Year 7 – Design & Technology (Memory Storage Devices)

For general background information to get you started try Encyclopaedia Britannica on line

http://www.patsblacktown.nsw.edu.au/library

Click on library catalogue/e-resources and search Britannica -you will find information at three different levels

Number One – Flash drives

Search howstuffworks
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/
Inside This Article:

1. Introduction to How Flash Memory Works

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory.htm
2. Flash memory: tunneling and erasing

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory1.htm
3. Removable flash memory cards

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory2.htm

4. Memory standards

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/flash-memory3.htm

Number Two – RAM Memory & CD’s

Information from the BBC for schools
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev1.shtml
A computer uses two types of storage:

- A main store, consisting of ROM and RAM, and
- Backing stores, which can be internal (a hard disk) or external (eg, floppy disk or CD)

Inside This Article:

ROM and RAM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev2.shtml

Internal backing store

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev3.shtml

External backing stores: magnetic disks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev4.shtml
External backing stores: optical disks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev5.shtml
External backing stores: magnetic tape

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev6.shtml
External backing stores: other types

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/ict/hardware/1datastoragerev7.shtml

Number Three – MP3 Diagram (how it works)
about.com
http://pcworld.about.com/news/Feb162001id41106.htm

Inside This Article:

A diagram and explanation of how an MP3 player functions. The explanation seems very high order language, though the students may be able to use the diagram to explain how it is used.

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/mp3.htm
Simplified version with a video link explaining how an MP3 player works.

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Visual Art - Installation Artists

General sites about installation artists http://www.flickr.com/photos/gthang1983/

Artcyclopaedia lists artists by medium in chronological order - click on the link to the artist of your choice

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/media/Installation_Artist.html

The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.

http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Visual_Arts/Installation_Art/Artists/

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (remember to verify any information from wikipedia)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Installation_art

Search for specific artists

Enclyclopaedia Britannica - search by artists name and select the level of information you need - dont forget to look for the multimedia items!

http://school.eb.com.au/

wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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Yr 11 Work Studies

Australian Bureau of Statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia's official statistical organisation.

The ABS collects information of national importance about the economy, population and society of Australia. It does this through household and business surveys and the Census of Population and Housing.The ABS collects, compiles, analyses and disseminates a wide range of statistics. We also work with other federal, state and local government agencies to help them do likewise.

http://www.abs.gov.au/

Search by industry

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