example ‘OUTLINE the fitness requirements to compete in this sport at Olympic level’ accompanied with the image of a swimmer. Task words increase in difficulty with the level of information required throughout the PPT. Display the presentation to class and work through it as a class, or print and provide as a handout to each student. This can be a great task to introduce task words to students or as a revision activity to ensure students are grasping the concepts. Task Words/HSC Key Terms include: identify define describe explain discuss propose justify outline compare evaluate account recommend analyse

Have you seen an uptake of students consuming energy drinks as their main form of everyday beverage? The energy drink market has seen unprecedented growth over the last 10 years and their popularity is continuing to grow, especially in our youth and adolescents. While there may be some positives to consuming the occasional energy drink, there are many short and long term health effects including addiction, anxiety, dehydration, fertility and heart issues. This poster provides an easy to read outline of some of the most major impacts energy drinks have on the human body. It includes the definition of an energy drink (in case your students like to argue why their energy drink isn’t an energy drink or isn’t bad for them!) as well as a QR code students can scan to view a cool, short, free YouTube video on ‘What if you only drank energy drinks?’ by the team from AsapScience whose aim is to make science make sense. The inspiration behind the creation of this poster came when one of my 15 year old students had a full-on meltdown and screamed it was the only thing she has to drink today and I was stopping her from hydrating (conveniently forgetting the cool filtered bubblers outside and the fact she’d just come in from break) because I asked her to tip her (just opened) large can of V down the sink because energy drinks are banned at our school (which she already knew!). For our students to live long and happy lives, we need to help them understand the importance of looking after their bodies (including what they put into it), and minimising their intake of energy drinks is one aspect we can help educate them on.

Students struggling to know what they want to do when they finish school? Do they know what they want to do but just aren’t sure about how to get there? Or how to improve their subject knowledge to get the best marks needed for their University or College application? This workbook breaks down the final school year (or any year!) into easy to manage steps including: Setting your yearly goal Planning your study schedule Removing all distractions Getting ahead at school Writing ‘to-do’ lists Learning the all important ‘task words’ Breaking down questions further Tips to revising content Each step provides students with a brief explanation of its importance, reasoning behind why to implement and then provides a FOR YOU TO DO task to get students seeing exactly where they are and what they need to do to achieve top results. Dotted throughout the workbook is inspirational quotes related to the content and FOR YOU TO DO tasks.

Teachers and Education Specialists spend so much of their hard earned money on updating their resources for school and work each year. The end of the financial year/tax time then ends up becoming a complicated mess because you’re trying to remember what you’ve spent or digging through a large pile of receipts to work it all out. These TAX TIME spreadsheets make Tax Time easy! Tailored mainly to Home Economics, Family and Consumer Scientists and Technology & Applied Studies Teachers (but modified easily for other subjects!). Each time you purchase something related for school or work, input it into the relevant spreadsheet, let the formulas do the work for you and when it’s time to submit your tax information and work related deductions, simply input all the total costs from each spreadsheet into your tax form or provide each spreadsheet to your Tax Accountant and you’ve done your tax in no time! The Work-Related Spreadsheets included in this folder: Car logbook for work/school related travel Work related clothing/laundry Stationary Craft/Textiles Ingredients Educational Resources General School Expenses Computer Software & Accessories Phone & Internet Usage Industry Currency These spreadsheets can be used year after year! Simply unzip the main folder and in each sub-folder, create a new folder for each financial year to scan in your receipts - that way you’ll have all your costs in the spreadsheets and all your associated receipts in one spot. Make sure to add this purchase to your General School Expenses Spreadsheet to claim this as a deduction!