Formal Photos
Largely thanks to Miss Vrymoet and Miss Kadera, I have one hundred and nineteen photos from the formal. As a collection they are pretty massive so I am still thinking about ways to get them to you. I will be at Barton today and if you want to bring in a memory stick or something [...]
Discuss
If have been in any of classes this year then this message is for you. I have left your membership of the Red Space Rocket forum open so you can talk to each other and me.
Feel free to drop in if you have the time and inclination.
English exam advice
You might find this useful as you prepare for your English exam next week.
English exam advice – Red Space Rocket Wiki
Active Volcanoes
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 [...]
History Quiz
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?
Coasts Visual Test
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
Coasts Revision Crossword
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.
Goegraphy: Coastal Notes
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.
Making History: A Novel
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 [...]
Geography Revision
You can find these resources here.
W:\Barton Resources\Mr O’Meara\Geography Revision
The Last History Assignment for 2008
Improving the World War Two Notes.
This is due next Wednesday, 12th November 2008.
Snow, beaches, jobs to vanish
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