portaportal

10H Genocide Project

10R - TED Talks

CAVALERI Spanish

Choosing Credible Sources and MLA Citation Guides

DESIMONY 10R: Research

DESIMONY SUPA

California Countercultures
Creative Resistance
Cultural Resistance and the Art of Protest
CULTURAL RESISTANCE TOPICS
Use this form to share your topic with Mrs. DeSimony
Staying True to Counterculture
good reading from The Harvard Independent
Wikipedia list of social movements
Wikipedia list of subcultures
Wikipedia on Countercultures

DESIMONY: 10R Choice Reading

Choice Reading Selection
Fill out this form to share your selection with Mrs. DeSimony
DESIMONY: Submit your Claim Statement
LEGEND by Marie Lu: Book Review
From The Guardian
LEGEND by Marie Lu: Post-Apocalyptic Teenagers in Love
From The New York Times
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds: Book Review
From Kirkus
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds: Book Review
From School Library Journal
LONG WAY DOWN by Jason Reynolds: How a kid who didn’t read a book until he was 17 grew up to become a literary star
From The Washington Post
Love, Simon Movie Trailer
From imdb
LOVE, SIMON: Movie Review - A Romantic Comedy About a Gay Teenager? What Took So Long?
From The New York Times
PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG by Anne Blankman: Book Review
From The Guardian
PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG by Anne Blankman: Book Review
From Teenreads
PRISONER OF NIGHT AND FOG by Anne Blankman: Book Review
From The Jewish Book Council
SIMON VS. THE HOMOSAPIENS AGENDA by Becky Albertalli: Book Review
From The Guardian
SIMON VS. THE HOMOSAPIENS AGENDA by Becky Albertalli: Book Review
From School Library Journal
Social issues YA novels can be terrible. The Hate U Give is a stunning exception.
From Vox
The Ghosts of Gun Violence: Jason Reynold’s “Long Way Down”
From The Los Angeles Review of Books
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas review – racism and police brutality
From The Guardian
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | SLJ Review
From School Library Journal
THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas: The Hate U Give Enters the Ranks of Great YA Novels
From The Atlantic 2017
The Hate U Give movie trailer
from imdb

Digital Creation Tools

Animoto
Video and Slideshow creation tool
Audacity
Still a great resource for audio creation and recording
Clip Converter
download videos from You Tube and other sources
Computer Hope
download assistant
Dipity
timeline creator
Evernote
Great for note-taking and collecting resources
Haiku Deck
Similar to Power Point but more fun
Infogr.am
Create infographics
Make Beliefs Comix
Padlet
Pow Toon
Prezi
Storyboard That
Tagxedo
Timeglider
interactive timeline creator
Voice Thread
Wordle

Economics

Econ Ed Link
economics resources for K-12
Investopedia
The Balance
The Economist
Economic terms dictionary

English

10H Argument Books
use this form to list the book you selected for your outside reading, Fall 2016
Annotated Bibliography
From Purdue Owl
Literary Terms
Oxford English Dictionary
Oxford Learner's Dictionary

English 9 Balloon Speech Resources

FOW: WHITE and MCCARTY and IHNATOLYA

10 Types of Misleading News
5 Ways to Avoid Confirmation Bias
from Countable
Allsides.com
Use this site to see news events from all angles
Beware of Online Filter Bubbles
TED talk by Eli Pariser, creator of Upworthy
FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
Use your zip code to look up the name and contact info for your representative in the US House of Reps
FIND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE - CommonCause.org
Find your representatives at all levels of government
Freedom of the Press
from ACLU
Hoax Slayer
Debunks social media and email hoaxes
HOW TO CONTACT ELECTED OFFICIALS
Including local officials
HOW TO CONTACT YOUR SENATORS
Journalism Code of Ethics
Media Bias Chart
This link contains all versions and details about methodology
Media Giants
from Frontline
PRINT YOUR WORKS CITED
Instructions for how to print your Works Cited from Noodle tools
Pulling strings: Sinclair Broadcast's 'fake news' scandal | The Listening Post
Analysis of Sinclair Media
Sinclair video
from @Deadspin via NPR
USING ANCHOR FOR PODCASTING
Who Owns the Media

HUGHES: AP Chem

Air Products: GC-FID Info
Analyzing data NMR Tutorial
(need sonic wall login)
Atomic Absorption Tutorial
(need sonic wall login)
Fluorescence Spectroscopy Tutorial
(need sonic wall login)
Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) Tutorial
Infrared Spectrometer Lesson (20 min)
(need sonic wall login)
Infrared Spectrometer Tutorial
(need sonic wall login)
Michigan State NMR Spectroscopy
Michigan State Organic Chem Online
MIT Instrument Operation Guides
MIT NMR Operation Guide
UV-Vis Spectrometer Tutorial

IHNATOLYA/LEHMANN 11R

Image Search

Instagrock
Cool search engine - will find more than just images
More Copyright Friendly Image Search Tools
pics4Learning
Copyright friendly images
World Digital Library
primary sources from around the world

JEFFREYS: 11R

LEE/MCLAUGHLIN: Nanotech

Aerogel
from Aerogel.org
Carbon Fiber
from InnovativeComposite.com
Carbon Nanotubes
from NanoScience.com
Citing a patent in IEEE style
Ferrofluid
from Ferrotec.com
Geckskin
from UMass
Graphine
from University of Manchester
IEEE References Page - Example
Kevlar
from ExplainThatStuff.com
Ms. McAndrews Example Reference Page
Nano Materials Database
from Nanowerk.com
PubChem
Open Chemical Database
Quantum Dots
from NanoSys Inc.
Science Daily
use search box to find each material
Spider Silk
from Smithsonian.com
United States Patent and Trademark Office
use this for patent search

LESTER Doc Film Final Project

LUNDY: Earth Science

MILLETT: 10R

GALE Opposing Viewpoints Database
Scroll down - Opposing Viewpoints is on the left side; Requires password
NYTimes Most Popular Debate Topics
Plagiarism Quiz
ProCon.org

MOORE: 11AP, 12AP

BBC: Let's Talk Tech
Video-podcast news about new technology
BBC: Famous People
Biographies for Teens
ALA book list
Biography.com
Gale Literary Index
Google Scholar
Hechinger Report
History Orb
biographies of famous people from history
Infoplease Biographies
Internet Public Library
literary criticism on the Web
Life Hacker
podcasts about all things digital
NPR
podcasts and news related to technology
NY Times
Radio Lab
Podcasts on a variety of topics (use search box to find technology podcasts)
SCARLET LETTER Seminar Prep
Spark with Nora Young
tech podcasts focused on digital literacy
TED Talks
Browse for TED talks related to technology
The Famous People

MOSCINSKI Child Psych

OPPENHEIMER - 9R Black Death Research

BBC
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
History of the Black Plague
Chronicle of the Black Death - British Library
Primary Sources
Consequences of the Black Death
from Wikipedia
Decameron Web
Primary Source
Domesday Book
Primary Source
Explore the 1300s - British Library
primary sources
History Today Magazine
How the Black Death changed the world
from Livescience.com
Middle Ages - British Library
primary sources
National Archives - England
primary sources
Peasants and their role in rural life - British museum
primary sources
The Black Death and early public health measures
from Brought to Life Science Museum

OPPENHEIMER: Sociology

PETERS: Global 9H

Ancient History Encyclopedia
Khan Academy
This resource offers articles as well as videos. Please use headphones in the library.
Met Museum

RICHARD: 11AP English

Anatomy of an Academic Journal Article
NHS Media and News Literacy Resources
Popular vs. Scholarly
Video from Vanderbilt University Library
TED Talks

Science

Biology Review
Chemical Elements
Discover Magazine
Live Science
Popular Science
Science Daily
Science Reference Tables
Sparticl
search for science content from the web
Tech Radar
future tech news
Wired
more future tech news

Study Skills Training Materials

VARIN: Bio 10H

Canva
easy tool for making brochures/pamphlets - Log in with your google account
DNA Learning Center
Genetics Home Reference
Human Genome Research Institute
Medical News Today
Psych Central
Scientific American
US News and World Report

Video and News Sources

WEIDMAN

WHITE 10H