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- Please read Mr. Yerxa's message
- Library - Kennebecasis Public
- Applied and Level Three Working Group Policies
- Library - Kennebecasis Public
- Community Colleges, Universities, Scholarships, and Financial Aid
These pages 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.
- Downloads
- Information About Specific Learning Disabilities
- Recommended Links to Highly Regarded Learning Disability Web Sites
- Media Articles and Research Papers on Learning Disabilities
- Homework Strategies
- Study and Test Strategies
- Subject-Specific Web Links
- English
- Science
- History
- AP Chemistry
- Academic Resources (English, Mathematics, Social Studies, Science, World Languages, Arts, Technology, and Typing Tutorial).
- Technology Links
- Resource Courses Offered at KVHS
Material for Teachers on Differentiated Instruction, Teaching Layered Curriculum and Current Brain Research
- 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.
- What's in a Layer?
- http://www.brains.org/. PRACTICAL classroom applications of current brain research; a link between current psychological and neurological RESEARCH and EDUCATION.
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COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND FINANCIAL AID
highly recommended:- 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.
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DOWNLOADS- 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!
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SPECIFIC LEARNING DISABILITIES INFORMATION- 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
- 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/
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LEARNING DISABILITY LINKS
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MEDIA ARTICLES AND RESEARCH PAPERS ON LEARNING DISABILITIES- 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.
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HOMEWORK STRATEGIES
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STUDY AND TEST STRATEGIES- Tips for taking Multiple Choice Tests (Tips for students and an interesting brain teasing self-test)
- Mind Maps
- 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
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English- 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: 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.
- Teacher resources for "to Kill a Mockingbird"(Projects, lesson/unit plans)
- The Outsiders
- http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/outsiders/. A Great study resource.
- http://www.sehinton.com/. S.E.Hinton author of The Outsiders web page.
- Information on the movie.
- http://www.chucksconnection.com/outsiders.html. An interesting critique of the movie.
- Resources for teachers The Outsiders Many links to teacher resources.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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Science- 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.
- http://www.nassaulibrary.org/childrens/science.htm. Got a science project? Check these Links to great science pages.
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History- History Notes. Ancient and Medieval History Notes.
- Mrs. Wilson's Ancient and Medivel Review Notes
- List of Ancient Greek Vocabulary and Gods History Great Ancient Greece web-site
- Great way to review with Quizzes. Ancient Egypt (12 quizzes), Ancient Greece(18quizzes), Mesopotamia (2quizzes), Roman History (24 quizzes)
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Chemistry AP- 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
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Academic Resources
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Technology Education, Internet Curriculum Links-John Yerxa
This is a wonderful collection of Technology sites from the United States. If you are interested in any topic from covered bridge trusses to space vehicles. (***** Indicates exceptional sites John Yerxa)
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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)
- Smithsonian Search - Search the Smithsonian websites for information on American History, Art, Education, or Science and Technology.
- 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.
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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.
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Alternative
Energy - A web directory of internet resources for information about
sources of alternative energy.
- 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.
- Innovative Transportation Technologies -***** This site contains examples of various transportation technologies including magnetic levitation.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
