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Questions for discussion

Uranium Sale

1. Briefly summarise the Uranium Sale story.

2. What type of energy does uranium give off?

3. How much of the known uranium in the world is in Australia?

4. How much is the uranium in Australia thought to be worth?

a. 3 million dollars

b. 30 billion dollars

c. 300 billion dollars

5. Specially refined uranium can be used to make ___________ weapons.

6. What are the disadvantages of uranium?

7. Complete the following sentence: The Australian Government only sells uranium to countries

that have agreed to...

8. Why are some people worried about selling uranium to India?

9. Do you think the Australian government should sell uranium to India? Give reasons for your

answer.

10. Name three facts you learnt watching the BtN Uranium Sale story.

Vote in the BtN poll. Go to http://www.abc.net.au/btn/polls.htm

Internet Trolls

1. Discuss the issues raised in the Internet Trolls story with another student.

2. What is trolling?

3. What does cyberbullying mean?

4. What is the main difference between cyberbullying and trolling?

5. Trolls want to provoke a _________________ it's often not a ______________ attack.

6. How can you deal with cyberbullies and trolls?

7. What do you think is meant by the comment: `Don’t feed the trolls’?

8. What else can you do to stay safe online?

9. How can negative online behaviour make people feel?

10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BtN story?

Check out the BtN Internet Trolls resource on the Teachers page

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

Overcoming your genes

1. Complete the following sentence: Harrison finds it difficult to...

2. What part of his body is affected?

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3. What exercises does he do to help his body?

4. What sports would Harrison like to play?

5. Who in Harrison’s family has the same condition?

6. Genes are like our body’s __________ ___________.

7. What sorts of things do genes determine?

8. We get most of our genes from our mum and some from our dad. True or false?

9. Scientists discovered that the gene relating to the spine had changed in a little in Harrison’s

mum and dad. What is it called?

10. Send a message to Harrison on the BtN story page.

Do the quiz on the BtN website http://www.abc.net.au/btn/quiz.htm

Moon Living

1. In what year did humans land on the moon?

2. Why might humans want to live on the moon?

3. What valuable resources are on the moon?

4. What is the hardest part of getting into space?

5. Describe the conditions on the moon. Consider gravity and atmosphere.

6. Why is building a base on the moon difficult?

7. What solution have scientists come up with to build on the moon?

8. Which two materials are mixed together to make the bricks?

9. Draw a picture of the buildings that could be made from the bricks.

10. Do you think scientists should build a space colony on the moon? Give reasons for your

answer.

Check out the BtN Moon Living resource on the Teachers page

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

Surfing Star

1. Explain the Surfing Star story to another student.

2. What is Quincy’s nickname?

3. How old is Quincy?

4. How did Quincy get into surfing?

5. Describe her health problems.

6. How does Quincy’s coach describe her?

7. Apart from surfing, what other sport is Quincy good at?

8. Which does she prefer, surfing or skating?

9. Think of three adjectives to describe Quincy.

10. How did this story make you feel?

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

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Activity

Internet Trolls Key Learning Students will develop an understanding of trolling and cyberbullying and create an awareness raising campaign.

The Australian Curriculum

Discussion Questions

1. Discuss the issues raised in the Internet Trolls story with another student.

2. What is trolling?

3. What does cyberbullying mean?

4. What is the main difference between cyberbullying and trolling?

5. Trolls want to provoke a ________________, it’s often not a ______________attack.

6. How can you deal with cyberbullies and trolls?

7. What do you think is meant by the comment: `Don’t feed the trolls’?

8. What else can you do to stay safe online?

9. How can negative online behaviour make people feel?

10. What do you understand more clearly since watching the BtN story?

Activities Discussion

Discuss the issues raised in the BtN story and use the following questions to guide a class discussion

What is trolling?

What are some examples of trolling?

How is trolling different to cyber bullying?

What are some ways to deal with trolls or cyber bullies?

Technologies/Digital Technologies Processes and Productions Skills

Technologies/Digital Technologies Processes and Productions Skills

Manage the creation and communications of ideas and information including online collaborative projects, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols (ACTDIP022)Years 5 and 6

Work with others to plan the creation and communication of ideas and information safely, applying agreed ethical and social protocols (ACTDIP013)Years 3 and 4

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Glossary

Discuss some of the terms used in Internet Trolls story. As a class, ask students to share what they know about each term and compile a glossary. Trolling Trolls Cyber bullying Online behaviour Identity Anonymous Communicate online Report Block Ignore Students choose at least three words from the glossary and illustrate them.

Communicating online

Working in small groups, students share and record all the ways they communicate online. Encourage students to share the positive and negative feelings and experiences they have had with mobile phones, the Internet, and other types of digital media. Ask each group to answer the following questions and share their responses with the class.

What are your favourite websites?

List all the ways you use technology for communication.

Who do you stay in touch with through your mobile phone and the Internet?

How do you think people should act and behave when communicating online?

What do you think positive online communication means? Give some

examples.

What is negative online communication? Think of at least three verbs or

adjectives that describe negative communication.

What is netiquette? Give examples of good and bad netiquette.

What are some strategies to deal with negative online communication?

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Raising Awareness

Create an awareness raising campaign Students will design a campaign to help kids deal with trolling or cyberbullying. To create a school awareness campaign, students will need to identify the following:

What is trolling or cyber bullying?

How do you deal with it? For example: Ignore, block, report.

How can you support friends who are being targeted?

Some questions to consider when designing your campaign:

What is the campaign’s main aim?

Do you have a slogan or message? What is it?

Who is your target audience?

What is the best way to communicate the message?

Discuss with students how they will get their message out there to help raise public awareness. Some possibilities include:

Short film or animation (using iMovie).

Clay animation http://www.clayanimator.com/english/menu.html

Community service announcement (for television or radio).

Press release (create posters to be put up around the school or pamphlets to give to all

students).

Related Research Links Behind the News – Cyberbullying http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2564784.htm Behind the News – Cybersmart http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3630903.htm Cybersmart – Trolling http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Teens/How%20do%20I%20deal%20with/Trolling.aspx Cybersmart – Cyberbullying http://www.cybersmart.gov.au/Teens/How%20do%20I%20deal%20with/Cyberbullying.aspx Bullying No Way – Facts about bullying http://kvps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/fastfactbullyinginschools.pdf Kids Helpline – Safe technology and Social networking http://www.kidshelp.com.au/teens/get-info/hot-topics/safe-technology-social-networking.php

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Activity

Moon Living

Key Learning Students will investigate what it would be like to live on the moon and what would be needed to

sustain human life.

The Australian Curriculum

Science/Science understanding/Earth and space sciences

The Earth is part of a system of planets orbiting around a star(the sun) (ACSSU078) Year 5

Predictable phenomena on Earth, including seasons and eclipses, are caused by the relative positions of the sun, Earth and the moon (ACSSU115) Year 7

Science / Science as a Human Endeavour / Use and influence of science

Scientific understandings, discoveries and inventions are used to solve problems that directly affect peoples’ lives (ACSHE083) Year 5.

Science/Science as a Human Endeavour/ Nature and development of science

Important contributions to the advancement of science have been made by people from a range of cultures (ACSHE082)Year 5

Discussion Questions

1. In what year did humans land on the moon?

2. Why might humans want to live on the moon?

3. What valuable resources are on the moon?

4. What is the hardest part of getting into space?

5. Describe the conditions on the moon. Consider gravity and atmosphere.

6. Why is building a base on the moon difficult?

7. What solution have scientists come up with to build on the moon?

8. Which two materials are mixed together to make the bricks?

9. Draw a picture of the buildings that could be made from the bricks.

10. Do you think scientists should build a space colony on the moon? Give reasons for your

answer.

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Activities

Class Discussion

Hold a class discussion about the BtN Moon Living story and clarify questions students have about the story. Ask students what they already know about the moon. Students name three things they know and record responses on a mind map with `The moon’ at the centre. What words do they associate with the moon? The interactive moon mind map may help students develop a mind map http://www.instagrok.com/

Remember and Understand

Watch the BtN story Moon Living and summarise the story in your own words. Watch the story again and listen carefully. Circle each of the following words as you hear them. Record any unfamiliar words. Ask students to write what they think is the meaning of each word (including unfamiliar words) in the context of the BtN story. Swap definitions with a partner and ask them to add to or change the definition.

Moon Research

Use the following questions to help guide students’ research about the moon.

Moon Research

What does the moon look like?

What are the geographical features of the

moon? Does it have an atmosphere? What are

conditions on the surface like?

Distances – how far is this moon from the Earth

and sun?

Movement – how long does it take for the moon

to orbit the Earth? Compare this to the time it

takes for the Earth to orbit the sun.

What is a lunar eclipse?

Find out some interesting facts about the moon.

Present research using Prezi http://prezi.com/or

other publishing software. Include images in the

presentation.

atmosphere Earth elements

Moon dust sulphur gravity

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Venn Diagram

Students will create a Venn diagram to compare the Earth and the moon. The Read Write Think website has an interactive Venn diagram students can create http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/venn_diagrams/ Encourage students to share their information with the class.

Life on the moon

Students will investigate what it would be like to live on the moon and what would be needed to

sustain human life.

Begin with a class brainstorm using the following questions to guide discussion:

What do you think it would be like to live on the moon?

What are the benefits of having a space settlement on the moon?

When planning for life on the moon what are some important things to think about?

Students will then need to research conditions on the moon so they can plan and design a settlement

on the moon that will sustain human life.

Students can create either a model or a labelled diagram of their `moon settlement’. Display students’

work in a public space in the school.

Research questions

What are the conditions like on the moon?

What needs to be considered when planning a colony on

the moon? For example:

1. Water supply

2. Atmosphere (air supply)

3. Temperature

4. Food Production

5. Waste Management

6. Gravity

What materials could be used to build a space

settlement?

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Evaluate

Students will reflect on their learning about the moon

I learned that...

I enjoyed/did not enjoy...

I want to know more about...

I was surprised to discover that...

Related Research Links

ABC Catalyst – Moon Mining http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4052664.htm

Behind the News – Moon Landing http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2627599.htm NASA – Exploring the Moon Educators Guide http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Exploring.the.Moon.html NASA – Solar System Exploration – Earth’s Moon http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/profile.cfm?Object=Moon Science Kids – Moon Facts for Kids http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/space/moon.html

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BtN: Episode 23 Transcript 26/8/14

Coming up

Online trolls are creating headlines and headaches we find out how best to

tackle them.

Ever fancied living on the moon? It's an extreme idea that might be closer

than you think.

And we meet two inspirational kids walking and surfing their way through big

challenges in their lives.

Hi I'm Nathan and you're watching Behind the News. All of that amazing stuff is

coming right up.

Uranium Reporter: Natasha Thiele

INTRO: But first, we're going to check out an important decision about the sale of

one of Australia's most controversial natural resources. Uranium can be used to

make nuclear power or nuclear weapons. Australia has a lot of it but we've only

ever sold it to countries that have signed a special agreement not to make weapons

with it. India hasn't done that but it wants to buy some anyway. And it looks like

the government is going to say okay. Here's Tash.

'TURNING THE FABLES' CARTOON: Well, here's my opportunity to become a

millionaire! Uranium, I found it! Uranium, I'm rich, rich, rich!

While we're not sure why a tortoise needs money, this one could be onto a winner

with uranium. In the real world it can be worth up to 170-dollars a kilo. Making it a

valuable thing to find, but what is it?

Uranium is a natural resource that was discovered back in the 1700s by a German

chemist. Uranium is special because it's radioactive. It naturally gives off energy

called radiation. When it's in the ground, the levels are so low they don't affect us!

But if treated in the right way, uranium can be used to create huge amounts of

energy!

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Some countries use uranium to produce electricity in nuclear power plants like this.

One tonne can produce as much electricity as 16-thousand tonnes of Australia's most

common energy source, coal! We don't have any of these plants here in Australia.

Our government has chosen not to have any because of the radioactive waste they

produce and the risk of something going wrong. But while we don't have any nuclear

power plants, we do have plenty of the uranium to run them!

Australia has around a third of all the known uranium in the world behind

Kazakhstan and Canada. It's thought to be worth about 300-billion dollars! We sell it

to places like the US, Europe and Japan. But only on one big condition, it can only be

used for electricity.

You see, uranium can also be refined and used in nuclear weapons. All of the

countries we sell uranium to have signed an international agreement that stops them

from building new nuclear weapons. But there is one country that wants to buy

uranium from us that hasn't signed this agreement.

India has just over 1-point-2 billion people, making it the second biggest country in

the world and they have a lot of nuclear power plants. They get their uranium from

places like Canada and they also have supplies of their own. But they'd like to buy

more uranium from somewhere like Australia! For a long time, the Australian

Government hasn't allowed uranium to be sold to India because they haven't signed

the agreement about nuclear weapons. They won't sign it because they have nuclear

weapons and won't rule out that they'll make more in the future. But now, the

Government is thinking about selling to them anyway.

India says that the uranium will only be used for electricity not for nuclear weapons.

But some people say that's not good enough. They say we should wait until India sign

the agreement. Some environmental groups are also against it because of the effect

uranium mining has on the land. And others say nuclear energy is dangerous so we

shouldn't supply the uranium that fuels it.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is expected to formally sign the deal next month when

he visits India next. So if all goes to plan, the deal will mean more money for our local

mining industry and more protests from those against it.

Online Poll

Let's go to an early poll on that one.

Do you think Australia should sell uranium to India?

Jump online to cast your vote.

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Last week we asked you if you were okay with the Government keeping some of the

details about the calls, emails and SMSs you make otherwise known as metadata.

More than 4000 of you voted and a big majority gave the metadata plan a thumbs

down.

Thanks for voting!

Right let's get stuck into the other big stories around this week. Here's the wire.

The Wire Over in the US, a lot of people are angry after police shot and killed an unarmed teenager in the town of Ferguson in Missouri. The shooting happened just over two weeks ago. And since then there have been big protests that have turned violent. Many people blame racism for the shooting.

President Barack Obama: In too many communities too many young men of colour are left behind and seen only as objects of fear.

Homework's always been a pretty big part of school. But according to an eight month investigation in Victoria. It might not actually be that helpful for kids in primary school! The study found that the time could be better spent on other activities. But other experts still think homework has a place. And you've probably seen a whole lot of this on social media lately. It's known as the ice bucket challenge. And a lot of famous people have gotten involved! It's all about raising awareness and money for ALS which is known as motor neuron disease in Australia. People are supposed to either get cold and wet, donate money to research or both! So far more than 30 million dollars has been raised for the cause.

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Internet Trolls Reporter: Matt Holbrook

INTRO: Now, after a spate of nasty trolling incidents made headlines recently a

new app has been created to try to indentify internet trolls and shut them down. It's

the latest in a series of moves against these nasty people who anonymously abuse

or intimidate others online for fun. So we've decided to take a look at the problem

and find out what you can do to protect yourself.

Do you ever wish you could hide your true identity?

MATT: I'm Mattman.

EMMA: Matt, did you just say "I'm Mattman"?

MATT: No.

While it's not so easy in real life, online it's simple for someone to hide who they are.

For some, it makes them feel like they have power to say what they want, to whoever

they want, without worrying about the consequences. And sometimes it means

people seem to get away with saying some really mean things.

CYBERBULLY: Mattman, what kind of stupid superhero is that?

We know that deliberately targeting someone through things like e-mails or text

messages is cyberbullying. It's a term we're pretty familiar with, but when it comes to

mean online behaviour, another word we often hear is trolling.

Trolling and cyber bullying are sometimes used to mean the same thing. But they're

actually a little bit different. Cyberbullies are targeting someone and bothering them

over and over again. While trolls are mostly trying to annoy whoever they can! Trolls

want to provoke a reaction or response. It's often not a personal attack, because they

don't really care who they upset.

Either way, both cyberbullies and trolls can be really harmful.

KID 1: I have had some nasty comments about me before, and I think they're just

doing that to put me down to make them feel better.

KID 2: I've had some things said about me and someone actually made a fake

account and did it to me.

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KID 3: I think they've had past experiences of being bullied, and they want to get that

feeling back and be on top of the world.

KID 4: I think people bully to be cool, and I don't think that's really nice.

KID 5: I know how it feels it's not good at all.

Luckily, there are lots of ways to deal with them. Police say two things can really

help.

VANESSA KELLY, SNR CONSTABLE: If you think you're being cyberbullied, go

offline completely. Don't go on for some time, or certainly tell a friend or someone

who can help.

It's also really important that you don't respond or try to get back at them, because it

could make things worse. That's a big one. For trolls, all they want is attention! If you

ignore them, they'll often go away.

Other people, like moderators of online forums, can help stop trolls and bullies, too.

So it helps to report bad behaviour that you see online. It's clear that nasty online

behaviour can really affect us, but it doesn't have to. These kids have plenty of tips to

help you stay safe and look out for others.

KID 1: You have to tell someone, otherwise it can get at you, down your self esteem,

that's not good.

KID 2: They are scared I'm better than them or something, and that always helps me.

I always talk to my friends and try to ignore it.

KID 3: Tell a teacher or go away, calm down, tell who is bullying you to just stop and

not do it.

Overcoming Genes Reporter: Emma Davis

INTRO: Genes are tiny things with a big job to do inside our bodies. They control

everything about us - how we grow and how we develop. But what happens if

you're born with a mistake in your genes? That's what's happened to 12 year old

Harrison. Emma has his story.

REPORTER, EMMA DAVIS: Two months ago, Harrison Wheatley walked across the finish line of a charity race in Brisbane. It was massive moment for Harrison, who's struggled to walk all his life. REPORTER: How was that?

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HARRISON: Good thank you, tired exhausted and everything Harrison was born with a rare medical condition. JULIE WHEATLEY, MOTHER: "We call it the Wheatley Syndrome because once Harrison was diagnosed they told us they hadn't seen anything like this before." It affects his spine, leaving some bits damaged and some bits missing completely. Harrison takes part in daily stretching programs to try to help. THERAPIST: "Cool, how often are you stretching out?" But he still needs a wheelchair to get around. Supporting himself is really hard! HARRISON WHEATLEY: All I want to do is play soccer or go out with the other kids and play rugby and that. But Harrison doesn't feel sorry for himself! HARRISON WHEATLEY: "There's so many people worse off than me in the world, so if I just keep going with life, then there's nothing that can stop me." Harrison's brother Max was also born with the same condition. His case isn't as severe, but their sister Laura doesn't have it at all! And that's something that confused the Wheatley family for a long time! For the past nine years, scientists in Brisbane have been testing the Wheatley family to work out the problem and they've now discovered it's all to do with their genes! You've all heard of DNA right? Well a gene is a tiny part of our DNA! Genes are like our body's recipe book all written in code! Humans have about 25 thousand different genes! They decide things like what colour your hair or eyes will be or even how tall you'll grow! Our bodies get half of their genes from our mum and half from our dad. But in Harrison's case scientists discovered that a gene related to the spine had changed a little in Harrison's mum and also in Harrison's dad. That's called a mutation. That mutation was then passed on to Max and Harrison which caused their spinal problems! HARRISON WHEATLEY: "We're mutated mice!" AIDEEN MCINERNEY-LEO, GENETIC COUNSELLOR: We all have mutations Harrison, every single one of us has mutations, most people are lucky that it's not in an important place. LAURA WHEATLEY, SISTER: So every single person in the world has them? AIDEEN MCINERNEY-LEO, GENETIC COUNSELLOR: Every single person in the world has mutations in their genes, but most of us are lucky they're not in important places. The way this gene is, each kid had a 25 per cent chance of being affected so that's why Laura doesn't have it!

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Now they know the problem comes from their parents, in the future Harrison and Max can work out how likely it is that they'll pass it on to their kids! But obviously that's a long way off! Right now Harrison is just concentrating on the stuff he can control, like gaining the strength to walk on his own. HARRISON WHEATLEY: I get annoyed sometimes, and then the other times I say: well I'm just going to have to get through it and I do it. No pain, no gain. Yep that's my motto.

Quiz 1

He has an amazing attitude. Let's stay with genes for our first quiz.

If you stretched out all of the DNA from all of the cells in your body, how far would it

reach?

1km

1,000km

179,520,000,000km

The answer, yep it's the big one!

Amazing. Now:

Moon Living Reporter: Emma Davis

INTRO: Ever since man landed on the moon in 1969, people have wondered what it

would be like to live there. Unfortunately there are quite a few challenges stopping

people from doing it. But that doesn't mean it's impossible. Emma found out what it

would take to do it.

REPORTER, EMMA DAVIS: Back in 1969, man first stepped on the moon. NEIL ARMSTRONG, ASTRONAUT: That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. It was a massive deal and it left a lot of people thinking, could humans ever live there? Scientists have been working on just that ever since, but it's not easy. There's a lot of stuff to consider. Like what materials we'd use, how we'd get everything to the moon and how we'd actually build it! But first, why would we want to live there anyway? Well scientists have worked out that even though the moon

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looks pretty plain on top, there's a lot of rare elements under the surface. They're really valuable because they're used in all our tech stuff, like tablets and mobiles, so mining them might be helpful in the future. But there is another reason to set up shop on the moon too. The hardest part of getting into space currently is travelling through our atmosphere and breaking away from earth's strong gravity. It's incredibly difficult and takes a huge amount force, which is why they need big rockets like this to do it! But the moon has a lot less gravity and no atmosphere, so launching a spacecraft from there would be much cheaper and much easier than doing the same thing from earth. But all of this depends on us finding a way to actually build a base on the moon and this is the really tricky part, because you can't just take building materials from Earth and shoot them up to the moon. It's way too expensive. 1kg worth of stuff costs around $25,000 to launch into space and 1kg worth of stuff won't build much! AARON BONNANO, RENEWABLE ENERGY ENGINEER: To put anything in space, it costs so much money and it takes so much energy to do it. So, it makes a lot more sense to actually get your resources that you want to use in space from space. Yep, the only way to build on the moon is to use stuff available on the moon. But it's not like there's trees or a quarry up here to get building materials from, so it's a big challenge. But these scientists think they have a solution. One thing the moon has plenty of is moon dust. So they've done some testing and found moon dust mixed with another substance found on the moon, called sulphur, can be cooked to make bricks! The bricks are really strong and could be used to make domed buildings that could protect specially designed inflatable living quarters from meteorites and other hazards. But there is one final challenge to this plan. How would you gather up enough moon dust to make all the bricks needed? Well these guys have that one sorted too! They've come up with a space vacuum cleaner that can suck up space dust, ready for use. It will still be a long time until any of this stuff becomes a reality, but scientists are hoping it'll help mankind to expand their horizons, one step at a time.

Quiz 2

Let's stay on the moon for a quiz.

How long does it take for the moon to travel all of the way around the Earth?

27 days

31 days

or 62 days

The answer is 27 days.

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Or to be more accurate 27 days, 7 hours, 43 minutes and 11.6 seconds. Okay it's sport

time now. Here's the results you need to know.

The Score

10 rugby league players have admitted taking banned supplements in 2011 when they played for the Cronulla Sharks. As punishment the players have each been given 12 month suspensions. It comes after a long investigation by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority, or ASADA that started back in 2013. But some people have labelled the recent punishments as weak because they're backdated to November last year. That means players will only miss about three matches and the first three weeks of pre-season training next year.

To Formula 1 and Aussie young gun Daniel Ricciardo has won the Belgian Grand Prix. It's his third win of the season. Meanwhile 16 year old Max Verstappen is set to become the youngest Formula One driver ever! He'll make his debut for Toro Rosso next season at the age of 17. He comes from a family of racing car drivers and says he's up to the job! But critics have said he shouldn't be allowed to compete in such a dangerous sport. And finally these wing-suit pilots from WA have set a new national record with their 16 person jump. The team had to hold a diamond formation to get the record. The previous record was 13.

Surfing Star Reporter: Natasha Thiele

INTRO: Finally today when you hear about a kid who's a talented surfer or skater

they've usually been doing it for ages. But 6-year old Quincy is proving that you're

never too young to make a big impact. She already has amazing skills but it's her

story that's really impressive. Here's Tash.

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NATASHA THIELE, REPORTER: She might only be little, but she's got the moves

and confidence of a professional!

QUINCY: My name is Quincy and they call me the Flying Squirrel. I started surfing

when I was four. I don't really get scared in the ocean.

Quincy was inspired to take up the sport through her dad Jake. He's been surfing

most of his life.

KIM, QUINCY'S MUM: Jake was getting up very early in the morning to go surfing

down at Snapper and she asked me where her daddy was in the mornings and I said

he was surfing. Quincy being as stubborn as she can be stood at the door for 45

minutes waiting for her dad to come home and said, "Daddy, I'm going to come

surfing with you tomorrow" and he said "Okay, do you know what surfing is?" and

she said "No, but I'm going to do it tomorrow."

JAKE, QUINCY'S DAD: I'm amazed by it, I'm really proud of it but to be honest I

can't comprehend how she does it and how she's done it so quickly.

But Quincy has a special story to tell.

KIM: When Quincy was born, there were several complications. Lots and lots of

testing later it was discovered that she has an adrenal insufficiency so her body

doesn't create cortisone so therefore she is steroid-dependent.

She needs to take medicine three times a day.

QUINCY: If I break my bone or something, you can look at my medical alert and it

tells you what you can do.

But when she does hit the surf, she has the best time. She gets tips from her coach

Tony. He's worked with Surfing Australia for many years and with some of the best

surfers in the country like Stephanie Gilmore.

TONY, QUINCY'S COACH: Quincy is an amazing human. She's like no other human

I've ever met before. She has no fear and she tackles life head on every single day.

But surfing isn't Quincy's only passion. She's into skating too and she's really good at

it!

QUINCY: I don't have a favourite out of surfing and skating. I like them the same. I

wanna be a pro-surfer and skater.

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TONY: I definitely think she has the ability to go all the way. If it stays fun for her, if

she doesn't burn out. She's probably close to the best six year old skater and surfer in

the world right now.

And with a load of sponsors and a huge following on social media, Quincy is one to

watch out for!

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