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Free Educational Resources
Index
Art
- Creativity Resources for Teachers (Denver Art Museum)
- Google Art Project
- Art history resources and ArtHistory.net
- How to Draw Cartoons
Academics
- AcademicEarth.org
- Annenberg Learner videos
- Connexions
- Hippocampus
- MIT Open Courseware (Free course materials and lesson plans)
- OpenCourseWare Consortium
- OpenCulture.com
- UDACITY (free university-level courses)
- YouTube.com/edu
Economics
- No Free Lunch: Economics for a Fallen World by Dr. Jeff Haymond, professor of economics at Cedarville University
English
Common Writing Mistakes
- Adjective/adverb mistakes
- Comma Splices and run-on sentences
- Dangling phrases
- Dashes
- Extended rules for using commas
- Hyphens
- Muddled modifiers
- Parallelism
- Passive Voice
- Perfect Tense
- Pronoun References
- Proof reading issues
- Quotation basics
- Subject and verb agreement
- Sequence of Tenses and here
- Verb tense consistency
- Wordiness
Grammar and punctuation resources
- Grammar exercises
- Punctuation exercises
- Spelling exercises
- Sentence structure exercises
- Eliminating wordiness exercises
- Writing numbers exercises
- ESL exercises
- Mechanics of sentence organization and style
Grammar Check Online
Literature Study Guides
- Glencoe Literature Guides
- American Literature (free outline for course)
- Gutenberg Project (free e-book downloads)
- Poetry (course and resources)
Stylistic Development
- Five-part series on creating flow in writing
Finance
- Finance in the Classroom
- Hands on Banking for Young Adult
- National Endowment for Financial Education
- School on Investing
Forms
- Donna Young Printables & Reproducibles
- 4-Year High School Plan
- HSLDA transcripts
- Resumes
- Rubrics (to evaluate coursework)
History/Government
- Civics and Citizenship—Reagan Foundation
- Constitutional Law—The Harlan Institute
- Current Events—Student News Daily
- Generation Joshua civics classes
- Glencoe U.S. Government online resources
- Glencoe U.S. History online resources
- Glencoe World Geography online resources
- Glencoe World History online resources
- Hillsdale College—Free Online Constitution Course
- Maps at University of Texas Libraries
- The Heritage Foundation’s Guide to the Constitution (online version and teacher’s guide are free)
- U.S. Government—Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government
Life Prep
- Life Smarts (free lesson plans from National Consumers League)
Math
- A+ Interactive Math (Free math placement tests)
- Math Is Fun (Statistics and Probability)
- Khan Academy
- Homeschool Math
- Cool Math
- Stat Trek (Free tutorial for AP Statistics exam)
Online Libraries
- Google Books
- Internet Archive
- Project Gutenberg
- Open Library
- Free Ebooks—you can read five ebooks free each month. More than that costs $50 for three years of unlimited access.
- Barnes and Noble—offers the same software download for your PC and many free ebooks as well. There is a kids’ section where books, complete with full color illustrations, are read by their authors or celebrities.
- Books Should Be Free—free, downloadable audio books of all genres.
- To make your laptop/PC Kindle friendly, download the Kindle software free.
Placement Tests
Language Arts:
- National Right to Read Competency Test
- Schonell Test to determine reading age
- Sonlight reading assessment
Math:
- Math-U-See.com
- Sonlight curriculum math readiness
- Teaching Textbooks placement tests
- Thinkwell math placement
General:
- Other sources for placement tests
Project Management
- Basecamp For homeschooling families savvy in computer technology, consider signing up for a free Basecamp account, which offers digital ways to organize schoolwork, communicate work status, and present completed work. One account can handle multiple students and multiple subjects. These techniques can drastically reduce the amount of paperwork floating around your homeschool.
Science
Subject Index:
Anatomy & Physiology
- Anatomy Zone offers tutorials, flash cards, 3-D atlas, and question bank
- Biology Corner
- AP Resources
- Get Body Smart
- The Anatomy Lesson
Biology
- PhET Interactive Simulations in Biology (produced by the Carnegie Melon University) offers virtual labs, virtual lab problems, tutorials, real-world scenarios, simulations, and concept tests
- Reasons to Believe
- Answers in Genesis
- Khan Academy Tutorials on Biology
- Get Body Smart
Chemistry
- ChemCollective (produce by the University of Colorado at Boulder)
- PhET Interactive Simulations in Chemistry (produced by the Carnegie Melon University) offers virtual labs, virtual lab problems, tutorials, real-world scenarios, simulations, and concept tests
- Periodic Table Song
- Khan Academy Tutorials in Chemistry
- Khan Academy Tutorials in Organic chemistry
Physical Science
- Geology.com: Teaching Earth Science (produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder)
- Phet Interactive Simulations in Earth Science (produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder)
- Reasons Academy: Earth Science
Physics
- Phet Interactive Simulations in Physics (produced by the University of Colorado at Boulder)
- The Physics Classroom Tutorials
- Reasons to Believe: Physics
- Khan Academy Physics Tutorials
Other Sciences
- Reasons to Believe: Astronomy
- Khan Academy
Study Skills
- Study Skills: Your Teen’s Path to Future Success
This edition of the Homeschooling Thru High School newsletter offers ideas and resources for teaching your teens good study habits and time management skills during high school.
Encourage students to adapt the following resources to suit their needs. Dual-enrollment and college prep students will find the college resources quite useful.
- College Time Management and Study Scheduling Tool
- How Is College Different from High School?
- Improving Reading Speed
- Long-Term Assignment Planning Tool
- Note Taking Methods for Effective Learning: 40 Best Templates by Jack Milgram
- Note Taking Skills
- Note Taking Strategies
- Sharpening Teen Study Skills
- SQR3 Method of Reading
- Study Guides and Strategies
- Study Skills Help from the College Board
- Test Preparation Strategy Sheet
- Test Taking Tips
- Tips to Help College Students Get the Semester Off to a Good Start
- Weekly Goal Setting
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