Sydney Water Catchment Filtration

For information on the Sydney Water catchment and filtration process go to http://www.sydneywater.com.au/OurSystemsAndOperations/WaterSystems/

Ross

handy HOT TOPIC is now on-line

The latest Hot Topic available on-line is all about the Australian legal system...and so is also good for staff who may be interested in background knowledge about this subject.
http://www.liac.sl.nsw.gov.au/hot/
Louise

NSW HSC ONLINE

This is a fantastic on-line source for HSC students. Content is run by the NSW Dept. of Education and Charles Sturt University. The website includes study guides, exams, forums, links to other knowledge sites, exam techniques.

http://hsc.csu.edu.au/

Louise

Statistics from Nationmaster

NationMaster is at http://www.nationmaster.com/ and they have a wide range of current statistical information on such topics as population, geography, crime, transportation, energy, lifestyle, religion.
A major feature of the website is that it allows users to generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the a wide variety of sources including CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. And is excellent for comparing data between countries.

You can use the general search button with keywords or also take a look at the facts and statistics category subject choices. The first screens you get show bar graphs but using the MAP tab you can get visual world wide comparisons and can then zoom in to regions and countries.

Louise

Who plays computer games? - statistics

2008 Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry (16 page PDF; 120 KB) http://www.theesa.com/facts/pdfs/ESA_EF_2008.pdf
Source: Entertainment Software Association
65% of American households play computer or video games.
The average game player age is 35.
In 2008, 26% of gamers were over the age of 50.
The average age of the most frequent game purchaser is: 40
Women age 18 or older represent a significantly greater portion of the game-playing population (33%) than boys age 17 or younger (18%).
13 is the average number of years adult gamers have been playing computer or video games.
59% of gamers play games with other gamers in person.
94% of the time parents are present at the time games are purchased or rented.
63% of parents believe games are a positive part of their childrens lives.
83% of the time children receive their parents permission before purchasing or renting a game.
Parents report always or sometimes monitoring the games their children play 88% of the time.
Posted by Louise