Questions for discussion

Medal Misery 1. Discuss the statement ‘where did we go wrong?’ with another student. 2. Do you agree or disagree that things went wrong? 3. Which Olympics did Australia not win a single gold medal? 4. Which Institute was created as a result of that poor performance? 5. Do you think more school sport would help us win more medals at future

Olympics? Why or why not? 6. It’s up to the individual to pay for their training and equipment. Do you

agree? Explain your answer. 7. Name the Australian long jumper in the story who felt the need to defend his

silver medal. 8. In which sport did Australia win most of its medals? 9. Do you think the Government should put more money into funding school

sport? Explain your answer. 10. Name all the Australian Gold medallists and their sports.

`Should competitive sports be compulsory in all schools?’ Vote in the BtN online poll

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/

Mars Mission 1. Which planet in our Solar System is the most like Earth? 2. What is Curiosity? 3. How much did it cost to get Curiosity on Mars? 4. What is Curiosity’s job? 5. Describe some of the challenges of landing a roving robot on Mars. 6. How long did it take to get from Earth to Mars? 7. Do you think there’s life on Mars? Explain your answer. 8. Do you think people will be living on Mars one day? Discuss with another

student. 9. Complete the following sentence:

I think it’s important to investigate other planets because... Or I don’t think it’s important to investigate other planets because...

10. What do the letters N.A.S.A. stand for?

Post a message on the Behind the News Guestbook http://www.abc.net.au/btn/

Milk Money

1. Dairy farmers say $1 per litre is too low. Why are they unhappy? 2. ‘It’s a lot of work to get milk from the udder to the glass.’ Make a list of the

steps required to process milk. 3. How often do they milk the cows at Inglenook farm? 4. There are two big supermarket chains providing cheaper milk. Is this a good

thing? Explain your answer.

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5. Would you be prepared to pay more for milk if you thought it was better quality? Why or why not?

6. What is a ‘Barista’? 7. Both Coles and Woolies knocked between ______ and _______ cents off the

price of milk. 8. Challenge a friend to see who can name the most dairy products in 30

seconds. 9. Create a word search, crossword or quiz about milk. 10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BtN story?

Talk to someone who remembers milk being handed out at school. Do you think

schools need to give milk to students for free today?

E-waste

1. Briefly summarise the E-waste story. 2. How many TV sets are thrown away every year? 3. Name some of the nasty chemicals in old TVs. 4. Find out what CRT stands for and describe how the old TVs are different to

the TVs on the market today. 5. In your own words, describe why it’s important to recycle old electronics. 6. What is different about the recycling company Aspitech? 7. What are some of the valuable metals found in old TVs? 8. How much of an old TV can be remade into something else? 9. Is there something the government can do to make people recycle? Explain

your answer. 10. How has your thinking changed since watching the BtN story?

Create a diagram or artwork that shows the process of dismantling an old TV into its parts for recycling.

Fashion kids

1. Fashion designers don’t need to use any maths. True or False? 2. Do you know any Australian fashion designers? Name at least 3. 3. The design on paper for an item of clothing is known as a:

a. Pattern b. Rhythm c. Sequence

4. The girls spend countless hours _________ and _________ their own designs. 5. What does Emma mean when she says ‘I’ll probably create my own label’? 6. Do you need to be able to sew to become a fashion designer? Why or why

not? 7. Describe the role of fashion in our society. 8. Which Awards are the girls competing in? 9. In your own words, describe how you’d market the clothing you’ve designed. 10. What do you now know about fashion design since watching the BtN story?

Test your knowledge in the Fashion quiz. Go to the BtN website and follow the links.

Mars Mission

Focus Questions 1. Which planet in our Solar System is the most like Earth? 2. What is Curiosity? 3. How much did it cost to get Curiosity on Mars? 4. What is Curiosity’s job? 5. Describe some of the challenges of landing a roving robot on Mars. 6. How long did it take to get from Earth to Mars? 7. Do you think there’s life on Mars? Explain your answer. 8. Do you think people will be living on Mars one day? Discuss with another

student. 9. Complete the following sentence:

I think it’s important to investigate other planets because... Or I don’t think it’s important to investigate other planets because...

10. What do the letters N.A.S.A. stand for?

Mars mission Students think about and record in a word or phrase, what they know about Mars. Place their responses on a concept map with Mars at the centre.

Students will learn more about Mars as they complete the following activities. They can add to the concept map as they complete each activity. Negotiate with students how many activities they will need to complete.

Remember and understand

Why is Mars referred to as `the red planet’? Write a brief explanation.

Think of some questions to ask NASA scientist Dr C about Mars http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/drc/

How hard is it to land Curiosity on Mars? Watch the following animation then describe some of the challenges of landing the rover safely http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/videos/index.cfm?v=48

Apply and Analyse

Find out more about Curiosity’s mission to Mars. What are the scientific goals of the mission? The following websites will help you with your research http://www.timeforkids.com/news/touchdown/43251 http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/mission/

Research Australia’s involvement in Curiosity’s mission to Mars. Do you

think Australia should be more involved in space exploration? Provide

reasons for your answer.

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Learning Area

Science

Key learning

Students will investigate in more detail Curiosity’s mission to Mars.

Students can include photographs, pictures or diagrams in their report.

Investigate the following statement: Mars is often described as the planet

most like Earth. In what ways are they similar?

Evaluate and create

NASA has spent billions of dollars on Curiosity’s mission to Mars. Do you think this is money well spent? What are the benefits of the mission? Explain your answer.

Find out more about the components of the rover Curiosity. Go to

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/multimedia/interactives/learncurios

ity/index-2.html and answer the following questions:

What does the Neck and Head (mast) carry? What is the view similar to?

Why do the `legs’ and wheels on Curiosity need to be tough?

What is the main function of the drill and how does the information

collected help scientists?

What are the Hazcams and why are they important?

What does the `hand’ on Curiosity carry?

Choose two other components and find out three facts about each.

Create a comic strip about a space mission to Mars. It could be based on

Curiosity’s mission and include the `seven minutes of terror’ or a made-up

mission.

Related Research Links

ABC News – As it happened: Curiosity’s Mars landing

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-06/mars-curiosity-live-coverage/4179974

Behind the News – Mars Probe

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2262221.htm

NASA –Mars Science Laboratory: Curiosity

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/index.html

NASA – Mars for Educators

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/participate/marsforeducators/

Time for kids – Touchdown!

http://www.timeforkids.com/news/touchdown/43251

CBBC Newsround - NASA’s Curiosity rover lands on Mars

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19146664

E-waste

Focus Questions 11. Briefly summarise the E-waste story. 12. How many TV sets are thrown away every year? 13. Name some of the nasty chemicals in old TVs. 14. Find out what CRT stands for and describe how the old TVs are different to

the TVs on the market today. 15. In your own words, describe why it’s important to recycle old electronics. 16. What is different about the recycling company Aspitech? 17. What are some of the valuable metals found in old TVs? 18. How much of an old TV can be remade into something else? 19. Is there something the government can do to make people recycle? Explain

your answer. 20. How has your thinking changed since watching the BtN story?

E-waste Students will write an information report about e-waste. Begin with a discussion

about the issues or facts raised in the BtN story.

Identify what students know

Brainstorm key words and issues associated with e-waste and record students’

comments using a concept map. This is a useful way of connecting ideas and

identifying headings for their report. Students may need to research the issue in

more detail.

Develop a glossary

Technical or scientific language is often used in reports. Ask students to develop a

glossary of special language that they will need to write their report.

Structure of a report

Introduction

The opening statement explains the subject of the report, and includes a definition

or short description. Students need to define what e-waste is in the introduction.

Description

The body of the report is a series of paragraphs giving information about the

subject. Each paragraph describes a particular fact about the subject. For

example how electronic items are recycled, why it’s important to recycle

electronics, toxic materials in e-waste, risks to human and environmental health.

The paragraph should begin with a topic sentence and is followed by facts that

support it.

Conclusion

A summary of what has been said.

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Learning Area

Society and Environment, English

Key learning

Students will develop a deeper understanding of how and why electronic items are recycled.

Students can include photographs, pictures or diagrams in their report.

Language features

Reports are usually written in the third person.

Present tense is often used.

A formal, factual style is used.

Support students to follow the draft-edit-publish process to produce their reports.

Suggested ways to present their report include:

PowerPoint presentation

Published as a brochure

Oral presentation

Related Research Links

Behind the News – TV recycling

http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2584981.htm

ABC News – Landfills `busting at seams’ with e-waste

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-06-05/landfills-busting-at-seams-with-e-

waste/855016

Clean Up Australia – e waste fact sheet

http://www.cleanup.org.au/PDF/au/clean-up-australia---e-waste-factsheet-

final.pdf

E-waste - Materials found in e-waste

http://www.ewaste.com.au/ewaste-articles/how-the-materials-found-in-ewaste-

can-affect-human-health-and-the-environment/

BtN: Episode 22 Transcript

14/8/12

On this week's Behind the News

A mission to Mars so what are they trying to find?

Farmers fight back against cheap supermarket milk by going it

alone.

And we visit an e-waste recycling plant to find out what

happens to old TVs and computers.

Hi I'm Nathan Bazley, welcome to Behind the News. Also on the show

today we meet some young designers and find out what it takes to

carve out a career in fashion. But first:

Medal Misery

Reporter: Nathan Bazley

INTRO: The Olympics wrapped up and in the end Australia did OK

and won a few golds. But some people thought we should have done

much better and weren't happy that the Aussies finished so far

behind countries like Great Britain. So how can we improve? Well

the answer might be right in front of you in school!

NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: They say winners are grinners. And

these guys all won Olympic medals, which is a huge achievement, no

matter what the colour.

But watch as the grins magically disappear when they front the press.

MITCHELL WATT: The team's happy, I'm happy, the coach is happy.

I've got thousands of messages back home that they're happy and the

only people that aren't happy are you guys.

CATE CAMPBELL: Standing on that podium in any form at an

Olympics is amazing to me, so I hope Australia can learn to share

that.

But despite pleas from our athletes to back off, the question still going

around Australia is "where did we go wrong?" To answer that though,

we need to go back to find out how our expectations got so high.

This is the Australian team returning home after the 1976 Montreal

Games with not one gold medal between them. And just like now, the

public were outraged. So the government poured money into a state-

of-the-art facility called the Australian Institute of Sport, to train elite

athletes in a scientific way. And soon, the golds started flowing.

But now, other countries have caught up. And many of our best

coaches have been lured overseas for big money. So where can we

turn to get the next big edge? Well the Aussie Olympic Committee is

looking straight at you.

JOHN COATES, AOC: Perhaps the area that needs a lot of attention is

getting sport back on to school curricula.

Hi my name is Austin and I play basketball.

Hi my names Kameka and I'm a swimmer.

Hi my name is Declan and I play athletics.

Here at this public high school, sport is less a pastime and more a

priority. All students are encouraged to get involved, but the ones that

show serious talent, can try out for the specialist sport program.

DECLAN: They gave us a series of tests, like endurance and jumping

and all the abilities to agility and all that to see how good we are at all

the sports.

It's programs like this that the AOC would like replicated at every

school in the country.

DECLAN: Cos we've got the great coaches, and more training I think

I've got the facilities to go further and further and hopefully fulfil my

dream.

But most public schools couldn't afford a sports program like this. So

the AOC is asking for more funding from the government to make it

happen.

AUSTIN: I'd definitely support the government putting more money

into school sport cos you never know, not with basketball but unusual

sports like archery and stuff, you never know, someone could come

out of nowhere and be great at the sport.

KAMIKA: Some kids can't afford to play sport out of school so

hopefully they'll really enjoy it and get to be fit and healthy like our

school.

Of course, there are some who say we shouldn't be spending so much

money and time trying to win gold.

While others say it's the elite athletes themselves that need more

funding.

But there is one thing even our competitors agree on.

SEB COE, LONDON OLYMPIC CHAIRMAN: Believe me, the

Australians will be back.

Which path we take to get there though, is the gold medal question.

Presenter: OK let's make that our poll this week.

Online Poll

The question is:

Should competitive sport be compulsory in all schools?

To vote just head to our website.

Last week we asked you if drug cheats should be banned from sport

for life.

75 per cent said yes they should. 25 per cent said no. Thanks for

voting

Let's see what else is making the news. Here's Tash with the Wire.

The Wire

There's been two huge earthquakes in Iran over the weekend. The

quakes turned villages to rubble and covered homes with rocks. More

than 200 people died and thousands more are injured. Camps have

been set up to help 16 thousand people who are now homeless.

*****

A US Navy ship and a giant oil tanker have collided in the Persian

Gulf. The USS Porter was exiting the gulf as the Japanese tanker

entered. In traffic each vessel is supposed to stay to the right. But

officials say the US ship turned left into the oncoming tanker. The

billion dollar ship has a gaping hole in its side but luckily no one on

board was injured.

*****

And back home dogs are well known as man's best friend but it seems

they're also lamb's best friend. This Dorper-cross lamb was rejected

by its mother but was adopted by this Dalmatian! The young lamb has

fitted right in and even has spots of its own!

Mars Mission

Reporter: Sarah Larsen

INTRO: There's been huge excitement at the space agency NASA.

Scientists successfully guided a roving robot called Curiosity onto

the surface of Mars. It was a massive achievement and it could

change what we know about the Red Planet. Sarah explains.

SCIENTISTS: We are about 30 seconds from landing.

SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: A team of brilliant scientists.

SCIENTISTS: We are beginning to feel the atmosphere.

A mission on a knife's edge.

SCIENTISTS: We are feeling Gs 11 to 12 times Earth Gs.

It was drama fit for the silver screen. But this isn't Hollywood, it's

NASA's jet propulsion laboratory in California. And what these guys

just did was better than fiction. They just successfully robot the size of

a car on Mars! And if you think that sounds easy you've obviously

never done it.

Just getting Curiosity space was, well, rocket science. Then it was an

eight month journey to Earth's neighbouring planet. But it was getting

the robot to the surface that was the really amazing bit. Its shields had

to survive 1600 degrees as it slammed into Mars' atmosphere. Then

there were seven minutes to slow it down from more than 20

thousand kays an hour to zero while steering towards the perfect

landing spot.

If just one thing went wrong, two and a half billion dollars and years

of work could have been wasted. But it wasn't. And on Monday we

looked at pictures taken by a robot on another planet. Australia had a

big role to play. These dishes at Tidbinbilla near Canberra relayed

signals from Curiosity as it landed and scientists here shared in the

celebrations.

Curiosity isn't NASA's first rover to land on Mars but it is the biggest

and the best equipped. Its job is to roam around the surface of Mars

analysing rocks using some pretty amazing on board equipment like a

drill for taking samples and even a laser! Yep, this Martian robot is

armed!

JOHN GRUNSFELD, NASA Physicist: Robots and space and a robot

with a laser that can zap rocks. It doesn't get any better than that.

The aim is to learn more about what the red planet is made up of. In

particular, it’s looking for signs of life. Mars is the most like Earth of

any of the planets in our Solar System. It has an atmosphere, and

while it's covered in desert there are signs that there was once water

here. Scientists think that Mars may have once been home to some

sort of life form. There's even the very slight possibility that, just

maybe, some tiny thing is still living there.

CHARLEY LINEWEAVER, Planetary Science Institute: Well I hope

Curiosity will find a worm underneath the surface; some type of life

that might still be active somewhere in the sub-surface, maybe a

metre or two underneath the surface.

Worms or not, there's a good chance that Mars will have human life

on it before too long.

CHARLEY LINEWEAVER: The first humans stepping on Mars will be

40 years from now, 35, I don't know.

NASA will use the information that Curiosity finds to help plan future

manned trips to the red planet. And within your lifetime you may get

to watch astronauts make this descent into the Martian atmosphere.

Who knows? Maybe the first footprints on Mars will be yours.

Quiz 1

OK, time for our first quiz of the show

The question is:

Which gas makes up the majority of the atmosphere on Mars?

Carbon dioxide

Oxygen

Nitrogen

Answer: Carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide makes up 95% of the

atmosphere on Mars.

Milk Money

Reporter: Nathan Bazley

INTRO: Now to a story about milk. Whether you have it on your

cereal or just straight up in a glass our taste for milk is still just as

strong as ever. But one thing has changed - the price. Last year

supermarkets dropped the cost of their home-brand milk to one

dollar a litre which dairy farmers say is too low. So now some are

on a mission to convince us to pay more for our daily drop.

NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: Milk never used to come from the

supermarket. It came from your front door step. Or it might have

come from your classroom at school.

Either way, it's clear how we get milk has changed a lot since the old

days, when everything was black and white.

Now, supermarkets are the go-to people for most milk purchases. And

last year, they moved to make it stay that way. Both Coles and

Woolies dropped their prices for milk to a dollar a litre, knocking

between 20 and 40 cents off the price, all day, every day. And many

shoppers were pretty happy about it.

But far less happy were dairy farmers. While we were all spending

less, some say they were being offered less for their product. It got to a

point where some dairy farmers couldn't make ends meet. It could

have meant the end of their farms, but instead, some made it the start

of a new way of doing business.

This is Inglenook farm and it’s milking time. This job happens twice a

day, every single day of the year. But you're unlikely to find any of this

milk in your supermarket-brand carton at home. That's because this

family's way of sticking it to the supermarkets was to cut them out of

the milk business entirely. They went from being a regular dairy farm

to being a fully fledged milk factory, all on their own. They treat it and

package it right here and sell it under their own brand, Inglenook

Dairy. It's more expensive than a dollar a litre, but it's still selling.

But here is the million litre question. How do you convince people to

pay more for essentially the same thing? Well they say it's far from the

same thing.

TROY PETERKEN: We've really noticed the parents of children, the

feedback sort of thing, their kids think there's flavour added to our

milk, it's just purely because they didn't realise the taste of milk is

actually how it is.

But kids aren't the only one's noticing the difference. At this coffee

shop, they only get milk straight from the farm even though it costs

more.

MARINUS JENSEN, PADRE COFFEE SHOP: Baristas are really

enjoying having a great result and looking forward to putting a

product in the cup that tastes better

Meanwhile, the company behind some of the big supermarket brands

say they're fighting back.

LIBBY HAY, LION DAIRY: It was an easy decision for us to remove

permeate and deliver milk that's closer to how it is on the farm.

While for Inglenook, they say they're excited about their future in the

dairy industry again.

RACHAEL PETERKEN: My children can have a choice to have fresh

milk when they get older and their children will also have a choice.

That's my contribution to it.

It seems fresh farm milk might be the new black, or white, as the case

may be.

E-Waste

Reporter: Sarah Larsen

INTRO: The technology that goes into televisions is getting better

and better. We've got HD, 3D, internet TV and the list goes on. But as

the new screens get bigger, clearer, flatter and smarter a lot of the

old boxes are ending up at the dump. That's a big problem because

old TV sets can actually be dangerous. Sarah went to a place that's

giving new life to the old box and at the same time, giving

opportunities to young people.

SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: When you got it, it was state of the

art. It entertained you when you were little, and a bit bigger. It

showed you things you'd never seen before. It told you stories and

helped you to learn. But now, it's being replaced.

Every year more than a million TV sets are thrown away. That's not

just a bit sad, it's a bit dangerous. Old boxes like this have some really

nasty stuff in them like lead and arsenic and cadmium. You don't

want to leave that just lying around. And that's where these guys come

in.

ANDREW, E-Waste Recycling: Aspitech is an e-waste recycle and de-

manufacture old TVs, old computers microwaves kettles anything that

has a battery or plugs into a wall.

TVs of all ages are brought here to be taken apart safely by some

clever dismantlers like Daniel who knows more than most about

what's inside a telly.

DANIEL: See this is the seal and we have to break this every time we

remove the CRT because it's actually a vacuum so we have to break it

just in case it might break and sometimes it might explode.

REPORTER: You do it pretty quickly. Yeah you get the hang of it, at

first it takes you a while but you get the hang of it.

There are recycling plants like this all over the country. But Aspitech

is a little different from most because most of the workers have a

disability.

ANDREW: We have a range of employees here who might have

autism, Aspergers or might have a physical disability.

It was set up to provide them with a job but together they've made it a

successful business. And a fun place to work.

DANIEL: I think it suits the person that likes pulling things apart,

smashing things and loves robotics and all those different electronics.

There's some pretty valuable stuff in old TVs and computers, like

copper and even gold!

ANDREW: These are CPUs so like your Pentium 4s and things from

computers - these are really valuable. A lot of these have gold in them.

But there's also dangerous stuff. These old glass tubes have lead in

them so they have to be sent away and taken apart. About 95 percent

of the stuff that makes up a TV can be remade into something else.

ANDREW: Not in the same form but in one way or another it will be

reused and remanufactured into the iPods and laptops and computers

that you see today.

But still only a tiny percent of Australia's old TVs and computers get

recycled. The rest are going to landfill and that's something these guys

would like to see change.

ANDREW: And if they go to landfill they're literally just taking up

space and going to waste and some of them can contain hazardous

materials which can leak out.

A new law could help. While it used to cost a small fee to drop off your

TV soon it will be free and governments are hoping it will encourage

more people to recycle. So with the help of some hard working

dismantlers. The old box that gave you so much joy can live on.

Presenter: OK, let's get some sports news now, here's Tash with the

Score.

The Score

The soccer season has kicked off in England! Last year's champions

Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-2 in the curtain-raiser to the English

season the Community Shield. Chelsea got off to the perfect start

through Fernando Torres. But just before half time they were reduced

to 10 players because of this bad tackle. City quickly took control and

scored three quick goals.

It's still a week before the start of the English Premier League but City

showed they'll be tough to beat again.

*****

And Aussie Marcus Ambrose has won the Finger Lakes NASCAR race.

NASCAR is America's answer to our V8 Supercars. And it's one of the

most popular sports in the country. Unlike V8 supercars there aren't

any twists and turns. In most NASCAR races, drivers just race around

in a circle but that didn't stop this race having a wild final two laps.

Ambrose and Brad Keselowski raced side by side for the lead with the

Aussie just getting over the line first!

Quiz 2

OK we're going to have a story about fashion next. But first let's have

a quiz.

The question is:

A person who makes hats is known as what?

Archer

Milliner

Capoeira

Answer: Milliner

Fashion Kids

Reporter: James Bartold

INTRO: If you're really into fashion, you probably knew that

already. Well for the fashionistas amongst you have you ever

thought about making a career out of it?

Some kids are already taking their first steps in the industry. James

caught up a few who've just won a local competition.

JAMES BARTOLD, REPORTER: However you like to dress and

whatever your favourite clothes are. Fashion is all around us.

From the catwalk, to celebrities on our TV's, even what you and I wear

everyday to the shops. But for some people fashion means a lot more

than just picking the right get up!

Nowadays fashion design is a huge worldwide industry. Labels and

brands are everywhere and the world's best designers can make big

bucks by creating and selling their ideas. But where does that dream

start?

Azzy, Georgia and Sophie are just some of the kids giving fashion

designing a go.

SOPHIE, STUDENT: "I love the process of what it looks like when it

starts out as a design on paper and then transferring that into

something that's real life. It's very rewarding."

AZZY, STUDENT: "Seeing a design on paper evolve into what it has

now into some real, yeah it's been good"

Creating your own clothing is a bit like being an inventor. The girls

spend countless hours drawing and planning their own designs. But

to turn their ideas into actual clothing, it takes a few other skills

you've probably learnt at school.

SOPHIE, STUDENT: "There's actually quite a bit of maths involved,

you have to measure all kinds of things. But it's still fun because you

end up with something cool"

The girls creations are so cool, they've won a trip to Melbourne later

this year to compete in the national final of the Australia Teenage

Fashion Awards. Which is pretty impressive seeing as a couple of

them had hardly even picked up a needle or thread before this.

SOPHIE, STUDENT: "My sewing skills went about as far as being

able to sew ribbons onto my ballet shoes but apart from that I’d never

really sewn with a sewing machine. A little bit scary at times but we

get there - can use extra bit if we need length"

These guys are a bit further down the track to becoming fashion

designers. Lots of Aussies, like Scott, are choosing design as an

interesting career path.

SCOTT, TAFE STUDENT: "I like the freedom of being able to go from

a drawing or an idea and being able to sew up something, and really

appreciate having this piece of art that you can see on the catwalk."

REPORTER: What would you like to do after the course?

EMMA, TAFE STUDENT: Eventually I'll work in fashion and

probably create my own label."

For them it's not just about coming up with a new idea and making it.

They also have to think about how they're going to market their

clothing. So people would want to buy their design over someone

else’s.

TAFE STUDENT, EMMA: "I guess drawing inspiration from things

that interest me and then me putting it into something that I'm really

passionate about will make it stand out rather than just knocking off

other peoples designs"

Back at school the girls are still deciding whether fashion design is a

hobby or a future career.

STUDENT, SOPHIE: " "I think fashion is something I’d like to do in

the future because I'm passionate about it and it's always been my

dream from childhood so I really want to pursue it"

But who knows, if they keep at it, one day soon you might see one of

their creations being worn by people all over the world.

Closer

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