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Ms. Kelley's math class in action

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Louisiana Education Opportunities

Louisiana Course Choice gives you the opportunity to take courses not available at your school. 
Open here for a Course Catalog for the LA Course Choice program for 2013-14.
Open here for a Course Catalog for LA Dual Enrollment classes for 2013-14.
Louisiana Department of Education has info for parents, students and teachers. 

English

Shmoop offers guides in classic literature.
A+ Research & Writing for high school and college students from the Internet Public Library.
Get MLA style help from Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
Need some grammar help? Use this site from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Need to know how to pronounce a word? Use Forvo to help you with pronunciation.
Fact Monster can help you improve your writing skills. 
Read all the letters written by Elizabeth Barrett to/from Robert Browning. 
Are you into creative writing? Visit Figment.com to create, discover and share new reading and writing.
If you need to research pros and cons of controversial issues, try Procon.org.
Make learning vocabulary a game at vocabulary.com. It includes ad free dictionary.

Math

WolframAlpha gives you access to the world's facts and data and calculates answers across a range of topics.
If you need help in solving algebra problems try Purplemath.
This math dictionary defines all the math terms you need to know. 
Want some math practice for standardized tests? Try the tutor program, Wayang.
Go to the US Census Bureau for statistics and numbers about the US.
BrainGenie helps you learn, practice and quiz yourself in math and science. 
The Art of Problem Solving is a math online community that offers aid for all your math problems. 
How to Smile collects the best STEM resources and activities on the web.

New Orleans and Louisiana

World Book Online has resource of materials on Louisiana. You can access this link from school, but if you access from home, please get password from Ms. Kahn.
The Historic New Orleans Collection has an extensive digital collection. 
The LSU Ag Center has lots of info on your favorite crustacean, crawfish. 
Maps from the Library of Congress for the Louisiana Purchase. 
The BBC travels to New Orleans. 

Science

General:
Use this LiveBinder to help you with your science research.
ArXie from the Cornell University Library has a multitude of links in science and math.BrainGenie helps you learn, practice and quiz yourself in math and science. 
The National Science Digital Library is a national online portal for education and research on learning in STEM.
Are you required to use APA style for a science paper? Get help from Purdue.
Foldit is a site where you can play games to solve problems in science.
Eric Weisstein's World of Science brought to you by WolphramResearch.
Biology:
Crash Course in biology by Hank Green. Videos are on Youtube, so watch at home. 
The Encyclopedia of Life as 700.000 pages on individual species. 
Chemistry:
Learn chemistry from RSC for teachers and students.
Environmental Science:
Breathing Earth is a real-time simulation of CO2 emissions around the world. 
Turfmutt from Discovery Ed is all about the environment.
Calculate your carbon footprint. 
Watch these videos from Planet Nutshell designed to help you understand rapid climate change.Crash Course in ecology by Hank Green. Videos are on Youtube, so watch at home.
Physical Science/Physics:
The scale of the universe is a tool to show you the size relationships between everything in the universe. 
LivePhysics.com is dedicated to physics, science, space and technology news and to provide free physics related homework help to students.

Social Studies

General:
The search engine Sweet Search has a portal just for social studies research.  
Read newspapers from around the world on World Book online. You can access this link from school, but if you access from home, please get password from Ms. Kahn. 
World history at your fingertips from HyperHistory Online.
Jurn is an academic search engine where you can find articles in online journals.  
US History:
Want to experience U. S. History in a new way? Try this site from the National Archives.
Everything you want to know about the US government here through C-SPAN.
Freedom: A History of Us from PBS offers webisodes to teach you American history.  
The US Code website is an index for all federal laws of the United States.
Read and view all the important documents housed in the US National Archives.
World History/World Geography:
Great resource for primary documents through history and all over the world.
The World Factbook from the CIA provides information on many topics for 267 world entities. 
Britannica's World Data Analyst can expand your understanding of the world. Use the Britannica user name and password.
Explore the world with resources from World Book Online.You can access this link from school, but if you access from home, please get password from Ms. Kahn.
Crash Course in world history created by author, John Green. Videos on Youtube, so watch at home. 
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Foreign Language

Spanish MOOC is designed as a 12 week university level first year Spanish course. 
Digital Dialects offers you games and resources to help you learn 60 different languages. 
DuoLingo will you learn a language like French, Spanish, German or even English.
iKnow! has courses in Japanese, Chinese and English or create your own in another language. 
Learn Spanish, German and English at Vocabulix.
Help pronounce words in nearly 200 languages including English at Forvo.
Practice your verbs in six different languages at Verbs-Online.
Create a comic strip at Magic Beliefs with a choice of six different languages including English and Latin. 

Physical Education

National Association for Sports and Physical Education student section
Little League Baseball and Softball
Major League Baseball Statistics
Alabama 4-H Leading with Character: Sports Ethics
National Collegiate Athletic Association 
Universal Sports Network
Michelle Obama's Let' s Move program for healthy living
President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition
The Olympic Games

The Arts

Visual Art:
Smart history is an amazing website about art history from Khan Academy.
Search for art history by artist, title of piece or by museum at Artcyclopedia. 
Arts' Edge from the Kennedy Center has resources for students. 
ArtLex is an art dictionary.
Music:
The Mutopia Project offers music and sheet music for free to download, print out, perform and distribute.
Listing of lots of Cool Tools for School to use in music. 
Wright Stuff Music is a listing of tools to use in music education and technology.
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