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Teen hero and solar power progress

Teen hero and solar power progress

FromABC KIDS News Time


Teen hero and solar power progress

FromABC KIDS News Time

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Length:
12 minutes
Released:
May 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

First, we'll learn about how we can use energy from the sun, at night! Then, we'll visit a Top End school that's making class more inclusive for autistic students. After that, we'll head to Queensland for a daring rescue by a terrific teen, before learning about Reconciliation week. Then we'll hear about some social spiders and their huge web.

Quiz Questions:

1. What's the thing, other than light, that solar panels can capture and make energy from? (Hint: it starts with H)

2. What's the invention helping non-verbal students communicate?

3. What was Cleo riding when she spotted Rod?

4. How long have Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people lived on this land?

5. How big is the web created by the social spiders in French Guiana?

Bonus Tricky Question:

What's the name of species of spider in the story?

Answers:

1. Heat

2. A book with pictures

3. A jet-ski

4. Our best estimate is 60,000 years

5. As big as a car

Bonus Tricky Answer:

Anelosimus Eximius
Released:
May 27, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Every Friday, join Ruby for News Time as she counts down the week’s most interesting news stories for kids. From amazing animals to special events, the natural world to outer space, News Time is made especially for children to help them understand the world around them.