When I was a kid trying to get an "A" at school my dad bought us a set of Encyclopedia Britannica, which were a large set of books. With no Internet (1960's) I used to take a book to my room and read as much as I could and found the information fascinating, I also got a copy of Wilfred D Best Students'Companion which helped with my general knowledge when we went to quiz nights. After becoming a teacher I felt students should get as much general knowledge as possible so with the aid of dictionaries and reference books I started to build a collection of works as a 'student compendium'.
During my Digital Media, Multimedia and some VET courses I got my students to work on The STEAMER book of knowledge, especially advanced students that complete task ahead of time, this was my fall back lessons for those clever or advanced students, these were asked to pick one of the areas of study and create a cover page, find some interesting facts (usually via the Internet) and put their findings into a chapter of the book The book was 138 pages long at my retirement from teaching.
STEAMER Stands for
Science, Technology, English, Arts, Mathematics, Environment and Religion.Eventually I gathered sufficient to create the Student Compendium and also a Steamer Book of Knowledge, so here they are compiled mainly by myself with student support so it might help some of you get that elusive "A"
Best of luck Peter J Faulks
STEAMER Stands for
Science, Technology, English, Arts, Mathematics, Environment and Religion
Environment covers Civics, History, Geography and Economics
Samples from the book
Applied Information Technology * AITStage1 * AITStage2 * AITStage3 * Cert II Business * Cert II Information Technology * Multimedia
Subjects * Art * Computing * English * Geography * Hass * History * Mathematics
Miscellaneous * Acronyms * Accreditation * ICT_Homework * Naplan * Lessons * Quizzes * Relief Lessons * Proverbs * Sayings * Simile
Exams & Tests * Student Survival Kit * Web quests * Worksheets * Home Page * Peters Site * Soccer
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| The Survival Kit Notebook | Basic things you need to know about surviving college |
| Life Skills 101 | All about dealing with everyday matters (Please email more for this topic) |
| Resume Basic | |
| Resume Executive | A worksheet on how Analogue works compared to Digital |
| Bullseye_computing_colour | Shows various computing career paths on a colour chart |
| Commonly Confused Words | Don't write the wrong word |
| DD114 Design Principles | Shows students the components of design and explains their use in documents |
| WKS249 Grammar & Syntax | Explains various meanings in grammar and syntax |
| Nouns_and_Adjectives | An explanation of Nouns in the English Language |
| Digital images basics.doc | Vector v's raster images and Student Exercises |
| Evaluation Individual.doc | A self evaluation template for completion of a task |
| Glossary for Exams.xls | A list of words commonly used in school exams |
| Glossary Technology Exams.xls | A list of words commonly used Computing in school exams |
| Journals PJF Howto.doc | How to create a student journal with samples |
| Lesson Plan Template.doc | A Basic lesson plan template used in Applied Information Technology |
| State of a Village | A World as a village |
| Storyboard Template.doc | Graphics storyboard |
| Things to do chart.doc | Simple template for planning tasks |
This is a collection of files I gave to my Year 12 Leavers
It is called The Student Survival Kit
English Survival |
For Exams |
For Fun |
Employment |
Links to other survival kits
The Student's Companion
Tutorials 
Naplan Training Courses Resources Quizzes
Applied Information Technology * AITStage1 * AITStage2 * AITStage3 * Cert II Business * Cert II Information Technology * Multimedia
Subjects * Art * Computing * English * Geography * Hass * History * Mathematics
Miscellaneous * Acronyms * Accreditation * ICT_Homework * Naplan * Lessons * Quizzes * Relief Lessons * Proverbs * Sayings * Simile
Exams & Tests * Student Survival Kit * Web quests * Worksheets * Home Page * Peters Site * Soccer
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Email Peter Faulks
Applied Information Technology * AITStage1 * AITStage2 * AITStage3 * Cert II Business * Cert II Information Technology * Multimedia
Subjects * Art * Computing * English * Geography * Hass * History * Mathematics
Miscellaneous * Acronyms * Accreditation * ICT_Homework * Naplan * Lessons * Quizzes * Relief Lessons * Proverbs * Sayings * Similes
Exams & Tests * Student Survival Kit * Web quests * Worksheets * Home Page * Peters Site * Soccer
Page last updated 23rd June 2018