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=  = **__Community Integrated Project- by Melanie Lay __**

This intergrated project is about the City of Maribyrnong. In term three the year 8 students of Gilmore College for Girls have been investigating the Maribyrnong community. This assignment required organization, research and computer skills, and teamwork.

For the SCIENCE component of this project we had to choose three different ecosystems near the Maribyrnong River: Newells Paddock, Iramoo Grassland and Altona Coastal Park. My group includes Dianne, Linh, Courtney and Samantha. Our group chose the Iramoo Grassland ecosystem. We had to research seven different animals and two different plants from our ecosystem and answer questions concerning their habitat, eating habits and whether they were in the producers or first, second or third order consumers.

For the SOSE component of this project we had to choose a client and write a profile about the things that are essential to them such as schools, shopping centres, etc. We chose a refugee family: the father is a taxi driver, the mother in retail, and the two children(boys) attend primary school. We investigated the role of the Maribyrnong Council and researched the suburbs that are in the City of Maribyrnong and wrote a report about our findings. The nine suburbs in the City of Maribyrnong are: Braybrook(3019), Footscray(3011), Kingsville(3012), Maidstone(3012), Maribyrnong(3032), Seddon(3011), Tottenham(3012), West Footscray(3012), and Yarraville(3013).

For the MATH component of this project we had to investigate the annual income of our clients and then decide on whether they're buying or renting a house in the City of Maribyrnong. Our clients had to rent a house because they couldn't afford to buy a house with their salary. We then had to calculate the scale, shape, dimensions, area of our house and rooms, etc....

The ENGLISH component was a creative writing task where student had to choose from one of the following topics: -My ideal home -Describe your fantasy house of the future -Describe a house that you have previously lived in I chose to write about my ideal home....



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