Helpful Resources
Answer any question about writing.
Purdue Online Writing Lab: Example Research Paper
Helpful text boxes to tell you what should be included in your paper.
Basic Steps in the research process.
A writing process organizer.
Research and writing help.
A science fair project guide.
Citation generator. Free to use in MLA format.
Another citation generator.
Information on plagiarism so you can be sure to avoid it!
Evaluation Criteria to ensure valid resources.
A checklist for you to use in order to evaluate sources.
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Variety of Subjects:
Subject area videos and practice exercises. For free for everyone forever.
Homework and study help video instruction.
Study anything for free.
Explore websites categorized by the Dewey Classification System.
Science:
Interactive simulations by subject.
Biology tutorials.
An interactive periodic table. Click an element and watch a video.
English/Language Arts:
study vocabulary and roots online.
Learn how words associate with visual aids.
Math:
Solve your math problems.
Enter what you want to calculate or know about.
Select a topic.
Select a topic.
Social Studies:
Find statistical facts.
What are primary sources?
Teaching with primary sources.
The largest library in the world.
Library of Congress: Online Activities
Explore different topics online with fun, interactive, teacher created activities.
Library of Congress: Presentations
Look across the American Memory collections
History source book project.
Open collections program
C-SPAN classroom offers free primary source materials for social studies teachers.
Lesson plans for teachers
Resources for teaching American history.
Hanover College Historical Text Collection
Makes available digital versions of historical texts.
Browse primary sources.
Free educational and cultural media.
Videos and more.
20th Century US and Civics.
A global video classroom.
Free US Government movies
Educational Videos
Biology and biodiversity
Interviews and Short clips of famous people
Digital Media and Professional Development
25 sites for free educational media.
Free practice straight from The College Board
You can download and take a full practice test or you can go through different sections to practice specific topics.
Helps you prepare with free practice tests.
Free resources on this site include seminars, practice tests, and lesson videos.
Social Studies:
"Brings to life the incredible characters and epic stories that have shaped America’s past and present."
United States historical topics and themes
You can search by place, time, topic, type of item or institution.
1st Americans through the 21st Century
Search your topic.
Eyewitness accounts of early American history.
Provides information on history, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues.
Debate with the world.
Primary sources from American popular culture.
Historical Military Collections
Browse United States Military records.
A list of 100 milestone documents.
Science:
A search engine for all things science.
Magazine of the society for science and the public.
A gateway to U.S Federal science.
Your source for the latest research news
Math:
Select a topic.
Select a topic.
English:
For those who have difficulty reading Shakespearian plays. This puts Shakespeare's language side-by-side with a facing-page translation into modern English-The kind of English people actually read today!
Please see "Writing Resources" for more English-specific links.
A variety of technology tools students and teachers.
A link to online tools by subject.
How to videos for the technology classroom.
Teacher technology tools with explanations and ideas for use in the classroom.
Web 2.0 teaching tools.
Online tools and applications.
Find or create WebQuests.
A community library of technology tools, lessons, activities and support materials for teaching and learning mathematics.
Tools for the 21st century instructor.
Generate word clouds from text.
Create a dynamic visual map.
Create a free 30 second video
A zooming presentation tool.