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    On today's show, we’re going to ride the ocean’s waves with kids with disability. We’ll meet a teenager changing the age of lawn bowlers. Next we’ll visit a food forest and find out what lessons it can teach us. We celebrate World Health Day and find out about the painful stinging tree.

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    © Australian Broadcasting CorporationLength 11 min7 April 2023NewsEducationalGeographyAustraliaEpisodic

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    Nifty new hand and happy flowers

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    On today's show, we’re going to ride the ocean’s waves with kids with disability. We’ll meet a teenager changing the age of lawn bowlers. Next we’ll visit a food forest and find out what lessons it can teach us. We celebrate World Health Day and find out about the painful stinging tree.

    QUIZ QUESTIONS:

    1.What is the big lesson surf therapy can teach us?2.How old was Cooper when he first started playing lawn bowls?3.Where in Australia are young people growing a food forest?4.What does WHO stand for?5.What is another name for a stinging tree?BONUS TRICKY QUESTION:

    What is a 'syntropic farm'?

    ANSWERS:

    1.A big lesson in surf therapy is resilience! That’s when we learn how to deal with challenges.2.Cooper was 10 years old.3.Dubbo.4.World Health Organisation.5.Gympie Gympie plant.BONUS TRICKY ANSWER:

    A ‘syntropic farm’ is when it’s a whole ecosystem you can eat, grows under a forest canopy.


    © Australian Broadcasting Corporation |Original Episode URL. The content, artwork and advertising within this podcast is not owned or affiliated with Sound Carrot and remain the property of their respective owners.


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