• English
• Science
• History
• AP Chemistry
• Academic Resources (English, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, World Languages, Arts, Technology, and Typing Tutorial).

• What Is Differentiated Instruction?
  • Individual differences have intrigued and challenged educators for centuries. On the one hand, the understanding and application of this concept motivates our profession. On the other hand, practical responses to individual differences have almost entirely eluded us. Pat Burke Guild and Stephen Garger, Marching to Different Drummers (ASCD, 1998, p. 2)
  • Find out by spending some time online at http://pirate.shu.edu/~collinjo/edsites/difflearn.htm#Session1
  • Read what a Canadian teacher has to say about Differentiated Learning. http://www.enhancelearning.ca/differentiating.html

• http://www.help4teachers.com/. Confused and frustrated because you have more than one type of student in your classroom? Is your school needing to differentiate instruction to ensure more students succeed? Do you feel like a circus performer juggling inclusion, diversity, learning styles, multiple intelligences and mind styles in your teaching methods! Then you can see the reasons behind the development of Layered Curriculum - the easiest solution for teachers in today's mixed ability classrooms. (Articles, lesson plans, tips, strategies, research updates) This web-site exposes you to a completely student centered teaching method which is based upon a triangular model of three layers each requiring a higher level of understanding.
  • What's in a Layer?
    C Layer: Basic knowledge, understanding. The student builds on his/her current level of core information.
    B Layer: Application or manipulation of the information learned in the C layer. Problem solving or other higher level thinking tasks can be placed here.
    A Layer: Critical Thinking and Analysis. This layer requires the highest and most complex thought.
• http://www.brains.org/. PRACTICAL classroom applications of current brain research; a link between current psychological and neurological RESEARCH and EDUCATION.

• http://www.neads.ca. This site provides information on scholarships and assistance for students with physical or learning disabilities.
• http://www.neads.ca. This page of the neads site will give any student, whether disabled or not, a comprehensive list of scholarships and student aid available to high school students in New Brunswick who wish to attend university.
• http://www.scholarshipscanada.com/. Canada's most comprehensive scholarship portal. Search the extensive database to find scholarships, student awards, bursaries and grants, information about student loans, applications and budget planning.
• http://www.canlearn.ca/. You will find information about Canadian universities and colleges, scholarships, and the National Student Loans Service Centre, where you will find all the information you need to apply for, maintain and repay your student loans.
• http://www.schoolnet.ca/home/e/resources/. Welcome to SchoolNet’s Learning Resources! Here you will find links to over 7,000 of the Internet’s most engaging and informative links selected to meet the needs of teachers, students and parents alike.

• Interesting Take 'The Brain' quiz.What is your preferred learning style? Is your thinking left or right brain hemisphere? What % are you a visual or auditory learner? Download the quiz. Click on "brain.exe" in the fourth paragraph
• ReadPlease  Highly Recommended (have your computer read to you, proofread your writing) Readplease2002 will allow you to cut and paste anything (web, e-mail, word documents, etc) to this program and it will read it to you as it highlights the individual words. Try it! Great resource for students. You can change the font, speed, and voice. Its Free!

• Glossary of Learning Disabilities Terms  (for parents, teachers and students)
• Do you fit the Attention Deficit Disorder profile?
  • What is ADD/ADHD?
  • Who Has ADD?
  • What Causes ADD in Adolescents and Adults?
  • The Basic Characteristics of ADD
  • What is the Treatment for ADD?
  • Legal Issues for College ADD Students
  • Strategies for Coping with ADD at Work
    • Coping with Hyperactivity
    • Coping with Distractions
    • Staying Organized
    • Managing Time on the Job
    • Memory
  • Welcome to http://www.autism-resources.com/ offering information and links regarding the developmental disabilities Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.
  •  Drug Ritalin and ADHD. http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adhd.cfm
  •  Does Ritalin lead to drug abuse? http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofax/ritalin.html
  •  See what PBS has to say about Ritalin. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/medicating/drugs/

• Dr. Mel Levine's Bio -Author of great new book All Kinds of Minds
• All Kinds of Minds  (for parents, teachers and students) This is the best, most useful and interesting (audio & video) web-site that I have found on learning disabilities. It provides practical classroom and homework strategies for most, if not all of our students.
• http://www.ldonline.org/
• http://www.schwablearning.org/index.asp

• Overcoming Dyslexia.  This is a must read article from Fortune Magazine for all teachers, parents and students, interested in Dyslexia. It sheds a great deal of light on what a learning disability is and how it can affect someone. It is told through the eyes of some of the world's wealthiest and most successful businessmen who are also dyslexic. (when you are on the Fortune Magazine page click on Overcoming Dyslexia under the attachment column)
• Problem Solving Skills  (for teachers and parents) An easily read research document that is a compilation of successful strategies and teaching methods proven to be effective for Learning Disabled students.

• General Homework Tips For Parents
• How to take control of homework so it doesn't control you.  (Recommended by Mr. Yerxa)
• Practical suggestions for setting up a homework corner.  (Recommended by Mr. Yerxa)

• Tips for taking Multiple Choice Tests  (Tips for students and an interesting brain teasing self-test)
• Mind Maps
  • Great Site James Cook University Australia
  • Learn about:
    • How to do a Mind Map
    • More About Mind Mapping
    • Essay Preparation
    • Sample Essay Mind Map
    • Summarising Readings
    • Sample Reading Mind Map
    • Lectures, Seminars, Workshops and Tutorials
    • Sample Lecture Mind Map
    • Other Links
  • Sustaining Effort
  • Being Active and Strategic/Impact of Attention, Memory, Sequential Ordering, and Higher Order Cognition
  • The Realization and Utilization of Organization
  • Taking Good Notes
  • Preparing for Tests
  • Having Materials Ready
• Recommended Method of Taking Notes
• Study Strategies  This is the most comprehensive collection of student study strategies I have found on the web. Don't be intimidated because this material comes from Virginia Tech University. It contains practical strategies for high school students. Check out this web-site or go directly to the topic listed below.
  • Time Management Strategies for Improving Academic Performance
  • Seven Strategies for Improving Test Performance
  • Increasing Textbook Reading Comprehension by Using SQ3R
  • Strategies for Improving Concentration and Memory
  • Time Scheduling Suggestions
  • Where Does Time Go?
  • More Information on Time Scheduling
  • Acronyms
  • Study Skill Checklist
  • Concentration - Some Basic Guidelines
  • Control of the Study Environment
  • Note Taking - The Cornell System
  • Editing Lecture Notes
  • How to Read Essays You Must Analyze
  • Constructive Suggestions Regarding Motivation
  • Note Taking and In - Class Skills
  • Priority Setting
  • Proofreading
  • How to Read a Difficult Book
  • Remembering
  • Skimming and Scanning Scientific Material
  • SQ3R - A Reading/Study System
  • Strategies to Use with Difficult Questions
  • Study Environment Analysis
  • Suggestions for Improving Reading Speed
  • Procedure for Writing a Term Paper
  • Vocabulary: An On Going Process
  • Writing Papers

• Study Guides  (Great English resource for students. Huge number of free study guides)
• Bibliomania  Free Online Literature and Study Guides Bibliomania brings you the internet's best collection of classic texts and study resources. Houses an extensive online collection of texts ranging from fiction and poetry to general non-fiction.
• Shakespeare Quizzes
  • http://www.funtrivia.com/dir/208.html. Great collection of 98 quizzes on Shakespeare's plays. 15 quizzes on quotations from Shakespeare's plays.
  • http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=89325&origin=http://www.funtrivia.com/dir/3742.html. Twenty of Shakespeare's most cutting insults. Can you identify them?
• Shakespeare: Macbeth
  • Great Summaries of Acts
  • The Play with Vocabulary Explanations
    Think you know Macbeth facts? Try these quizzes; they will grade and give correct answers.
    • shakespeare.about.com/library/blmacbethquiz.htm
    • curiouscastle.com/quiz/macbethquiz.htm
    • www.icteachers.co.uk/children/macbeth_quiz.htm
    • library.thinkquest.org/19539/macbeth.htm
    • www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/macbeth/quiz.html
    • www.triv.net/html/Users/user1961.htm
    • www.icteachers.co.uk/children/macbeth_quiz.htm
• Shakespeare: A Midsummer's Nights Dream
  • http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/midsummernight/. Best study guide. (Mr.Y)
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/. Chapter analysis, plot, characters, themes etc.
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/msnd/quiz.html. Multiple choice quiz and answers.
• Shakespeare: Twelfth Night
  • http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/twelfth/. Best study guide. (Mr.Y)
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/. Chapter analysis, plot, characters, themes etc.
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/twelfthnight/quiz.html. Multiple choice quiz and answers.
• Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
  • http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/romeoandjuliet/. Best study guide. (Mr.Y)
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/. Chapter analysis, plot, characters, themes etc.
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/romeojuliet/quiz.html. Multiple choice quiz and answers.
• To Kill a Mockingbird
  • To Kill a Mockingbird   (fabulous English "To Kill a Mockingbird" site for students developed by a California High School (over 1 million hits)
  • Chapter summary and analysis of "To Kill a mockingbird." For students.
    • www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Authors/about_harper_lee.html
    • www.sparknotes.com/lit/mocking/
  • About author of "To Kill A Mockingbird" Harper Lee
  • Teacher resources for "to Kill a Mockingbird"(Projects, lesson/unit plans)
    • http://www.999inks.co.uk/To-Kill-A-Mockingbird.html
    • memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/98/mock/intro.html
• The Outsiders
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/outsiders/. A Great study resource.
  • http://www.geocities.com/outsiders_sehinton/. Summary, characters and review of book.
  • http://www.sehinton.com/. S.E.Hinton author of The Outsiders web page.
  • Information on the movie.
    • http://www.fast-rewind.com/. Click on the list of movies at the left of the page.
    • http://www.chucksconnection.com/outsiders.html. An interesting critique of the movie.
  • Resources for teachers The Outsiders Many links to teacher resources.
    • http://www.webenglishteacher.com/hinton.html
• Great Expectations
  • http://www.classicnote.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/greatexpectations/. Summary and analysis of all chapters.
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/greatex/. Complete summary of all chapters, plot, character analysis and theme.
  • http://www.litrix.com/grtex/grtex001.htm. Complete book online. Use Readplease (Download instructions on this page) to read the book to you.
• The Chrysalids
  • http://www.lowensteyn.com/litunits/chrysalids/test1.html. Great way to review/ chapter tests, vocabulary, short answer, essays, maps, fill in the blanks, etc.
  • http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/novelschrysalids/. Chapter analysis, vocabulary.
  • http://mb.sparknotes.com/mb.epl?b=509&m=399338&h=chrysalids. Interesting info. Analysis, plot, characters etc.
• The Old Man and The Sea Ernest Hemmingway
  • http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/oldman/. Best study guide. (Mr.Y)
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/. Chapter analysis, plot, characters, themes etc.
  • http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/oldman/quiz.html. Multiple choice quiz and answers.

• http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Education/K_12/. The Science/Education page of Yahoo.com. Thousands of approved links. If you can’t find a topic here for your project you must be from another planet.
• Neuroscience for Kids - created for elementary and secondary school students and teachers who would like to learn more about the nervous system. Enjoy the activities and experiments. See what drugs and disease do to the brain.
• http://www.nassaulibrary.org/childrens/science.htm. Got a science project? Check these Links to great science pages.

• History Notes. Ancient and Medieval History Notes.
• Mrs. Wilson's Ancient and Medivel Review Notes
• http://www.timelines.info/. Graphic timelines for any period in history.
• List of Ancient Greek Vocabulary and Gods   History Great Ancient Greece web-site
• History Links to Ancient and Medieval web-sites
• Incredible Ancient and Medieval (from Egypt to middle ages) web-site recommended by the National Education Association. Interactive. Please take a look.
• Great way to review with Quizzes.   Ancient Egypt (12 quizzes), Ancient Greece(18quizzes), Mesopotamia (2quizzes), Roman History (24 quizzes)
• NEW (April 19) Gangs of New York. Did you see the movie. How much was based on fact? Read the history of this famous area of New York City, which forged the concept of the movie.
  • 100 Years of New York City (The New York Times on the Web)
  • The Five Points in 1859
  • The Five Points, NYC
  • Five Points, NYC - Picture History
  • The Five Points - New York's Irish Working Class in the 1850s
  • Gangs of New York (19c)
  • The Real Gangs of New York (History Television)
  • Virtual New York City Web Site

• http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/students/faq/index.html
• http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/students/chemistry/index.html
• http://www.collegeboard.com/ap/students/index.html

• http://highschoolAce.com
• NEW (May 21) CHRIS LAKE: "I highly recommend this amazing typing program for high school students who are having problems with their typing skills or who want to strengthen their skills. This program has enhanced my typing skills dramatically. The program is called EASY TYPE and you will find it on line at WWW.EASYTYPE.COM. EASY TYPE will show you, step by step, how to use the keys on the keyboard. It is progressive and starts with very simple exercises using one or two fingers and as you master techniques you will move to exercises using more fingers. It is easy to access by using your email address and a password. The program will save all of your lessons and it keeps track of how many words you type per minute. I have noticed a great change in my typing skills using this program and I recommend EASY TYPE to improve your typing skills and be productive on a computer."

Technology Education, Internet Curriculum Links-John Yerxa

Careers
• Careers - This site is used during the careers unit of our Research and Design class. It gives detailed information about a variety of careers. (U.S. content)
Technology in General
• Smithsonian Search - Search the Smithsonian websites for information on American History, Art, Education, or Science and Technology.
• The Lemelson Center - *****This is the site for the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the study of invention and innovation. It includes activities events and exhibits. Also the site contains a teacher section which includes a middle school activity section called Innovative Lives.
• National Inventors - This is the National Inventors Hall of Fame website. This would be a good resource for students to do research reports on pieces of technology.
• How Stuff Works - *****This site contains brief explanations and simple diagrams of various products of technology.
  
Space and Flight
• Air and Space museum - *****This is a virtual tour of the Air and Space museum. This could eliminate the problem of arranging a field trip to D.C. The air and space museum is an excellent technology resource.
• Airship and Blimp Resources - Everything you ever wanted to know about airships and blimps. Learn about flight using the Archimedes principle.
• Space shuttle - This site goes extensively into questions and procedures of the space shuttle and upcoming launches. Contains links to a variety of NASA topics related to technology.
• The Great Satellite Search - A lesson for teachers to lead students through a research project using the computer and Internet to organize and present information.
  
Energy
• Glossary of Energy Terms - Search the glossary of energy terms on the site operated by the California Energy Commission.
• Alternative Energy - A web directory of internet resources for information about sources of alternative energy.
  
Transportation
• Small car manufacturing - *****This site highlights the Tucker automobile of 1948. The movie "Tucker: The man and His Dream" is shown in some Research and Design classes to compliment a unit of Electric Vehicles. This unit involves the students in small car manufacturing companies.
• Department of Transportation Education Page - This site is the education link of the U.S. Department of Transportation website. The site contains activities and links for grades K-12 and beyond.
• Innovative Transportation Technologies -***** This site contains examples of various transportation technologies including magnetic levitation.
Architecture and Construction
• National Association of Home Builders - Educational resources provided about products, services of America's homebuilders
• National Building Museum - *****The only museum in the United States dedicated to American achievement in architecture, construction, engineering and design.
• Architectural Engineering and Construction - Information about the products, services and standards for the architectural design and engineering. An excellent resource of new building products.
• American Forest and Products Association - Site contains information about wood products, recycling, energy, and links to related sites in the forest products industry.
• The Department of Wood Science and Forest Products at Virginia Tech
• Site contains information about the school program but also contains links to additional related sites in the forest products industry.
• Truss Types - *****Pictorial representations of many different truss designs. Useful to students in Architectural Design or seeking ideas for bridge design challenges.
• Wood Design and Building Online - Learn about wood building and design. This site offers photos and architectural drawings of buildings and homes that are constructed of wood.
• Building Codes - Information about building codes, information, and services. An excellent site for students studying construction or architecture.
  
Teacher Resources
• Ties Magazine - Ties magazine is a publication of the Technical College of New Jersey. The site provides information for teachers regarding curriculum trends in technology education and activity ideas to implement in the laboratory.
• Centre for Innovative Technology in Education (CITE) - ******This is a Canadian resource site for teachers. The site contains various ideas and activities for the classroom including an extensive flight section.
• International Technology Education Association - This is the site for the International Technology Education Association. It connects teachers with the organization and with an abundance of resources for their classrooms.
• Dartmouth Project for Teaching Engineering Problem Solving - Teacher resource for activities and standards for teachers to apply engineering problem solving.
• Technology Education . . . learning about the designed world . . . - This is a huge site from the University of Northern Iowa. Resources include reading and multicultural activities.
• Electronic Journals - Browse holdings of the electronic library at Virginia Tech. Included are journals in Technology Education and Engineering.