Several classes are researching the 50 years of decimal currency in Australia. Here are some useful Youtube clips.
Dollar Bill and Australians keep the wheels of industry turning
Decimal currency, 14 February 1966 – Television advertisements
New decimal coin designs
50 years of decimal currency – Studio 10 segment
Decimal currency – Behind the News
Royal Australian Mint Tour – Behind the News
More information is available HERE, the website of the Royal Australian Mint.
Next year, our school celebrates its 150th anniversary. Last year, the London Underground train network celebrated 150 years.
Engineering the London Underground
The secret station – Aldwych [London, UK]
In New York City, USA, the underground (and above ground) train network is called the Subway:
TourTips New York: How to ride the Subway
My old school, Arncliffe Public School, is turning 150 on Saturday. I’m Class of 1970, and was school captain – and very excited to be going back to check it out. I’ve tempted two of my former teachers to go, and hoping to catch up with old classmates. Was also asked to contribute a double page of memoir for the souvenir book.
The pic is me in 1966, standing in front of “The Gully” that ran through the then-Infants playground.
Wow!
I’ve spent the last few weeks demonstrating some of the joys of my school’s new interactive whiteboard (IWB), and browsing on Google Earth has been addictive for most of the school’s population.
But, in similar vein, NASA has just released some very cool pictures from their Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (or LRO), which has returned its first imagery of the Apollo moon landing sites, just in time for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. “The pictures show the Apollo missions’ lunar module descent stages sitting on the moon’s surface, as long shadows from a low sun angle make the modules’ locations evident.”
The online comments added by moon hoax conspiracy theorists are hilarious.
I really liked the appended comment from a NASA Moderator: “This is just the first glimpse of many more images to come. When we’re in the operational orbit of only 31 miles, resolution should be two to three times better, and we should be able to get the right lighting conditions to identify the rovers.”
All images credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University.
Boy, sitting in the school hall watching a fuzzy black and white television in 1969 (Year 5) at Arncliffe Primary School seems sooooooo long ago, but it also seems like it was only yesterday. It’s frustrating we are currently on vacation and unable to make use of the anniversary with students this week.
Also worth checking out: The Moon in Google Earth