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You might find this useful as you prepare for your English exam next week.

English exam advice - Red Space Rocket Wiki

Sadly we didn’t have any volcanoes erupt while we were studying volcanoes. Obviously it would have caused massive destruction of man-made and natural environments and assets but it would have been a chance to talk about the real thing.

Happily I just discovered this page which shows which volcanoes are displaying warning signs. On is looking like it might be ready to go soon.

Volcano Hazards Program

I saw this quiz about Australian History which I thought looked interested. I haven’t tried it yet but I might give it a go in the next couple of days.

How much do you know about Australia’s past?

You can find the Coasts Visual Test in this folder on the school servers.

Please answer these questions on the answer sheet provided.

W:\Barton Resources\Mr O’Meara\Coasts Tests

If you missed this in class you can complete it online. I am not marking this but you might find it useful to see how much of this material you understand.

Our test this week are open book. I have put all the notes we used on the wiki.

If you just want to read them online to refresh your memory use this version.

If you want to print them and bring them to class the use this version.

They are both the same information with slightly different formatting.

When studying the Second World War it is tempting to think that if someone just took Adolf Hitler out of the picture then these terrible things would never have happened. I don’t particular buy this idea but I did really enjoy Stephen Fry’s novel which is based around this very idea.

If you have the inclination and time you might enjoy it and expand your understanding.

Making History (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You can find these resources here.

W:\Barton Resources\Mr O’Meara\Geography Revision

Improving the World War Two Notes.

This is due next Wednesday, 12th November 2008.

WE ALL know about the threat to the Great Barrier Reef from extreme climate change, but the Australian Conservation Foundation wants to ram home to Victorians that the effects of a hotter world will hit much closer to home.

Snow, beaches, jobs to vanish: new pointers to a parched land | theage.com.au