“Mixed Bag” Questions July 2014 – Answers

1. Phil Collins = No Jacket Required; Norah Jones = Feels Like Home; Creedence Clearwater Revival = Cosmo’s Factory; The Rolling Stones = Bridges to Babylon; The Jefferson Airplane = Surrealistic Pillow

2. A. Tyrannosaurus rex B. Stegosaurus C. Brontosaurus

3. Ravi Shankar

4. Marcus Ambrose

5. A. farmer

6. Napoleon

7. Kung-Fu?

8. Tim Winton

9. High Noon

10. Unseals

11. South

12. Drunkards, beggars

13. A mythical creature

14. Passenger Ferry sank

15. 1900

16. Donald Duck

17. Dover, Kent (trained over the English Channel on German positions in France)

18. Third (Bronze)

19. 1846

20. 16 years 6 months

National Curriculum, Gonski and Education for All

by Don Hyatt

The National Curriculum 2008

Don Hyatt
Don Hyatt

The current National Curriculum was initiated by the Rudd government in 2008. The task of development and implementation was given to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), an independent, non-political body, and agreed by the Ministers of Education in all states and territories in 2009. It was framed around the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA, December 2008) and the implementation was to be consultative and phased in over a several  years in 3 phases.  The National Curriculum frames the school curriculum from Foundation (= Prep) to Year 12 (F-12).

The construction of the curriculum was in four steps: View More National Curriculum, Gonski and Education for All

June Puzzles

gg57257402WORKEDJune’s Picture Puzzles and “Mixed Bag” Questions occupy pride of place at the top of our PUZZLES PAGE

If you believe our pollies, Australia is the most profligate nation on Earth, while still managing to retain a Triple-A Credit Rating. To celebrate this remarkable feat, our JUNE SKEPTICAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE has Finance and Economics as its theme.

There are ten new LOGIC & MATHS PROBLEMS

Enjoy!

Video – Professor Peter Doherty

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The Vic Skeptics were honoured to have Professor Peter Doherty, scientist, author and Nobel prize winner deliver a talk at one of our regular ‘Third Monday’ events. Peter Doherty spoke on Skepticism, Denial and Ignorance: There is a Difference in March 2013. I should, of course, extend a kind thanks to Adam Ford for producing the video and allowing it to be posted here. View More Video – Professor Peter Doherty

“Mixed Bag” Questions June 2014 – Answers

1. a. 12 Days of Christmas; b. 1 or 2 Humps on a Camel; c. 15 Players in a Rugby Union Team

2. The Internet

3. Brands of cricket ball most used in international and first class matches

4. Beer

5. Montezuma (Moctezuma)

6. (d) Her actual marital status in the TV series was never specified.

7. Chad, France, Greece, Spain, (Wales and Laos could be accepted)

8. B. The Foxwoods casino in Connecticut is run by the Pequot tribe

9. True

10. Perth (just)

HARDER:

11. Both assumed the identity of Robin (the Boy Wonder) after Dick Grayson left the Batman & Robin team

12. Caerleon in Wales, Chester in England

13. Cope & Marsh

14. The Three Wise Monkeys

15. The Farmer’s Daughter

16. Rum & Coca Cola

17. TV technical pioneer, including inventing USA’s first TV picture tube

18. Automated Teller Machine (ATM)

19. Post-It notes

20. Church