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Questions for discussion
Ash cloud 1. Describe the disruption the ash cloud caused. 2. In which country is the volcano erupting, causing an ash cloud over parts of
Australia? 3. About how many kilometres has the ash cloud travelled? 4. How far above the surface of the earth can ash from a volcano end up? 5. How did the ash get to Australia? 6. Jet winds blow constantly at up to _______km an hour from
________to____________. 7. Whose job is it to monitor the skies above Australia to make sure there is no
ash in the way of aircraft flight paths? 8. Why is it dangerous for aircraft to fly through an ash cloud? 9. Why did some airlines fly while others didn’t? 10. Name three facts you learnt watching the BtN story?
Post a message about this story on the BtN guestbook
http://abc.net.au/btn/guestbook.html
Deep sea discovery
1. What are the underwater volcanoes called? 2. How deep in the ocean do they form? 3. Describe how they are made. 4. Where is one company planning to mine hydrothermal vents? 5. Which minerals are found there? 6. How do they mine the minerals on the sea floor? 7. Why are some people concerned about underwater mining? 8. Biologists are finding new species around hydrothermal vents. True or false? 9. Why do some people say mining underwater is better than mining on land? 10. Do you think underwater mining should be allowed? Explain your answer?
`Is underwater mining a good idea?’ Vote in the BtN online poll http://www.abc.net.au/btn/.
Daily bread
1. How much bread does an average Australian family eat each week? 2. Complete the following sentence: `______________ have been eating bread
for thousands of years.’ 3. What do carbohydrates provide the body with? 4. What is yeast? 5. Describe what happens when yeast is mixed with sugar and warm water. 6. Which gas is released when yeast grows? 7. Using words or pictures, describe the bread making process.
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8. What are the three main parts of a grain of wheat? 9. Why do nutritionists recommend eating wholegrain bread? 10. What new information did you learn watching the Daily bread story?
What are the basic ingredients of bread? Research the importance of each ingredient in the bread making process.
Cowboy school 1. Retell the Cowboy school story 2. What are kids taught at cowboy school? 3. What skills do they learn? 4. What rules do riders need to follow when riding in a rodeo? 5. How do judges score the riders? 6. How long do riders need to stay on the bull for?
a. 8 seconds b. 6 seconds c. 12 seconds
7. What are some of the dangers associated with rodeo riding? 8. Why do you think some people might be opposed to rodeos? 9. Choose three adjectives to describe rodeos. 10. How is cowboy school helping some kids improve their lives?
Test your knowledge in the online Cowboy school quiz. Go to the BtN website and follow the links.
Twice the talent
1. Briefly summarise the BtN story. 2. In which two sports does Ellyse Perry compete? 3. Why don’t more elite athletes compete in more than one sport? 4. Which sport did Shane Warne and Lleyton Hewitt show promise in? 5. Rugby player Israel Falou switched to which sport recently? 6. What do Ellyse’s coaches say about the advantages of playing two sports? 7. What do sports experts advise young people to do? 8. What different skills can be developed by playing a range of sports? 9. What advice does Ellyse give? 10. How has your thinking changed since watching the BtN story?
Create a profile of Ellyse Perry using the biocube http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/bio_cube/
Underwater mining Focus Questions
1. What are the underwater volcanoes called? 2. How deep in the ocean do they form? 3. Describe how they are made. 4. Where is one company planning to mine hydrothermal vents? 5. Which minerals are found there? 6. How do they mine the minerals on the sea floor? 7. Why are some people concerned about underwater mining? 8. Biologists are finding new species around hydrothermal vents. True or false? 9. Why do some people say mining underwater is better than mining on land? 10. Do you think underwater mining should be allowed?
Underwater mining Students choose one of the following investigations about underwater mining and hydrothermal vents. Before students begin the investigation, ask them to record what they know about the topic and what they want to find out.
Investigation 1 – Hydrothermal vents
Some possible questions to investigate include:
When were hydrothermal vents first discovered by scientists?
How do hydrothermal vents form?
What are vent chimneys and how fast do they grow?
What are `black smokers’? Explain the physical conditions (temperature, pressure, sea depth) of black smokers. How do they form?
Students can present their research findings as an illustration, model or oral presentation.
Investigation 2 – Deep sea ecosystems
Some possible questions to investigate include:
Which organisms have been found around hydrothermal vents? Choose four and describe the organisms and their feeding habits.
What special adaptations have the organisms made to live near hydrothermal vents?
Deep sea hydrothermal vents support unique ecosystems. What makes them unique?
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Key learning
Students will develop a deeper understanding of hydrothermal vents, their formation and unique deep sea ecosystems that exist around them.
Students create a brochure, flyer or booklet that features a unique deep sea organism, its appearance, feeding habits and special adaptations.
Investigation 3 - To mine or not to mine?
Some possible questions to investigate include:
How unique is the environment of the hydrothermal vents?
What impact will exploration have on deep sea ecosystems?
Deep ocean mining has been described by some people as a very efficient way to mine. Why?
Prepare a presentation to either support the case for: The environmental protection of the deep sea environments around hydrothermal vents or the exploration and research of them for mining.
Reflection
What do you understand more clearly since completing this investigation?
What would you do differently next time? Why?
Related Research Links ABC Catalyst – Deep Sea Mining http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3240156.htm ABC AM – Aust company hope to mine PNG seabed http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s2052538.htm Kids Konnect – Hydrothermal vents http://www.kidskonnect.com/subject-index/15-science/412-hydrothermal-vents.html American Museum of Natural History - Searching the ocean for deep sea vents http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/dsv/searching/index.html Dive discover – The discovery of hydrothermal vents http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/ventcd/vent_discovery/ College of Marine Studies - Deep sea underwater creatures http://www.ceoe.udel.edu/deepsea/level-1/creature/creature.html The Deep Ocean Biome - Tubeworms and other vent creatures http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/deep/creatures.html#worms
Daily bread Focus Questions
1. How much bread does an average Australian family eat each week? 2. Complete the following sentence: `______________ have been eating bread
for thousands of years.’ 3. What do carbohydrates provide the body with? 4. What is yeast? 5. Describe what happens when yeast is mixed with sugar and warm water. 6. Which gas is released when yeast grows? 7. Using words or pictures, describe the bread making process. 8. What are the three main parts of a grain of wheat? 9. Why do nutritionists recommend eating wholegrain bread? 10. What new information did you learn watching the Daily bread story?
Daily bread Negotiate with students how many activities they will need to complete from each section.
Remember and understand
Write what you think each of the following words mean: staple,
carbohydrate, yeast, carbon dioxide, wholegrain, endosperm, bran and
germ. Check your definitions with a dictionary.
Investigate and describe the difference between leavened and unleavened
bread including information about the history and cultural significance.
What do the following expressions involving bread mean? Someone’s
bread and butter, Bread always falls on the buttered side, Break bread
with someone, Know which side one’s bread is buttered on, The best thing
since sliced bread, Bread winner
Apply and Analyse
What are the basic ingredients of bread? Research the importance of each
ingredient in the bread making process.
Use a Venn diagram to show the similarities and differences between
baking bread at home and commercial baking.
Investigate what happens when combinations of yeast, sugar and water
are mixed.
Bottle 1 – ½ cup warm water and ½ teaspoon active dry yeast
Bottle 2 – ½ cup warm water and ½ teaspoon active dry yeast and ¼ cup
sugar
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Key learning
Students will investigate the bread making process and how yeast works when mixed with sugar and water.
Bottle 3 – ½ cup warm water and ¼ cup sugar
Bottle 4 - ½ teaspoon active dry yeast and ¼ cup sugar
Label each bottle with information about its contents.
Pull the opening of the balloon over the mouth of each bottle. Stick it
down to secure the balloon to the bottle. Mix the contents of each bottle
gently.
Make a prediction about what you think will happen to each bottle.
Measure the height of the balloon at 15 minute intervals and record the
results.
Evaluate and create
Design and create the ultimate gourmet loaf of bread. Using a basic bread
recipe
http://www.taste.com.au/recipes/20074/step+by+step+basic+bread+dou
gh+recipe add your favourite ingredients, for example, dried fruit, nuts,
seeds, olives, dried tomato, cheese. Share your creation with the class.
Create a chart or diagram that tracks the ingredients in bread from the
paddock to the plate.
Taste breads from around the world including, for example, baguette,
ciabatta, bagel, croissant, naan, tortilla, chapatti, pita, sliced white or
wholemeal.
Try each bread, commenting on the:
Taste – What does the bread taste like?
Texture – How does the bread feel in your mouth?
Appearance – What does the bread look like?
Overall rating –How much do you like the bread?
Share your results with the rest of the class.
Related Research Links Better Health channel – Cereals and wholegrain foods http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Cereals_and_wholegrain_foods?open Food Timeline – FAQ Bread http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodbreads.html Kidipede – Yeast http://www.historyforkids.org/scienceforkids/biology/cells/doing/yeast.htm Breadworld – The Science of Yeast http://www.breadworld.com/Science.aspx
BtN: Episode 17 Transcript
21/06/11
On this week's Behind the News
How a volcano on the other side of the world is causing chaos
here in Australia.
Mining under the sea why companies are going deeper to
explore new opportunities.
And we eat so much of it we'll tell you some things you should
know about bread.
Hi I'm Nathan Bazley, welcome to Behind the News. Also on the show
today there are plenty of thrills and spills as we go along to a cowboy
class, but first.
Ash Cloud
Reporter: Nathan Bazley
INTRO: It's the worst possible end to a long weekend away rocking
up at the airport only to discover your plane home has been
cancelled. That was the experience for thousands of Aussies last
week and the cause of all those flight delays was a volcanic ash cloud
on the other side of the world! So how did ash travel so far? And
once here how did it ground our air transport industry?
NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: Planes travel way up through the air
at incredible speed. But there is something lurking up there that can
take them down. It's called Ash!
ASH, POKEMON: Pikachu thunderbolt!
PIKACHU: Piiiiiiiikachu!
Okay, Pokemon's not really a threat to our skies, but ash certainly is.
The ash we're talking about starts its life not in a mystical cartoon
world, but in the mouth of a huge volcano.
This is the Puyehue volcano in Chile, which is roughly 11,000 ks from
Australia. And two weeks ago it started erupting, sending massive
clouds of volcanic ash shooting into the sky. Three and a half
thousand residents in the area were forced to abandon their homes
and many are still in shelters. But as they waited for the danger to
pass, the ash drifted higher and higher into the air.
NATHAN: As you might know, hot air rises. So anything above a
flame like this one, will slowly float up until the air cools again. But
because a volcano is so hot, the ash from one can end up 15ks above
the surface of the earth, where it meets some pretty intense winds.
High up in the air around the top and bottom of the planet are jet
winds that blow constantly at up to 400ks an hour, from west to east.
And once the cloud of ash hits the winds, it's a one-way express trip
right around the world. Its destination? The skies above Southern
Australia and New Zealand.
Alarm bells went off here, at the Darwin Volcanic Ash Advisory
Centre. Their job is to monitor the skies above Australia to make sure
there is no ash in the way of aircraft flight-paths. But why does it
matter if a little ash is floating around?
This recording captured the moment when all engines failed on a
flight back in 1989, when a jumbo jet flew through an ash cloud.
Luckily the crew managed to fly out of the cloud and restart the
engines.
NATHAN: The problem is that volcanic ash is made up of a substance
similar to sand, and when heated to a very high temp, like it would be
in the jet engines of a plane, it turns to something like glass. And that
can stuff up an engine pretty quickly.
Other problems can come from the ash blocking vital instruments and
scratching the windscreen, wings and lights of the plane. So that's
why flights were cancelled in Australia when word of the ash cloud
spread. But why did some airlines fly, while others stayed on the
ground?
Well it all comes down to their idea of what's safe. Some thought it
would be ok to fly around the ash clouds, or to fly underneath them.
They were happy to do it, even though it would mean using more fuel,
which would cost the airline more money. But some airlines thought
that even those ideas were too much of a risk and preferred to leave
their planes on the ground.
In the end, the only way this airline chaos can come to an end, is for
the Chilean volcano to stop pushing out huge clouds of ash. And it's
looking like that's starting to happen.
Maybe Pikachu had something to do with it after all.
Presenter: Let's take a look at some more of the week's big news
stories now. Here's Matt with the Wire.
The Wire
The Opposition is stepping up its fight against the Government's
planned Carbon Tax by demanding Australians vote on it. They have
introduced a bill into parliament trying to force the government to
hold a vote on the subject at a cost of 80 million dollars. That's called
a ‘plebiscite’ but even if a majority of Australian's voted against the
Tax the result wouldn't be binding meaning the government could
still stick with their plan regardless. And if the Opposition got into
power they've said they'd get rid of a Carbon Tax whether people
voted for it or not.
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And in China more than 100 people have died in floods caused by
torrential rain. It's estimated more than 5 million people have been
affected - many of them are now homeless. This couple was left
stranded hundreds of metres from dry land. They were crossing a
bridge when it got swamped by the flood. They were rescued, after
waiting almost an hour. The floods in eastern china are the worst in
decades.
Underwater Mining
Reporter: Kirsty Bennett
INTRO: As we heard earlier in the show volcanoes on land can cause
a bit of trouble! But what about volcanoes in the ocean? We don't see
the explosions and the smoke but these deep sea volcanoes are
attracting a lot of attention. They're rich in metals like copper, silver
and zinc so one mining company is pretty keen to get a hold of them.
But what else could they be digging up? Kirsty takes a look.
KIRSTY BENNETT, REPORTER: Mining companies search far and
wide for the next big pocket of resources. It might not look like it to
us, but they've only just scraped the surface. Deep in the ocean could
be mining's next riches. And with most of the Earth covered in water,
it's an exciting prospect. But before you dive down with a pick and
shovel, we'd better tell you that it's not that easy. Soon we'll get into
why but first let's look at the creation that's got the mining industry's
attention.
These are underwater volcanoes called hydrothermal vents. They
form hundreds or sometimes thousands of metres deep in the ocean.
They're made when the plates in the earth's crust move apart.
Seawater is pulled in to the cracks and is heated up. On the way out, it
picks up chemicals before gushing up through the sea floor. What was
seawater is now a special hot fluid. When it meets the cold sea water,
it changes again and eventually settles to form these chimneys. And in
the chimneys are minerals like copper, zinc, lead, silver and gold. And
this is getting mining companies really excited.
One company is planning to mine hydrothermal vents off the coast of
Papua New Guinea. If it goes ahead it'll be the world's first open cut
mine for copper and gold on the sea floor. So how will they do it?
These vacuum cleaner looking machines will crush the chimneys and
anything that's left living on them. Many interesting species have
thrived around these strange underwater volcanoes. Like snails,
mussels, crabs, certain bacteria and other things.
PROFESSOR CINDY LEE VAN DOVER, BIOLOGIST: I could take
you tomorrow to a place where we'd find a new hydrothermal vent
that would almost certainly have dozens, if not hundreds of new
species.
KIRSTY: Biologists are worried that if mining scrapes away all this life
it could change the environment and the kind of creatures that live
here. But it's not as simple as saying underwater mining is bad for the
environment. Many think it's actually better than mining on land.
Think of all the work and machinery needed to make the massive
holes on dry land. And sometimes these holes can produce acid when
the deep earth mixes with rainwater. But it's a different way of doing
things in the ocean.
DR CHRIS YEATS, GEOLOGIST: Something like ploughing a field or
raking your garden, that you're, you're, you're stirring up the
environment but you're not fundamentally changing it.
KIRSTY: And it can be an efficient way of mining. To get the same
amount of minerals on dry land. you'd need to mine an area 10 to 15
times bigger. So while
Presenter: OK let's make that the subject of our poll this week.
Online Poll
The question is: Is underwater mining a good idea? To vote just head
to our website.
And let's take a quick look at the results of last week's poll. We asked
if you thought manners were less important today. 43 per cent said
'Yes' manners are less important. And 57 per cent thought manners
are just as important now as they used to be. Thanks for taking part.
Daily Bread
Reporter: Natasha Thiele
INTRO: We eat it for breakfast lunch and sometimes even dinner.
Australian’s munch through a lot of bread. And there are so many
different types to choose from. So what's the difference? Tash went
to a bread factory to find out.
Take a look inside most Aussie lunch boxes and you'll find a familiar friend. But what is it? Bread! And it's a big part of our everyday lives, because it's easy to prepare and you can eat it with anything.
Australians have been making and enjoying bread for many decades. In fact, an average family goes through about two loaves of bread a week, that's more than 100 loaves a year! And it's been around for a long time. Egyptians have been eating bread for thousands of years. Since then it's been vital to human survival because these flurry slices contain some of the vital energy and nutrients our body needs for the day.
And that energy starts its life, here. It's a crop which we grow in Australia called 'wheat'. It's packed with carbohydrates, which our body burns to provide us with energy. Wheat grains are crushed and turned into white or wholemeal flour, which can then be used to make bread.
Making bread can be as simple as mixing together flour, water, salt, sugar and something called 'yeast'. Yeast is a living organism which helps bread rise when it's cooked. And this is what happens when you add it to warm water and sugar. Within minutes, you can see it start to bubble. That's the yeast growing and as it does it releases bubbles of carbon dioxide.
That simple bread recipe is basically the same one used at small bakeries or much larger commercial bread factories like this one. Both places make bread just like you would at home, but on a massive scale. They use big industrial mixers to combine the ingredients. Once the loaves are cooked, they go along conveyor belts where they're sliced and packed. Then it's onto the crates, ready for the supermarket shelves. That's where you'll find lots of different types of bread like white, multi-grain and wholemeal.
But with Australians eating so much bread, making sure we're eating the healthiest type is important. And there's a lot of advice floating around about which type we should be aiming for. One of the products you might have heard people recommend is whole-grain bread. Grains like wheat have three main parts in each tiny kernel. The white flour used to make most bread only comes from the middle bit called the 'endosperm'. But the other two parts of the grain, the bran and the germ, contain lots of the nutrients like fibre, iron and protein. So that's why many nutritionists recommend whole grain breads, because they give you the goodness from the whole grain.
Some people also recommend eating flat breads and wraps, rather than slices of bread. The reason for this is some flat breads can contain less bread per serving, so they have less energy in them and are therefore less likely to make you put on weight, if you're not active. It can also mean that you can fill-up on more of the nutritious fillings inside. But if your wrap is filled with something unhealthy, it's going to defeat the purpose! Of course the best way to know exactly how healthy your bread is, is to try making it from scratch at home!
Presenter: I'm sure you're hungry now so let's try to distract you with
a quiz
Quiz 1
The question is: What's the name for bread made without yeast?
Is it a:
Cracker
Unleavened bread
or Wholemeal bread
Answer: Unleavened
And it's also sometimes called flat bread but some flatbreads do have
yeast. Confusing hey?
Cowboy School
Reporter: Natasha Thiele
INTRO: Now most of us know what to expect from the average day
at school. Well, kids in some country places get into a few extra
lessons that you might like to have a go at. They learn the ropes of
being a cowboy or cowgirl and it's making a big difference to their
lives. Tash checked it out.
NATASHA THIELE, REPORTER: When you picture cowboys, you
might think they look like this! But these days, it's not about the tough
looks and attitude. Instead, it's all about hanging on! Welcome to
cowboy class! It's not your average classroom, so you won't find any
books, pens and tables here. But what you will find are lots of
enthusiastic kids in cowboy hats. Kids are taught how to become
modern-day rodeo riders.
MARCELLO SMITH, RODEO CLUB CO-ORDINATOR: These boys
learn teamwork, helping their mates, putting on a good show for
public, representing their school, representing themselves.
And while it's all boys at this class, girls do get involved too. And for
those who want to take rodeo to the next level, they can swap the
horse for a raging bull! This is professional rodeo! Some people
reckon rodeos are cruel to the animals, but the people that do it say
the animals are well looked after. The riders need to follow certain
rules like staying on for 8 seconds and keeping your hand up in the air
all the time and judges give you and the bull a score out of 25,
depending on how wild the animal is and how well you ride. The
sport's a big deal especially in the US where they have glitzy TV shows
dedicated to rodeos like this one called "Professional Bull Riders".
REPORTER: But before you get there, most people have to start out
on one of these. It's a mechanical bull and it's a good way to learn the
basics. You can quickly learn how tough it is without getting hurt.
But there's no padded landing area in real rodeo, so back at the school
the students have to wear protective gear.
BILL, STUDENT: Just come back off my rope and just fell back on
him and he flicked me forward in the air, just yeah did a bit of
somersault.
But even then, it can still be really dangerous. Blake came to this
school last year and broke his ankle. He's back again, but his bad luck
has followed him. This time he's broken his collar bone!
LISA SMITH, RODEO CLUB FOUNDER: Some people should
probably not ride or stick to bicycles.
But the school says safety always comes first for the kids and for the
animals too. But even though the kids might pick up a few bumps and
bruises, it's hoped they'll also pick up some valuable skills along the
way.
Quiz 2
Now our next quiz is going to be a cowboy spelling test! The question
is:
Can you spell the loop of rope which is used by cowboys?
A. Lasso
B. Lassoo
C. Lasoo
Answer: A. Lasso
Tricky word to get right that one. Okay, time to get into some more
sporting action here's The Score.
The Score
To the V8's first and this is what happens when your car spills oil all
over the road. You spin out really quickly! Jason Bright was the
casualty of that mechanical fault at Darwin's Hidden Valley track on
Sunday but other cars struggled to stay on the road even without oil
under their tyres.
By the end of the race the field had whittled down to a tight battle
between Craig Lowndes and young racer Shane Van Gisbergen. And
despite his lack of experience Shane managed to pass Lowndes to take
the win. It's only the second of his career.
*****
And changing pace this week is refugee week a time when focus turns
to the issues affecting people who have fled their home countries in
search of a new life. And one of those issues is sport because playing
club sports in Australia like soccer can be expensive.
COACH: Membership fees are one of the issues why young people
don't get involved in soccer clubs.
That was holding these guys back from forming a team but today
they're training for a purpose. A grant and some assistance from their
local council has helped get them into a league and they couldn't be
more excited.
And in their first match this weekend that's exactly what they did
beating their much more experienced competitors 5 - nil.
Twice the Talent
Reporter: Kirsty Bennett
INTRO: Next week Australia's women's soccer team will battle it out
in Germany for the World Cup. But one sport star in this elite squad
is already a world champion. Her name's Ellyse Perry and she'll be
the first Aussie to play in the World Cup in two different sports.
Kirsty explains.
KIRSTY BENNETT, REPORTER: Most sport stars are only at the top
in one game. But who says you can't be great in more sports than
that? Well there's one rising star who's proving you can get to the top
in two.
Ellyse Perry is breaking records and stereotypes. She's played cricket
against men was the youngest ever cricketer to play for Australia, has
helped win a cricket world cup and has been asked to represent her
country again, this time in soccer.
ELLYSE PERRY: I don't see it as being anything special compared to
the achievements of some of our most fantastic athletes.
KIRSTY: So if it's not such a big deal, then why don't we see more
athletes at the top in two sports at the same time?
One of the main reasons is at the top level of sport you need to put in
a lot of time and hard work. AFL and rugby players train for about 11
months of the year so there's not much time to do another sport. Also
top athletes work on getting their bodies into a particular shape,
strength and weight to give them the best chance of succeeding in
their sport. So in the end sport professionals will nearly always choose
just one sport to focus on. Everyone knows Shane Warne as one of the
world's best spin bowlers. But you probably didn't know that he was
once a promising footy star and even turned out for St. Kilda's
reserves team! And you've probably seen Lleyton Hewitt's passion on
the tennis court. But before this racquet took up all his time he too
was a promising young footy player.
So while Shane and Lleyton gave up a sport when they were young
there are some players who try to do the switch when they're much
older. Israel Falou is a huge name in rugby league but was lured over
to the AFL with a multi-million dollar pay packet. He hasn't played a
top-flight game yet but will have his work cut out if he's going to
transfer his skills to a different sport.
As for Ellyse it's her coaches and work ethic that have allowed her to
juggle both cricket and soccer. In fact her coaches reckon playing two
sports actually helps her deal with things like pressure in
competitions. The advice from sport experts is to play as many sports
as you can while you're growing up so you develop lots of different
skills. Like hand-eye coordination, footwork, agility, strength and
fitness.
ELLYSE PERRY: Yeah, don't be afraid to have a go at anything, and
especially I guess, speaking from a girl's perspective, just because the
boys are playing doesn't mean you can't play. Not only the physical,
but the mental and the social benefits that I've received from sport I
think can be offered to anyone, and particularly young girls, and,
yeah, it's a really fantastic thing. So I'd love to see more girls being
involved in sport and enjoying it.
KIRSTY: So with twice the talent, it looks like Ellyse in on track to
have double the success!
Presenter: Talented girl and that's it for the show.
Closer
You can jump onto our website if you want to get more info on any of
the stories. You can send us your comments and don't forget to vote in
this week's poll. And I'll see you next time.