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History Day Home Page
This site has links for students as well as parents with information about the National History Day contest. Check out research resources in the student section! |
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National Archives
Check out the research room, ARC Catalogue (yellow button), and put in your search phrase (check digital copies only) to find original primary sources on your (American history) topic. |
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Library of Congress Digital Collections
This site is packed with digital copies of primary source documents, photos, sound recordings, etc. Browse by topic or search all collections. |
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History Net
Links to research sites and primary documents |
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History Links
A rich listing of hundreds (maybe thousands) of history websites, catalogued by state, time period, and with brief explanations of what each site covers. Excellent resource! |
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Avalon
WW II sources |
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Math Olympiad Home Page
Information about the Math Olympiad program. |
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Math Counts
This site has a "Problem of the Week," along with an archive of past problems and Math Counts testing questions. |
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Online Writing Lab
This site has the coolest games that will help you to practice grammar rules and learn sentence composition. Shoot-em-up arcade, game show, tic tac toe, etc. Painless way to practice grammar! Navigate to "Online tests and games" link. |
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Essay Punch
This is an interactive online essay writing tutorial, helps you to learn to organize and write an essay from pre-writing through conclusion. |
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Online Writing Lab
Purdue's OWL (online writing lab) is the best! Get all the help you need for almost any type of essay or research paper. |
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Essay Writing Made Easy
Lots of examples, models, and help for writing that EXCELLENT ESSAY! |
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Get Bytten Grammar Instruction
Interactive grammar instruction with assessment tests and fun graphics. |
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New Scientist Webzine
Many interesting articles about the future. |
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Futurist Webzine
Take a look at the articles and archives sections for some great info on future trends and developments, predictions for the future, etc. |
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Forecasts for the Future 2007
Forecasts made in 2007 by the World Future Society. |
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Find Articles
A searchable archive of articles on many different topics. |
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Gateway to Everything Nanotech
Excellent site with tons of information and articles. |
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How Stuff Works
Excellent, understandable explanations of technology and engineering. |
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How-to on the Building of Dioramas
Help with beginning a diorama or model. |
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Future City homepage
Info on rules of competition, examples of past winners, research and other resources, student blog, etc. |
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Transportation Futurists
This is an exhibit tracing the futuristic concepts in transportation that have occurred over time. Some of it is merely entertaining, however, there is a nice section on monorails. When anticipating future trends, it is useful to know the history - what ideas have already been tried. |
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Entomopter
Learn about a brand-new type of flying machine based on the movement of insects and a chemical reaction for wing movement. |
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Vocabulary University
Test preparation, games, activities, divided by age groups. |
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Free Study Materials for SAT
Math and Verbal study materials. |
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Fakeout Vocabulary Game
Play a game in which you choose a word and guess its definition. |
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Vocabulary Crosswords and Puzzles
Play an online crossword puzzle, hangman, word search, matching games, etc. |
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Word Roots Practice
Practice the word roots by guessing the definitions. |
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Vocabulary SAT games
Many games for SAT vocabulary practice. |
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100 Common SAT Words Game
Quia games on SAT Words. |
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Greek and Latin Roots Games
Mrs. Escobar's game! |
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Roots concentration game
Mrs. Escobar's game! |
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Roots Game
These words are from the Princeton Review book |
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Word Roots Jeopardy 1
Mrs. Escobar's game. |
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Root Jeopardy
Mrs. Escobar's game |
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Roots Millionaire Game
Another of Mrs. Escobar's creations. |
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Sentence Completions Game
Mrs. Escobar's game. |
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