General Homework Help Web Sites

Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection www.learner.org/interactives This site features interactive exhibits on a variety of subjects.

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Homework Help www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/homework This site features extensive links for homework help on the Web in art, English and literature, foreign languages, health, math, science, music, and social sciences.

Criminal Justice Resources www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/juvenile.htm This site provides links to Web sites, articles and publications, and other source links with annotations.

Merriam-Webster Online www.learner.org/interactives Dictionary, thesaurus, word definitions, and audio pronunciation provide help for writing assignments and speech preparation.

 

English

Big Dog's Grammar www.aliscot.com/bigdog/ This site will help you fix your comma splices, fragments, dangling modifiers, and other grammar errors.

Improving Your Style www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Style.html This site from the University of Wisconsin-Madison offers advice on passive and active tense, precise styles, and common issues of usage. You can link to their pages on grammar and punctuation as well.

Spelling Rules: Reading from Scratch www.dyslexia.org/spelling_rules.shtml This site features a spelling tutorial for basic rules.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet http://shakespeare.palomar.edu This site offers access to scholarly materials about Shakespeare and his works. You can find out about the Renaissance, Shakespeare's life, Shakespearean festivals, and all the plays and non-dramatic poetry.

MLA Citation Guide www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/workshop/citmla.htm This site from Long Island University provides a guide to MLA citations.

 

History

CIA World Factbook www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook The CIA Web site has economic information, history, and maps on nations of the world.

History Matters http://historymatters.gmu.edu This site from George Mason University offers a variety of information and links on United States History.

Library of Congress www.loc.gov/index.html The Library of Congress has online exhibits and provides access to some sound recordings.

National Archives www.archives.gov The National Archives Web site offers access to a variety of primary source documents. There are also links to the Presidential Libraries and other extensive collections.

Online Archiver of New Mexico http://oanm.unm.edu This site provides access to primary source materials in the New Mexico history of art and architecture, archaeology, economics, environmental history, folklore and folk art, commerce, early settlements, ranching, farming, law and legislation, literature, military, politics and government, social events, and natural resources management.

National Geographic Society Publications Site Index www.nationalgeographic.com/publications This index contains records describing each NGS magazine article, book, map, and video. The Aztec High School Library has back issues from 1922 available for viewing and in library use.

 

Math and Science

Holt Online Learning http://my.hrw.com/ AHS Math Courses website support. You will need the following information to login.   Algebra I Albegra II Geometry Username: ahs3 Password: t8y5 Username: ahs2 Password: b4u8 Username: ahs4 Password: v6t8

Los Alamos National Labs www.lanl.gov/ This site features Bradbury Science Museum links to history, defense, and research galleries.

The Math Forum @ Drexel University http://mathforum.org This site provides resources, materials, activities, and offers a student center Web page. See the students button.

Chemistry Coach www.asa3.org/ASA/education/learn/chemcoach.htm This site has a chemistry focus, but therhttp://mathforum.org/e are also many links to guide a student to success in a wide variety of areas. Provided by Wilton High School.

How Stuff Works www.howstuffworks.com This site tells how things work, from thermometers to Web pages to batteries.

FirstGov for Science http://science.gov These science Web sites provide authoritative selected science information that includes research and development results.

Math and Science Gateway www.tc.cornell.edu/Services/Education/Gateways/Math_and_Science This Gateway provides links to resources in mathematics and science for educators and students in grades 9-12. Topics include astronomy, agriculture, biology, chemistry, computers, earth and environmental science, engineering, health and medicine, mathematics, meteorology, physics, as well as a monthly sci-math topic.

Planet Earth www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/planetearth This site provides an interactive journey around the planet using video and images of science and nature.

Earth Scope www.earthscope.org This site provides access to the work of many scientists that examine North America's features and how they change through time.

Windows to the Universe www.windows.ucar.edu Use this site to explore earth's interior and surface, atmosphere, magnetosphere, moon, water, life and ecology, and geology.

National Geographic Expeditions http://nationalgeographic.com/expeditions This National Geographic Education & Children's Programs' Web site offers a variety of features from lesson plans, activities, student materials, atlas, and expeditions hall (a virtual museum).

National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org The National Science Digital Library provides an organized point of access to collections and services from resource contributors that represent the best of both public and private institutions including universities, museums, commercial publishers, government agencies, and professional societies.

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