Year+8

=Year Eight Research Assignments=

English
[|Essay Map] This site assists students in planning an informative essay. Students are prompted online to enter their introduction, main ideas, supporting details and conclusion to produce an essay map to guide them while completing their assignment. Additionally this tool provides teachers with a clear plan of their students work.

Geography
[|Partners in Rhyme (Royalty Free Music & Sound Effects)] The sounds on this page are collected from the web and are generally available to everyone for personal use. To use Right Click on Sound and select Save Target As. [|Historic Events - Severe Weather - Geoscience Australia] Timeline of some severe weather events which have occurred in Australia's history. [|Herald Sun Picture Gallery Victorian Floods 2011] Includes numerous images from the 2011 Victorian Floods including overhead aerial shots of Kerang. [|The World Fact Book] [|BBC News Country Profiles] Full profiles provide an instant guide to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions. [|Library Spot World Reference] Hand selected web sites that help you cut down your searching and brings together quality sites that enable you to find information on countries around the world. [|Infoplease] Each country profile provides information on geography, maps, flag, history, literacy rates, population etc. [|World Flag Database] Comprehensive and up-to-date site featuring flags of the world. [|Britannica Online] Trusted resource compiled by experts in their field. [|Atlapedia Online] Atlapedia Online contains full colour physical maps, political maps as well as key facts and statistics on countries of the world.
 * The World Factbook** provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 266 world entities.

Indonesian
[|SEAsite Indonesia] Indonesian/English Vocabulary lessons on different themes eg. Colors, Numbers, Animals, Family etc. Includes recorded Indonesian pronunciations, flash games and picture quizzes.

Maths

Health & Physical Education
 Facts about Alcohol and Drugs

Advice on drugs and links to help services and legal information.



Provides information on the laws regarding drug possession.

Victorian Department of Health: Drug Information Site Information about drugs, their effects and help services.