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Reading: The Benefits of Trees (Difficulty 2%)
Written Conversation Practice: What would happen if everyone planted a tree?
Writing: Planting trees or building houses? (Task 2 Practice)
Paraphrasing: The benefits of trees
Reading: Wind Turbines (Difficulty 3%)
Written Conversation Practice: What are the advantages of wind power?
Writing: How do wind turbines work? (Task 1 Practice)
Writing: Are wind turbines essential? (Task 2 Practice)
Paraphrasing: Wind Turbines
Pronunciation: Wind Turbines
Reading: Healthy Soils (Difficulty: 5%)
Written Conversation Practice: How do we make farming smarter?
Writing: Healthy Soils (Task 1 Practice)
Writing: Importing Food (Task 2 Practice)
Paraphrasing: Healthy Soils
Pronunciation: Healthy Soils
Reading: Bear Rehabilitation (Difficulty: 15%)
Written Conversation Practice: Are Zoos a good thing for animals?
Writing: Wild animals and conservation (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: Gorillas (Difficulty: 20%) (2:42)
Paraphrasing: Gorillas
Writing: Zoos (Task 2 Practice)

World Culture

Reading: Brazilian Football Culture (Difficulty: 10%)
Paraphrasing: Brazilian Football Culture
Writing: International Sporting Events (Task 2 practice)
Reading: Who are the Sámi? (Difficulty: 17%)
Writing: History of the Sami (General writing practice)

History

Reading: History of Ukraine (Difficulty: 22%) (3:19)
Writing: How has Ukraine changed? (General writing practice)
History of the Crossbow (Difficulty: 25%) (2:49)
Writing: How does a crossbow work? (General writing practice)
Reading: History of Photography (Difficulty: 27%) (8:49)
Writing: History of Photography (General writing practice)
Reading: The Cuban Missile Crisis (Difficulty: 28%) (2:22)
Writing: Cuban Missile Crisis (General writing practice)
Reading: History of Halloween (Difficulty: 28%) (3:26)
Writing: Customs and traditions (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: History of Cup Noodles (Difficulty: 29%) (2:59)
Writing: How are cup noodles made? (General writing practice - Easy)
Writing: How are cup noodles made? (General writing practice - Hard)
Reading: History of Sake (Difficulty: 36%) (2:15)
Writing: How is Sake made? (General writing practice - Hard)
Reading: History of Tango (Difficulty: 37%) (2:44)
Listening: History of Calculus (Difficulty: 38%) (6:42)
Reading: The Kelly Barnes Disaster (Difficulty: 55%)
Writing: How do hydroelectric dams work? (Task 1 Practice)
Reading: History of Vietnam (Difficulty: 82%) (16:59)
Writing: Cultural contact and national Identity (Task 2 Practice)

Psychology

Reading: 5 signs you're attractive (Difficulty: 18%) (3:57)
Writing: Self-esteem and the media (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: 7 ways having a pet can improve your mental health (Difficulty: 26%)
Writing: Pets (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: How to become a better parent (Difficulty 27%) (4:32)
Writing: Family relationships (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: 8 Habits of healthy relationships (Difficulty: 30%) (4:57)
Writing: Arranged marriages (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: Turning awkwardness into confidence (Difficulty: 33%) (3:14)
Writing: Natural-born leaders (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: 10 rare mental disorders to learn about (Difficulty: 37%) (5:56)
Writing: Stress (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: 5 Things People Who’ve Been Mentally Abused Do (Difficulty: 37%) (4:14)
Reading: What is love? (Difficulty: 41%) (3:45)
Writing: Average Age of Marriage (Task 1 Practice)
Reading: 6 signs of avoidant personality (Difficulty: 42%) (5:27)
Writing: Confidence (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: Things a psychopath might say (Difficulty: 49%) (3:36)
Writing: Criminals (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: 6 Types of Gifted People (Difficulty: 49%) (5:19)
Writing: Achievement in children (Task 2 Practice)

Technology

Reading: How Radios work (Difficulty: 5%)
Writing: Technology for the Elderly (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: The Cigarette Machine (Difficulty: 15%)
Reading: Pioneers for Our Planet: How to grow more with less (Difficulty 26%) (2:53)
Writing: Locally Produced Food (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: Skyscrapers (Difficulty: 29%) (3:00)
Writing: Technology and Equality (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: How CT Scans work (Difficulty: 30%) (1:26)
Writing: How do CT Scans work? (Task 1 Practice)
Reading: How telephones work (Difficulty: 34%) (1:31)
Writing: The Importance of Phones (Task 2 Practice)
Listening: How combustion engines work (Difficulty 70%)
Writing: How do combustion engines work? (Task 1 Practice)
Writing: Education or Manual Labour? (Task 2 Practice)

Information Communication Technology

Reading: What is ICT?
Written Conversation Practice: How has ICT changed our lives?
Writing: Technology and connectedness (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: Hard Drive Technology (Difficulty: 67%)
Written Conversation Practice: What are the advantages of different types of computer memory storage?
Writing: How do hard drives work? (Task 1 Practice)
Paraphrasing: Hard Drive Technology
Reading: The Dangers of AI
Written Conversation Practice: What are the advantages and disadvantages of AI?
Writing: The future of Artificial Intelligence (Task 2 Practice)

Science

Reading: How Tides Work (Difficulty: 18%)
Writing: How tides work (Task 1 Practice)
Reading: The Physics of Skydiving (Difficulty: 19%) (3:46)
Writing: How parachutes work (Task 1 Practice)
Reading: The four forces of aerodynamics (Difficulty: 26%) (1:59)
Reading: What is Homeostasis? (Difficulty 29%) (2:34)
Reading: Making Alcohols By Fermentation (Difficulty: 30%) (3:33)
Reading: What is Digestion? (Difficulty 35%) (3:18)
Reading: South Australia's Boom to renewable energy (Difficulty: 36%) (1:29)
Writing: Renewable energy and fossil fuels (Task 1 Practice)
Writing: Fossil fuels (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: How vaccines are made from eggs (Difficulty: 45%) (2:36)
Writing: Vaccines and Smallpox (Task 1 Practice)
Writing: Vaccines and Polio (Task 1 Practice)
Writing: Vaccines and Measles (Task 1 Practice)
Writing: Medical advances and life expectancy (Task 2 Practice)
What are Catalysts? (Difficulty: 48%) (3:33)
Reading: Electroreception (Difficulty: 58%)
Writing: Electroreception in Embryonic Rays (Task 1 Practice)
Reading: The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (Difficulty: 70%) (5:51)
Writing: Nuclear power (Task 2 Practice)

Mythology

Reading: The Gods of Ancient Greece (Difficulty: 28%) (4:13)
Writing: Ancient Greek Gods Family History (General writing practice)
Reading: Mythical Creatures Vocabulary (Difficulty: 31%) (5:35)

Economics

Reading: Teaching children about money (Difficulty: 23%) (2:57)
Reading: Why is it so difficult to measure the economy? (Difficulty: 33%) (4:17)
Reading: What is economics? (Difficulty: 34%) (2:40)

Geography

Reading: How tectonic plates work (Difficulty: 15%) (4:55)
Writing: How convection currents work (Task 1 Practice)
Reading: How waterfalls are formed (Difficulty: 42%) (1:10)
Writing: How are waterfalls formed? (Task 1 Practice)

Critical thinking

Reading: 25 Cognitive Biases (Difficulty: 28%) (10:34)
Reading: Confirmation Bias (Difficulty: 35%) (3:09)
Reading: What are 'Logical fallacies'? (Difficulty: 53%) (2:07)

Inventions

Reading: The Printing Press (Difficulty: 8%)
Writing: Books, Television and Language Skills (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: Who invented the lightbulb? (Difficulty: 12%)
Written Conversation Practice: Did Thomas Edison really invent the lightbulb?
Writing: How do lightbulbs work (Task 1 Practice)
Writing: Should Edison get sole credit for inventing the lightbulb? (Task 2 Practice)
Reading: Stuffed Animals (Difficulty: 30%)

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