A video shown to the class provides some opportunity for our students to gain an understanding of key concepts visually. However teachers will not know the video's effectiveness until an actual assessment. If the student is required to study further information which is based on the video's information; and the student did not comprehend the information initially; this could have dire effects on the student's capacity to understanding subsequent information. Chris in Science

Investing money and budget planning are two life skills our students need. The mathematics topic, 'Investing Money' provides some imperative components in the calculating and forecasting of monetary situations that will with no doubt, be used in future financial dealings. Such life skills though need to be backed by practical and real-life tools that are widely used in society. The use of Microsoft Excel allowed our Year 10 mathematics students to investigate situations in in