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Year 8 Music Home Learning - Week 10 - Special Events

Need to find out about Mozart, Walton or Handel? Try searching some selected websites by clicking on the link: http://rollyo.com/sbarry/music_special_events/ Search Hint: Typing in the words William Walton in a search box means the search engine will search for any bits in a site with the word William or Walton or both words. To get a better search result type the name with speech marks around it like this - 'William Walton' - and the search engine will search only for William Walton. If you want to search for William Walton and his music Crown Imperial, then you could try the search term 'William Walton' + 'Crown Imperial' in the search box. Not forgetting the speech marks around the phrases.
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Year 8 Geography Home Learning - Week 10/11: ALASKA

You can find books for your research about Alaska in these locations in the library: Towns/Cities: In the Geography section: USA - 917 and 917.3 In the reference section: 910 REF (eg World Book Encylopedia of People and Places, World Fact book etc) 912 REF - Atlases Wildlife: Look in the Science section - Animals - 590 onwards Useful web links: http://awcc.org/home.html - Alaskan Wildlife Conservation Centre http://wildlife.alaska.gov/ - Alaskan Government Wildlife Conservation site Sports: Find books about a range of sports at 796-799 A useful start to your research might be at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Sports_in_Alaska - this gives you some ideas for sports to research. Remember not to rely on the information from wikipedia - always double check from another source! Don't forget to use the subject index to help you look up specific topics or ask the librarian for help.
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