Welcome GED Student!
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Democracy Now
A daily news show - listen to MP3 and read along, or watch video!http://www.democracynow.org/ -
FACT CHECK .ORG
A website that does just that: checks the facts on current news stories.http://www.factcheck.org/ -
Weather Underground Radar
Radar image of the current weather in RI.http://classic.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=BOX®ion=a5&lat=41.83908081&lon=-71.43551636&label=Providence%2c%20RI -
The Times in Plain English
http://www.thetimesinplainenglish.com/wp/ -
Providential Gardener
calendar of eco-events in RIhttp://www.provgardener.com/calendar/ri-environmental-calendar?trumbaEmbed=date%3D20160205
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FRACTION IDENTIFICATION PRACTICE
Activities to strengthen your understanding of fractions.http://www.visualfractions.com/index.htm -
GEOMETRY
"Math Open Reference" covers major areas in geometry. If you have Java installed, it has great animations.http://www.mathopenref.com/index.html -
TV 411
General math practice - many topics!http://www.tv411.org/math/ -
Dictionary of Measurement
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/ -
IXL
Math practice sorted by common corehttp://www.ixl.com/standards/common-core/math/high-school -
Minnesota Math Resource
GED math lessonshttps://mnliteracy.org/tools/curriculum-lesson-plans/ged-mathematical-reasoning -
Virtual Math Manipulatives
http://www.glencoe.com/sites/common_assets/mathematics/ebook_assets/vmf/VMF-Interface.html -
Seeing Theory- Visual Intro to Probability and Statistics
interactive visualizations of probability and statistics conceptshttp://students.brown.edu/seeing-theory/
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KHAN Academy Log In
https://www.khanacademy.org/ -
eduCanon Log In
https://www.educanon.com/ -
indeed.com
https://my.indeed.com/resume?from=hp&subfrom=rezprmstd&trk.origin=homepage&trk.variant=rezprmstd&trk.tk=196iti4c80nl25ma&co=US&hl=en_US -
Guided Meditations
Choose from a list of meditation descriptions. Find a quiet time to play and listen to the guide talk you though a meditation.http://marc.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=22 -
MIT Meditations
more links to audio and written meditation directionshttps://medical.mit.edu/community/sleep/resources -
Ask RI
Link to all kinds of help through the library system. Including PRACTICE TESTS.http://askri.org/ -
LD ONLINE
resources about different Learning Disabilitieshttp://www.ldonline.org/indepth
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Adult Learning Readings from CA
If your GED reading pretest scores were low, go to this page and choose a topic you are interested in. Listen and read along thttp://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=homepage -
Short Stories on Classic Reader
No reason not to get to the end of a short story!http://www.classicreader.com/browse/6/ -
English Practice on USA Learns
Set up your own account. You can log in, read stories and work with practice vocabulary.http://www.usalearns.org/index/welcome.cfm?CFID=244026&CFTOKEN=24997059&jsessionid=2c30e9b7f094161e52f37462913c313166f7 -
English Spelling
an article about why English language spelling is so hard to learn.http://englishspellingproblems.blogspot.com/2009/12/reading-problems.html -
Online Etymology
http://etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=donkey -
Derek Walcott Poem Read Aloud
Not an easy poem, but worth the work of reading a few times and then listening to.http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15946 -
CSAL Readings
Readings on Topics Sorted by Difficulty.http://csal.gsu.edu/content/are-you-learner -
E reading worksheets
http://www.ereadingworksheets.com/point-of-view/point-of-view-activities/ -
Accesible Easy News Web Site
based out of UKhttps://www.unitedresponse.org.uk/easy-news-archive-2016 -
Marshall Adut Ed leveled reading with recordings
http://resources.marshalladulteducation.org/reading_skills_home.htm
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Nutrition and the Brain
Find out how you can eat better to make your brain work better.http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/nutr.html -
The Chemical Composition of Stars and the Universe
Tough reading, but great pictureshttp://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys240/lectures/elements/elements.html -
Clear Science
A blog that explains science topics clearly, look though for something that catches your eye.http://clearscience.tumblr.com/ -
Tree of Life Website
A project that attempts to shows genetic relationships between all living things.http://www.open2.net/treeoflife/index.html -
Building Elements
This site explains atoms, and how they can be combined to make compounds.http://www.chemistryland.com/ElementarySchool/BuildingBlocks/BuildingElements.html -
Calculate Your Life Expectancy
Try this for real, then test how making changes might extend your life.https://livingto100.com/calculator -
Electricity and Magnetism
If you are rusty on the basics, try starting here.http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/index.html -
U of Oregon Physics Dept Animations
Try applets from the "Energy and Environment" sectionhttp://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/ -
Climate Change World Map
click on locations in the world to see pictures and read about the effects of climate changehttp://www.climatehotmap.org/ -
Nova Planet Earth Videos
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/earth/ -
Nova Body and Brain Videos
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/body/ -
MARS
http://earth.google.com/mars/ -
Physics.org
http://www.physics.org/index.asp -
The Naked Scientists
Good site for science - try the podcast!http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/ -
the Fix on Marijuana addiciton
http://www.thefix.com/content/news-flash-marijuana-changes-your-brain -
US News on Casual Marijuana use
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/articles/2014/04/15/study-links-casual-marijuana-use-to-changes-in-brain -
Audio: Naked Scientist : Cannabis Rewires Brain
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/interviews/interview/1000827/ -
FAT FAT FAT
article on fats in your diet and how they workhttp://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fats-full-story/ -
Biology Corner Quizzes
test your biology knowledgehttp://www.biologycorner.com/quizzes/ -
3D Museum
http://3dmuseum.org/ -
Water Cycle Web SIte
Poster of water cycle with information links all over.http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle-kids-adv.html -
Water Cycle Upper Level
with numbers of total water, groundwater, etc.http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html -
Chemical Heritage Foundation
http://www.chemheritage.org/
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Greek Mythology
Site is a little cartoony, but the"which god are you" quizz is fun!http://www.wingedsandals.com/ -
Major Olympian Gods
http://www.mythweb.com/gods/index.html -
History Timeline Game
Beat the clock putting events in order on a timeline.http://mrnussbaum.com/timeline -
Black History Timeline
Significant dates people and events shown in pictures. Click on picture to read more about each.http://www.history.com/interactives/black-history-timeline -
Do History
Interesting history site based on the 10,000 diary entries of a 19th century midwife.http://dohistory.org/home.html -
Who Said That?
US History practice. Match the quotation to the speaker who uttered it.http://www.pbs.org/wnet/historyofus/tools/what_they_say/game1_flash.html -
learn states by name
http://lizardpoint.com/geography/usa-quiz.php -
learn states by shape and location
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/mappuzzle/us-puzzle.html -
Branches of Government Game
play and improve your understanding of US governmenthttp://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm -
10 Ammendments ACLU
A summary of the 10 amendments in simple language.https://www.aclu.org/united-states-bill-rights-first-10-amendments-constitution -
10 Ammendments - Constitution Center
The 10 Amendment with descriptions of their effects on every day life.http://constitutioncenter.org/constitution/the-amendments -
types of maps
read about and find links to examples of different types of mapshttp://geography.about.com/od/understandmaps/a/map-types.htm -
geography definitions quiz
http://lizardpoint.com/geography/definitions.php?test=maps -
Economics OECD
website to compare different country economieshttp://www.oecd.org/economy/household-dashboard.htm -
Facing History
for class planninghttps://www.facinghistory.org/ -
Primary Source
for class planninghttps://www.primarysource.org/webinars
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GCF LearnFree Typing Tutor
Typing Practice with Encouraging Voiceoverhttp://www.gcflearnfree.org/typing/play -
Goodtyping Typing Practice
Plain tyoing practice, login required.http://www.goodtyping.com/default.htm -
Another Typing Practice Site
practice typinghttp://www.typeonline.co.uk/typingspeed.php -
Northstar
Quizz yourself on your digital know-how!https://www.digitalliteracyassessment.org/ -
Common Sense Media
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/educators -
Mozilla Web Literacy Resources
https://learning.mozilla.org/en-US/web-literacy/read/
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Matching Linear Equations and Graphs
http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/mountroyal/hoffman/MathA30/Quadratic/Graphs/linear1.htm -
Function Matching Applets
http://www.univie.ac.at/future.media/moe/galerie/fun1/fun1.html#grapherk1 -
Math Tools Website
http://mathforum.org/mathtools/cell.html?co=a2&tp=12.7&sortBy=TT!asc&offset=0&limit=25&resort=1 -
Factoring Trinomials Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj9GgAM-dTQ&feature=endscreen&NR=1 -
Solving Quadratic Equations by Factoring Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T-rsltsWnM -
Factoring Quadratics: The Simple Case
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/factquad.htm -
Solving Quadratic Equations: Solving by Factoring
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/solvquad.htm -
Factoring Quadratics: The Hard Case: The Modified "a-b-c" Method, or "Box"
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/factquad2.htm -
Factoring Quadratics
http://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/factoring-quadratics.html -
Practice Factoring Quadratics
http://library.thinkquest.org/29292/quadratic/2factoring/practice.htm -
More Practice with Quadratics
http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/ALGEBRA/AE5/PFacEq.htm -
Yet More Practice with Quadratics
http://www.algebrahelp.com/worksheets/view/equation/factoring.quiz -
Timed Quizes on Algebra Concepts
http://www.ixl.com/math/algebra-1 -
Mixed Algebra Worksheets
http://www.algebrahelp.com/worksheets/ -
Math TV
Videos demonstrating problems. The site offers a choice of different presenters to solve each problem,http://www.mathtv.com/# -
Graphs of Trigonometric Functions
great description with animateions of how the graph of the sine curve relates to the unit circle. shows graphs of all trig functhttp://www.purplemath.com/modules/triggrph.htm
