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Questions for discussion

Iran Nuclear Deal

1. Discuss the BTN Iran Deal story as a class. What were the main points or questions raised

in the discussion?

2. What did Donald Trump do before he became President of the United States?

3. What is a sanction?

4. How many years did Iran live under strict sanctions?

5. Who placed the sanctions on Iran?

6. What did the sanctions restrict Iran from doing? Give one example.

7. What is one of the key ingredients in nuclear weapons?

8. What is the Iran Nuclear Deal?

9. What country has announced they will withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Deal?

10. What questions do you have after watching the BTN story?

Write a message about the story and post it in the comments section on the story page.

Hawaii Volcano

1. Summarise the BTN Hawaii Volcano story.

2. Which volcano has been erupting in Hawaii recently?

a. Mt Vesuvius

b. Kilauea

c. Krakatoa

3. On which Hawaiian island is the volcano?

4. Describe the damage caused by the erupting volcano.

5. The lava from the volcano is _________ moving.

6. What is a hotspot volcano?

7. Kilauea has been erupting almost continuously since when?

8. As the lava drains out of the volcano, it could get more dangerous. Why?

9. What three facts did you learn watching the BTN story?

10. What questions do you have after watching the BTN story?

Do the quiz on the BTN website.

Aussie Space Agency

1. What was the main point of the Aussie Space Agency story?

2. What did the Australian Government recently announce about Australia’s space industry?

3. What role has Australia played in space exploration?

4. Why hasn’t Australia been able to control its own space missions?

5. Name one of the six main space agencies.

6. How much money is Australia putting into its space industry?

a. 4 million

b. 14 million

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c. 41 million

7. What will Australia’s new space agency be able to do? Give one example.

8. Where do experts think the new space agency will be located?

9. How has your understanding of Australia’s space industry changed since watching the BTN

story?

10. Do you think it is important for Australia to have its own space agency? Why or why not?

Check out the Aussie Space Agency resource on the Teachers page

Young Archie 2018

1. Discuss the story in pairs. Share your thoughts with the class.

2. Which art gallery runs the Archibald Prize?

3. In what year was the first Archibald Prize held?

4. Why is it called the Archibald Prize?

5. What is the difference between the Archibald Prize and the Young Archie?

6. How long did it take James to create his portrait for the Young Archie?

7. Why did James decide to create a portrait of his art teacher?

8. Describe James’ portrait using your own words.

9. Approximately how many kids entered in this year’s Young Archie awards?

10. If you could create a portrait of someone that inspires you who would it be? Explain your

answer.

Check out the Young Archie 2018 resource on the Teachers page.

BTN Investigates - Where does toilet water go?

1. Before watching this story discuss in pairs where you think your toilet water goes. Share

your thoughts with the class.

2. What are sewage pipes?

3. What is Kat’s job at the water treatment plant?

4. What is sludge?

5. What microorganism is used to help treat the water?

6. If the water treatment plant smells good the plant is working well. True or false?

7. What is the function of the clarifiers?

8. How do lagoons help kill any nasty bacteria in the water?

9. Which three Ps should people be putting down the toilet? 10. Illustrate the journey of toilet water from the toilet through to the water treatment process.

Have you seen or heard something in the news you'd like explained? Ask your question on

BTN Investigates

Get your class involved in BTN’s Ask A Reporter! This week’s topic is

toilet water.

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Teacher Resource

Aussie Space Agency

1. What was the main point of the Aussie Space Agency story?

2. What did the Australian Government recently announce about

Australia’s space industry?

3. What role has Australia played in space exploration?

4. Why hasn’t Australia been able to control its own space missions?

5. Name one of the six main space agencies.

6. How much money is Australia putting into its space industry?

a. 4 million

b. 14 million

c. 41 million

7. What will Australia’s new space agency be able to do? Give one

example.

8. Where do experts think the new space agency will be located?

9. How has your understanding of Australia’s space industry changed

since watching the BTN story?

10. Do you think it is important for Australia to have its own space

agency? Why or why not?

Class Discussion

Hold a class discussion about the information raised in the Space Agency

story. Create a class mind map about space and space exploration asking

students to record what they know. Use the following questions to guide

discussion:

• Why should we explore space?

• Is space exploration important? Why or why not?

• Is it important for Australia to be involved in space

exploration? Why or why not?

• What are some of the benefits of space exploration?

• Are there any disadvantages? What are they?

• How has space exploration changed since the 1960s?

• What is the future of space exploration?

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Students will choose a space

investigation to explore in more

detail.

Science – Year 5

The Earth is part of a system of

planets orbiting around a star (the

sun).

Science – Years 5 & 6

Scientific knowledge is used to

solve problems and inform personal

and community decisions.

Science – Year 7

Scientific knowledge has changed

peoples’ understanding of the world

and is refined as new evidence

becomes available.

Science – Year 7

People use science understanding and

skills in their occupations and these

have influenced the development of

practices in areas of human activity.

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Students choose one of the following space investigations.

Investigation One – Australia’s involvement in space programs

The Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex (CDSCC) has been involved in some key NASA

missions in the past 50 years. Students will choose a mission CDSCC has been involved in and research it

in more detail. Here are some questions to investigate:

• When did the mission take place?

• What was the purpose of the mission?

• Briefly summarise the mission.

• What were some challenges of the mission?

• How did Australia contribute to the mission?

Apollo 11 Moon Landing Curiosity on Mars

Source: NASA Source: NASA

Voyager 1 Fly-Bys Phoenix on Mars

Source: NASA Source: NASA

Investigation Two – Living in Space

Students will explore what life is like on the International Space Station (ISS). Questions to investigate

include:

• What is the ISS? (Brief history of the ISS)

• What do astronauts do on the ISS? (Give an example of an experiment astronauts might do).

• How long do they stay on the ISS?

• What is it like living in microgravity? (Eating, sleeping, having a shower, going to the toilet).

• What impact does microgravity have on the human body? (Bones and muscles, sense of taste).

• What food do astronauts eat?

• What do you think the challenges of living in space would be?

• If you lived in space for a month, what foods do you think you would miss the most? Why?

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Use these fun activities to investigate how astronauts Taste in Space and discover the challenges for an

astronaut living on the International Space Station. Spot the ISS from your home town, enter your location to

learn when the space station will be flying overhead.

Investigation Three – The Solar System

Students begin by recording what they know about the solar system. They will then research one of the

planets in the solar system using the following to help guide their research.

• Name the 8 planets in our solar system

• Conduct in depth research into one of the planets

in the solar system.

• Include a description of what the planet looks like.

• Find out some interesting facts.

• Geographical features – Is it gaseous or rocky?

Does it have an atmosphere? What are conditions

on the surface like?

• Distances – how far is this planet from the sun?

• Movement – identify the path of this planet. How

fast does it travel around the sun?

• Present research using Prezi or other publishing software. Include images in the presentation.

Students watch these BTN stories about space and answer the following questions: Mars Class

1. Students run their own simulated mission to

_________.

2. Their mission is to find out…

3. What is the role of the biologist?

4. Give examples of the different tasks students carry

out.

5. What is the role of mission director?

6. Describe the mission control room.

7. What are the diagnostic questions?

8. How do students describe the experience of space school?

IAC Space Conference

1. Finish the following sentence: It was announced at the conference that Australia is going to have its own…

2. What areas of space exploration has Australia been involved in recently?

3. Who did Ness interview at the conference?

4. What was a favourite moment for the head of NASA?

5. What would the head of NASA like to see happen in his lifetime?

6. What is the study of space called?

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ABC News – Budget 2018: `Seed funding’ for Australian space agency to be unveiled

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-03/australia-space-agency-funding-in-federal-budget-2018/9720370

Department of Industry, Innovation and Science – Australian Space Agency

https://industry.gov.au/INDUSTRY/IndustrySectors/SPACE/Pages/default.aspx

BTN – IAG Space Conference

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4748481.htm

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Teacher Resource

Young Archie 2018

1. Discuss the story in pairs. Share your thoughts with the class.

2. Which art gallery runs the Archibald Prize?

3. In what year was the first Archibald Prize held?

4. Why is it called the Archibald Prize?

5. What is the difference between the Archibald Prize and the Young

Archie?

6. How long did it take James to create his portrait for the Young

Archie?

7. Why did James decide to create a portrait of his art teacher?

8. Describe James’ portrait using your own words.

9. Approximately how many kids entered in this year’s Young Archie

awards?

10. If you could create a portrait of someone that inspires you who

would it be? Explain your answer.

Class Discussion

Before watching the BTN Young Archie story, ask students what they

already know about portraiture. Here are some discussion starters:

• What is a portrait?

• Why are portraits made?

• What do portraits tell us about a person?

• What makes a portrait interesting?

After watching the BTN story, respond to the following questions:

• What did you SEE in this video?

• What do you THINK about what you saw in this video?

• What does this video make your WONDER?

• What did you LEARN from this story?

• What was SURPRISING about this story?

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Students will explore their own

identity through discussion, writing

and art. Students will create a self-

portrait and hold a class exhibition.

Visual Arts – Years 3 & 4

Explore ideas and artworks from

different cultures and times,

including artwork by Aboriginal and

Torres Strait Islander artists, to use

as inspiration for their own

representations.

Use materials, techniques and

processes to explore visual

conventions when making artworks.

Visual Arts – Years 5 & 6

Explore ideas and practices used

by artists, including practices of

Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander artists, to represent

different views, beliefs and opinions.

Develop and apply techniques and

processes when making their

artworks.

Plan the display of artworks to

enhance their meaning for

an audience.

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Mind map

Ask students to think of words they associate with the word portraiture. Record students’ ideas on a mind

map with the word PORTRAITURE in the middle. Below are some suggested words.

• Background

• Composition

• Contemporary

• Facial expression

• Foreground

• Form

• Gesture

• Identity

• Portrait

• Pose or posture

• Profile

• Sitter

• Setting

• Technique

Ask students to clarify their understanding of the key words by writing down what they think the word means.

Swap definitions with a partner and ask them to add to or change the definition. Check them using a

dictionary or other source.

Young Archie critique

Students will select their favourite work from the 2018 Young Archie’s competition and write a critique about

why they like it. Below are examples of three finalists.

Create a portrait of a person who is special to you – someone who is known to you and who knows you and

plays a significant role in your life. Write 2-3 sentences explaining who the person is and why you chose

them. Enter your portrait in next year’s Young Archie’s!

James Camilleri, Norm the art teacher Violet Watts, Immersed Esther Kim, My little sister Rachel

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Plan an excursion to your local art gallery

Plan a trip to your local art gallery to explore and investigate its range of portraits. Look for photographs,

prints, paintings, and sculpture. Alternatively, if you are unable to physically visit an art gallery, visit an online

art gallery. For example, visit the National Portrait Gallery to explore a range of different portraits.

Before visiting the

art gallery

As a class, plan a trip to your local art gallery to explore its collection of portraits.

You will need to think about the following:

• Before you visit the gallery discuss as a class what a portrait is. List

points about what makes a good portrait.

• What do you want to learn? Write 5 questions that you would like to

investigate.

• How will you get there and how long will you need to visit the gallery?

• What will you need to take with you?

Trip to the art

gallery

When you arrive at the art gallery, select a portrait which you will investigate as a

class. Students will then respond to the following:

• Record as much information as you can about the portrait in 15 minutes.

• Record everything you see. The longer you look the more you will see.

Consider looking at it from different angles, up close and far away.

• Is it a painting, print, sculpture or another type of artwork? What materials

were used to make it?

• What is the subject’s expression and pose? Do you notice any

background objects in the portrait?

• How does the portrait make you feel?

• Draw a picture of the artwork including as much detail as possible.

If time permits, consider completing one or more of the further investigations

below:

• Choose a portrait you like and then imagine a narrative for the subject of

the portrait. Who do you think they are? What can you tell about their

personality? What are they doing? Where are they from?

• Choose two portraits by different artists and compare. Describe any

similarities or differences.

Back at school Students will reflect on the portrait they studied as a class and use the internet to

learn more about the artist. Respond to the following.

• Did you enjoy visiting the gallery and investigating their collection of

portraits? Why or why not?

• What were your fist impressions of the portrait you studied?

• If you could interview the artist what questions would you ask them about

the portrait? Find out if you can contact the artist for an interview.

• What is the ‘story’ behind the portrait?

• Where is the artist from?

• Interesting facts

Further investigation:

• How does portraiture help us understand and appreciate people – their

identity, history, culture and diversity?

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Self-portrait

Who am I? Students will reflect on this question and explore their own identity through discussion, writing

and art. Students will brainstorm and record how they see themselves, responding to the following reflective

questions. Students will then take the information they have learnt about themselves and create a self-

portrait.

• Who are you?

• What words best describe you?

• What are you really passionate about?

• What are your most important values?

• What do you think is unique and special about you?

• What are your strengths?

• What are your challenges?

• How are you similar/different to other people? How do you feel about your differences?

• When do you feel most like yourself?

• How do you want people to see you?

• Why is it so important to be yourself?

Students will then create a self-portrait which represents themselves. Looking at a mirror, students will

experiment with poses, costumes and props and produce a self-portrait. Initially students can do some quick,

detailed sketches of different features and then use these sketches to help create a final self-portrait.

Students will write an artist's statement to go with it. Curate a class exhibition of your students’ self-portraits

and choose a title for the exhibition.

BTN – Archibald Prize

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2508253.htm

Art Gallery NSW – Young Archie 2018

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/young-archie/2018/

Art Gallery NSW – Archibald Prize

https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/archibald/

National Portrait Gallery

https://www.portrait.gov.au/

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BTN: Episode 12 Transcript 15/5/18

Hey, Amelia here, welcome to BTN.

Coming up today.

• We hear about how kids in Hawaii are coping with a massive volcanic eruption.

• Find out more about Australia's future in space.

• And we investigate the mysterious and fascinating journey of toilet water.

Iran Nuclear Deal

Reporter: Ruby Cornish

INTRO: Last week the US President, Donald Trump made international headlines by pulling out of

a deal. It was an agreement between Iran and a bunch of other countries and it was drawn up to

try to stop Iran making nuclear weapons. But President Trump was not a fan. Let's find out more

about the deal and why the president said no deal.

Back before he was President of the United States, Donald Trump was famous for a different

reason. He was a businessman, and he spoke a lot about making deals. He even wrote an entire

book about it, fittingly called The Art of the Deal. But there's one deal Donald Trump's definitely not

a fan of, and that's the Iran Nuclear Deal. So, what's the big deal about this big deal anyway?

To understand that, we need to travel back a few years and over to Iran, which is right over here in

the Middle East. In 2015 Iran had spent a decade living under strict sanctions. Sanctions are rules

and restrictions, and in this case, they were set by an international organisation called the United

Nations. The sanctions restricted Iran's trade with other countries and excluded it from cultural

events. For example, Iran wasn't allowed to host international sports tournaments.

So why were these sanctions in place? Well, many countries were worried that Iran was building

nuclear weapons. And they had good reason for those worries. Iran had a bunch of active nuclear

plants and it'd been processing a lot of uranium, which is one of the key ingredients in nuclear

weapons. Iran denied the accusations and said the uranium was only being used for peaceful

purposes.

But even with the sanctions in place, its nuclear program wasn't showing any signs of slowing

down. So, in 2015 a deal was struck. Six of the world's most powerful countries agreed to start

trading with Iran again, which was great news for Iranians.

IRANIAN WOMAN: After all these years, every Iranian would be happy. They went through a lot.

In exchange, Iran promised to slow down its nuclear activities and said it wouldn't build a bomb for

10 years. There were plenty of people who were unhappy with the deal. Some of Iran's neighbours

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thought Iran should have been forced to stop its nuclear program altogether. And some Americans

agreed, including this guy.

Last week he officially announced that the US was withdrawing from the Iran Nuclear Deal and that

tough sanctions were being brought back. That decision has some world leaders worried that if the

deal falls through, Iran could ramp up its nuclear activity again. Plus, lots of people say it doesn't

look good for the US to break its promises. But others say no deal is a much better deal.

DONALD TRUMP: We're gonna make a good deal for the world or we're not making a deal at all.

This Week in News

People in Hobart are cleaning up after some seriously wild weather last week. There was a big

storm which brought a lot of rain. In fact, Tassie's capital got 100mm which was a record for May.

It turned streets into rivers which washed away cars. Homes and businesses had to be evacuated

and lots of school kids like Amelia and Elliott had to stay at home for the day.

It was very rainy and there was a lot of thunder and lightning and very, very windy. I got really

scared at one point because my mum and I were driving home and we almost got pushed over by

the wind. Luckily, no one was hurt but the damage bill for Hobart is expected to be many millions of

dollars.

Meanwhile, in Brisbane some kids are seriously unimpressed after having their handball court dug

up only a few months after it was put in. The big concrete area was supposed to be for a table

tennis table, but it became a really popular handball spot instead. It was ripped up after some

neighbours complained about the noise and these guys weren't happy about it.

KID: We wanna play handball, why's our handball court gone?

KID: I was really disappointed because I liked to play here.

KID: If you’re going to live next to a playground you should probably anticipate there's going to be

kids playing.

The council says it'll build another court nearby instead.

And Eurovision has wrapped up for another year. It's the world's biggest song contest and while

Australia's not technically in Europe, we've been allowed to compete since 2015.

And this year Jessica Mauboy represented with this catchy tune. It was enough to get Jess into the

grand final, but not the top ten. In the end it was Israel's Netta Barzilai who took out the top prize.

Netta said the song was a celebration of the power of women and the chicken noises were pretty

cool too.

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Hawaii Volcano

Reporter: Jack Evans

INTRO: Over the past couple of weeks you might have seen some pretty amazing pictures from

the island of Hawaii. A volcano named Kilauea has been erupting there, spewing out rivers of lava

which have destroyed homes and cars. It's pretty scary stuff from a distance, so imagine what it's

like for the people who live there. This week we caught up with some Hawaiian locals and found

out more about their fiery mountain.

For the past couple of weeks this river of red hot rock has been causing chaos in the streets of

Hawaii. The lava doesn't move quickly but nothing can stop it and as you can see from this video it

destroys everything in its path. The lava is coming from Kilauea a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island.

Which is home to these guys.

FIONA: Aloha BTN I'm Fiona.

SEBASTIAN: Aloha BTN I'm Sebastian.

FIONA: I go to the volcano school of arts and sciences. It's like a 4-minute car slash bike ride to

the national park also to the crater.

FIONA: Right now, the lava is erupting from Leilani Estates which is causing people to evacuate

and causing homes to be damaged and pets to possibly be killed or they are running away which is

not fun.

SEBASTIAN: It's a slow-moving flow but it is very hot, like 2000 degrees and it just burns

everything in its path. But since its slow-moving people have time to evacuate which definitely

helps.

Kilauea is one of the world’s most active volcanoes in fact it's part of the reason Hawaii exists. It's

what's known as a hotspot volcano. They form over a place where molten rock or magma has built

up under the earth’s crust. When enough pressure builds up the magma comes out as a volcano.

When it hits the water, it cools down and solidifies forming new islands. While the hotspot always

stays in the same place the tectonic plates which make up the earth’s crust are constantly moving,

slowly dragging the new islands away from the hotspot. Which is why Hawaii's chain of islands

looks like this.

Kilauea has been erupting almost continuously since 1983. But this is the worst it's been in a long

time. And there are worries as the lava drains out of the volcano it could actually get more

dangerous. Because the molten rock will heat up ground water and create steam which could

cause the mountain to explode.

SEBASTIAN: On the news we know if the steam is coming and ash we are ready to evacuate.

Sebastian and Fiona say it’s a scary time for Hawaii’s locals and they're really sad for their

neighbours who have lost their homes. But it’s also been amazing to see just how powerful nature

can be.

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SEBASTIAN: I was actually filming some footage of the ash cloud and yes, I was scared but

excited too, cause cool, you don't see that every day.

Quiz

What's the name of the molten rock found below or within the earth's crust? Is it

Magma

Igneous Rock

or Lava?

It's Magma.

When magma reaches the surface, we call it lava and when it cools it becomes igneous rock.

Aussie Space Agency

Reporter: Amelia Moseley

INTRO: It's a pretty exciting time for Aussie space enthusiasts. On Monday the government

officially launched the Australian Space Agency. It’s the first time we've ever had a national

organisation in charge of space research and exploration and many are hoping it'll mean more

opportunities for people like you to take giant leaps in the future.

For decades, exciting feats up here have captivated people down there.

NEIL ARMSTRONG, MOON LANDING 1969: One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.

And from early on, Australia's played a really big role in space exploration. In fact, those famous

words were first received by radio tracking stations in New South Wales and the ACT and since

then we've been involved in heaps of other missions as well as important satellite monitoring. But

while we've definitely helped out, we've never been able to control our own space missions and

that's because Australia's never had its own space agency.

So, which other countries do? Well, there are the big six that you might've heard of. America's

NASA, of course, the European Space Agency, Roscosmos (Russia's space agency), the

Japanese Space Agency, Indian Space Research Organisation and Chinese National Space

Agency. But that's not all. There are also the space agencies of Brazil, South Africa, Korea,

Thailand, Paraguay, Uruguay, Romania, Poland, Spain, Greece, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and

Uzbekistan. Just to name a few. Uh, and New Zealand. Always beating us to it.

Of course, not all space agencies are sending people into space and most aren't even close to the

size of NASA or the ESA. But most developed nations do have their own space agency and that's

because space is big business which can bring a country more jobs, more money and more

prestige. So, for a really long time, a lot of people have been saying Australia should get into the

space race. Then last year, this happened.

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SIMON BIRMINGHAM: We will commit to establish an Australian National Space Agency to help

drive Australia's role in the international space sector.

It was exciting news and now Australia's Government's announced it's ready to start launching that

plan into action. It's putting 41 million dollars into growing Australia's space industry over the next

four years and 26 million of that will go towards getting a space agency off the ground. The new

agency will coordinate all of Australia's space projects and it could be able to launch its own

satellites instead of relying on other countries' rockets. It should give Australia better access to

other space agencies, which often work together, and it'll mean more opportunities for ground-

breaking Aussie research and discoveries. It'll also help to keep more of our space experts and

engineers working in Australia.

Now, the question everyone wants answered, will we be sending our own Aussie-nauts to space?

Unfortunately, probably not for a while. The focus will be more on people working down here than

sending anyone up there.

So, what about a name? Something like the National Australian Space Agency, perhaps? Oh, no,

that's awkward. Well, how about where will the agency be based? Sorry, that's still up in the air too.

It sounds like there's a lot of exciting stuff on the way. So, watch this space.

Sport

It was a record-breaking final day of the English Premier League season. Manchester City

snatched a very late win to finish the season on one hundred points. That's the highest points total

ever in England's top league.

But the record breaking didn't end there. Liverpool's Mo Salah kicked this goal. It helped his team

to win 4-0 over Brighton and was his 32nd goal in the 38-game season. A new record.

Now to the AFL and the game of the round was definitely Saturday's Showdown between the

Crows and the Power. The two South Australian teams have a massive rivalry and this week's

match really went down to the wire.

With less than a minute to go, Adelaide's Mitch McGovern gave the Crows a one-point lead. But

the Power came out firing from the bounce and Steven Motlop's clutch goal guaranteed victory for

his team.

And in the NBA the Celtics have taken the lead in the playoffs series beating Cleveland by 25

points in game one.

Boston did a good job of keeping Lebron James quiet he only managed 15 points for the game and

made 7 turnovers. A pretty bad night for the King.

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Young Archie 2018

Reporter: Jack Evans

INTRO: Last week the Archibald Prize was handed out. You might have heard of that it's probably

one of the country's most famous art awards and it always gets a lot of attention in the media. But

you might not know that there's another portrait prize that runs alongside the Archibald. It's called

the Young Archie and it's just for kids. This week Jack caught up with one of the finalists and the

teacher who inspired his masterpiece.

JACK: A bit more here, a dash there and done. Alright my entry for the Young Archie’s is ready.

JAMES: Hate to break it to you Jack, but the finalists have already been announced.

JACK: Oh.

JAMES: Not to mention you're too old to enter.

JACK: Hey.

Ok, So I might not be able to enter and that might be a good thing. Because James here is, well,

much better than me.

JAMES: This is my artwork it’s of Norm my art teacher and a few weeks ago my mum called me,

and she said that I was in the top. I was one of the finalists in the Young Archie’s.

The Young Archie is a national competition run by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. It was

created to encourage and showcase the next generation of young Aussie artists. It's like the little

sister or brother of Australia's most famous portrait competition the Archibald Prize. It's named

after its founder J.F. Archibald. He was a journalist and art enthusiast. In his will he left behind

funds to set up the Archibald Prize and in 1921 the first competition was held. To enter the

Archibald, artists have to paint someone well-known. Like an actor, a musician, a TV personality, a

politician or even an artist. Like this year’s winner was Yvette Coppersmith who painted a self-

portrait. To enter the Young Archie’s, you have to paint someone you know and who plays a

significant role in your life.

JAMES: Norm is special to me because I like him. I like how he helps me draw, paint and do art in

that whole big box.

James says it took him six hours to complete his drawing using charcoal.

JAMES: He's got a lot of like features and a lot of expression that comes from his face.

James has been getting art lessons from Norm for about 3 years and this is the first time he's

entered the competition.

JAMES: Pretty much as long as I can remember I've been drawing. I remember drawing mainly

super heroes and I remember mainly drawing the stuff I can see in front of me.

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There are four age categories in the Young Archie’s and judges choose five finalists in each

category plus some honourable mentions, before eventually naming the winners. This year there

were more than 1400 entries in the Young Archie and these are some of the other talented

finalists. Harvey drew his sister, Erikah drew her friend, Violet drew her best friend and John drew

his brother. James says he was pretty stoked to find out he was one of the finalists.

JAMES: When my mum called me, she was crying so that means she was happy, but I was happy

cause I won the Archie, I didn't win but I got in the top 5 of the Archie. It felt pretty cool.

The finalists all get displayed at the Gallery of New South Wales along with the Archibald finalists

and we'll find out who the winners are in July.

Did you Know

Did you know that an artist named Evert Ploeg once entered the Archibald Prize with a painting of

B1 and B2?

It caused a bit of a stir and in the end, it was disqualified because portraits have to be of people.

PJ-wearing fruit don't count.

BTN Investigates - Where does toilet water go?

Reporter: Amelia Moseley

INTRO: Hi BTN, I'm Pollyanna and my question is - where does toilet water go?

Loo, dunny, John, toilet; whatever you call it, we all use it. But how much do you really know about

where the stuff you flush actually goes?

CHARLOTTE: What are you doing?

AMELIA: I'm trying to work out where the water goes.

CHARLOTTE: Oh, ok.

JACK: What are you looking at?

CHARLOTTE: She's trying to work out where the toilet water goes.

JACK: Ah, right.

This wasn't getting me very far. I had to follow the pipes.

CHARLOTTE: I actually really need to go.

JACK: Hmm? Oh, sorry.

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Everything that goes down our toilets and our drains travels through sewerage pipes under our

homes and streets.

AMELIA: So, I followed the pipes and this is where I ended up. All the sewage gets pushed out

here at a water treatment plant. Or, as I like to call it, a poo plant.

To find out what happens here, I knew just the person to ask.

AMELIA: Hi there, I'm Amelia.

KAT REID, TREATMENT PERFORMANCE ANALYST SA WATER: Nice to meet you. I'm Kat.

Welcome to Boliver.

Kat is a Waste Water Treatment Performance Analyst, so she knows about all things sludge. Yep,

sludge. That's what's left after everything bigger than 3mm is filtered out and sent to landfill.

KAT: So here we are at the Activator Sludge Reactor or ASR. And in waste water treatment, this is

where all the magic happens. So, in these big tanks here, I guess the brown bubbling mass that

you can see there is a combination of water and a myriad of different microorganisms that are

treating the water for us and making it cleaner. So, what I think is really cool about waste water

treatment is that we use bacteria to do all the work for us. So, I like to think about sewage as being

full of food that bacteria love.

AMELIA: I have to ask you something, Kat. How do you feel about the smell? Because it is a bit

whiffy.

KAT: Definitely when you've been working in waste water treatment long enough, you end up

getting used to the smell and you know when your plant is working well because it smells good.

AMELIA: I like that you're using the word 'good' to describe this smell. So where do we go next?

KAT: The clarifiers.

The clarifiers basically separate the happy, full bacteria from the treated water.

AMELIA: Well straight away, Kat, I can see this is a lot fresher. We've got ducks. That's a good

sign?

KAT: It is.

The bacteria is sent back to the Activated Sludge Reactor to eat some more and the clarified water

travels out to a lagoon.

AMELIA: It's amazing. Look at all that poo water.

KAT: Clean poo water. Lagoons are really shallow, they're only about a metre deep. So we use the

sun to penetrate through the water and the UV rays will kill any nasty bacteria.

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Some of this water goes out to sea and some goes to another plant where it's treated again so it

can be used for things like farming or watering local parks.

KAT: Back in the day, we used to think of waste water as just waste. That was it, you had to get rid

of it. But really waste water is a resource.

Kat says the only part that isn't a resource is this stuff that shouldn't be flushed. That's wet wipes,

nappies and it gets weirder.

KAT: We've got a camera, some phones.

AMELIA: Who is putting a camera or a phone down the toilet?

KAT: I'm not sure.

KAT: I think there was one incidence where we go 50 to 60 tennis balls all at once. Which was a bit

weird. I guess it's just a reminder we should only be putting the three Ps down the toilet. Poos,

pees and paper.

So, remember to spare a thought for the workers here the next time you're in here.

AMELIA: You're wondering where the water goes, aren't you?

EMMA: Yeah.

AMELIA: Good luck.

Ask a Reporter

Do you have a question about toilet water? Ask me live on Friday during Ask a Reporter. Just head

to our website for the details.

Closer

And on that slightly stinky note it's time for me to say goodbye until next week. But if you miss us in

the meantime, you can always jump on the website where there're heaps of stuff to see and do.

See you next week.