Students will find these links very helpful in their quest for knowledge. From web sites that help with math problems to how to find scholarships and grants. Knowledge is power, so lets get stronger together.
The best careers advice to give to the young is, “Find out what you like doing best and get someone to pay you for doing it.’” – Katherine Whitehorn
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College packing list to help relieve the stress of going off to college.
http://www.collegepackinglist.com
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Visual Design
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Learn all about the Civil War from the events to where the battles were fought and how to get to them.
http://www.civilwartraveler.com/
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Visit the Smithsonian Museum with this virtual tour.
http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas
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Learn about the resources of all the different countries of the World.
http://show.mappingworlds.com/world/?lang=EN
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Learn how to type online.
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Defend the Earth as you brush up on your typing skills with this game.
http://www.wordgames.com/typing-defense.html
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Academicearth.com offers online courses from the World’s top scholars.
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SwoopThat.com is a web site that will help you compare prices for text books.
http://www.swoopthat.com
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Cool Math is designed to help students with various levels of math problems.
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Totally Stressed Out is a stress management site for students and other stressed out humans.
http://www.totallystressedout.com
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Popular Science and Google have partnered up to bring us the complete 137 years of Popular Sciences archives.
http://www.popsci.com/archives
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Translate another language into English as easily as cut and paste on this Google site.
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This site will help students follow the right course so they can get into the College of their choice.
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Students can find access to scholarships here.
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Here is another resource to find grants and scholarships.
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College recruiter helps graduates find intern positions or better yet, Jobs.
http://www.collegerecruiter.com
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The Wall Street Journal posted on July 23, 2010 the article “Lost in Translation.” It shows how the language that we speak effects how we think.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703467304575383131592767868.html
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Learn everything about snowflakes, snow crystals and look at some of the shapes that they form.
There are galleries of stunning close up photographs to enjoy.
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals
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Learn about the USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) 200 plus years history.
http://www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org/collections/ussc-history/index.htm
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EducationCity.com has fun educational games online for children between 3 and 12 years old. They also offer interactive whiteboard resources to aid teachers.
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The National Archives experience digital vault.
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Learn how to draw at HowToDrawIt.com.
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Learn new languages by playing games.
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Livemocha.com helps you build the confidence you need to speak a new language.
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A Biography of America.
http://www.learner.org/biographyofamerica
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Here is the website of the Perimeter Institute for theoretical physics.
http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca
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Get the definition of several words at the same time.
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Read the Constitution of the United States of America.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
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The World’s sharpest learning tool.
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Science Kids bringing science and technology together with sports science.
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/videos/sports.html
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Links to cool educational websites.
http://www.ourwash.org/w/coollinks.htm
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Find or become a public speaker.
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Webmath is a math-help web site that generates answers to specific math questions and problems.
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Wolfram Alpha’s long-term goal is to make all systematic knowledge immediately computable and accessible to everyone.
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Bright Storm is bringing great teaching to the World.
http://www.brightstorm.com/corporate/about-us
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Open Courseware Consortium is a way to get a college education for free with your computer.
Although you do not receive any college credits.
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Do you need help with a math problem? This could be just what you need.
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Smart Art for an education into art history.
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Test your knowledge of the Worlds geography.
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Beef up your typing skills.
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Infoplease.com gives you all the knowledge you need from 1900 to 2000.
http://www.infoplease.com/yearbyyear.html
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Wordnik.com is a great way to learn all about different words.
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Get the definition of any word on one of the webs 2 fastest dictionaries.
http://www.defineitfast.com/find
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Get the definition of any word on the second of the webs 2 fastest dictionaries.
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A fun way to get the definition of slang words or phrases.
http://www.urbandictionary.com
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Learn a new language or just a few phrases with 22 choices to select from.
http://translation2.paralink.com
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Michigan State University’s site to learn sign language.
http://www.commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb
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The ultimate resource to look up references
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Today’s front page of the news papers from around the country
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash
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Bartleby.com Read books and get quotes online for free
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Library of Congress
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Cue.com
A video learning site for students, or anyone else interested in learning. It supplies historical videos from NBCs video archives.
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Windows To The Universe is a good source for science information for kids.
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Convertworld.com to convert anything from one form of measurement to another.
http://www.convertworld.com/en
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Metric-Conversions.org to convert anything from one form of measurement to another.
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Acronymfinder.com to find out what any acronym, abbreviation, or initials stands for.
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Plol.org is a link to the Public Library of Law.
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The virtual human body
http://www.medtropolis.com/vbody.asp
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Bring the museum home with Encyclopedia Smithsonian
http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI
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For true knowledge in the world of science and a glimpse of what the future may hold.
The National Science Foundations’ web site is a whole new world to explore.
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The National Science Foundation shows us the birth and growth of the internet.
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/nsf-net
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Exploratorium.edu The museum of science, art and human perception.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/index.html
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EOL or The Encyclopedia of Life is trying to give you information about all 1.8 million species of life on Planet Earth.
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Webopedia.com A computer and internet technology dictionary to increase your technical knowledge.
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