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7iC Semester 2 - Eco-School Challenge - Because We Care: Healthy & Active Lifestyles

A collaborative unit to focus on eco-issues at Hale School

Challenge

How can Hale School promote the health and wellbeing of our students and staff. How can we make better connections to health and safety.

Topic overview

To make sure everyone has a sound understanding of their preferred eco-topic you are expected to construct bullet-point notes for Well being or Sleep health or Nutrition. Notes are to be submitted by the end of Session 5. Transfer your focus questions to your note-making sheet and get highlighting.

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Oliver search strategies

Use the Oliver catalogue to search for more items that may be useful for your issue.

Hale School Recess

Online encyclopaedias

It is best to access articles by opening  Online Encyclopaedias portal page and then search using general keywords. For example:

  • Adolescent
  • Adolescent - Care and Health
  • Bullying
  • Human relations
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Esteem
  • Social relations
  • Stress
  • Safety
  • Environment
  • Wellbeing
  • Nutrition
  • Sleep

Online encyclopaedias are great for short, concise and correct information.



 
  • Variety of reading levels
  • Quality resources including text, images, videos and ‘Web’s Best Sites’
  • Read aloud facility
  • Size your font up or down
  • Ready-made citation


 
  • Easy-to-understand articles
  • Built-in research tool
  • Text-to-speech tool can read aloud

Local Look

Weblinks

WebLinks is a collection of teacher reviewed websites for topics matching your school subjects. Check for more recommended websites. Some suggestions include:

Local: The West Australian Online

Login and Search for articles on teenagers: Health; Sleep; Mental Health; Wellbeing; Nutrition; Exercise

Hooked on tech - The West Australian, Tuesday, May 22, 2018; Section: ED! Liftout, Page: EDD6

Late-night phone use harmful to teen health - The West Australian, Wednesday, May 31, 2017; Section: News, Page: 16

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Reference Generator

It is important to provide evidence of using a variety of reliable resources. Use the online Reference Generator available through the Portal to create your citations. Make sure you alphabetically sort them afterwards.

A sample bibliography for 3 resources suggested on these pages would look like: