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| Bondurant-Farrar Community School District | Official website of the Bondurant-Farrar Community School District. Weekly schedule is available as well as the addresses, hours, and contact numbers for the district office, Junior/ Senior High School, Anderson Elementary, and Transportation Department. |
| Homework Center | A collection of Internet resources
selected to assist students, grades 4-12, with their homework assignments. |
| GED | The official GED site: Information
on the high school equivalency exam, the GED. |
| Fact Monster | Homework center of factmonster.com
from Information Please. The website is grouped in areas of subjects,
reference materials, and skills. |
| Homework Hangout | Resources from the Davenport Public Library to help you do your research, write your paper, create your science project, or find a topic for a speech. |
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| Bondurant-Farrar Community School District | Official website of the Bondurant-Farrar Community School District. Weekly schedule is available as well as the addresses, hours, and contact numbers for the district office, Junior/ Senior High School, Anderson Elementary, and Transportation Department. |
| US Department of Education | Get information in the form of publications from the U.S. Department of Education. Some publications that are available include, Help Your Child Learn to Write Well, Helping Your Child Learn Science, and Helping Your Child Use the Library. |
| ENC (Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education) Online | A K-12 math and science teacher center."
Discover "Digital Dozen," 12 key sites, awarded monthly, for
K-12 teachers and students; "ENC Focus," specific topics for
K-12 teachers; and lesson plans and activities. Browse or search "Curriculum
Resources," a database of thousands of teaching materials. Search
by topic, resource type, media type, grade level, and cost. Also includes
links to topical issues in education and professional development. Located
at The Ohio State University. |
| Schools Online | A searchable collection of study
units for both students and teachers. Areas include plant science, incubation
and embryology, worm anatomy, natural resources and the environment, apples,
aging, sports and nutrition, and social development. From the University
of Illinois Extension. |
| Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site | "This is a collection of reviews
of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and
collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum
areas, themes and professional topics." The site is focused on pre-kindergarten
to eighth grade educator's needs and has lesson plans, display ideas,
and a free quarterly newsletter. Carol Hurst is a consultant, and author. |
| Lesson Plans Library | A searchable collection
of hundreds of lesson plans. Browse by grade level and subject. Each plan
includes objectives, materials, discussion questions, procedures, evaluation,
suggested readings, and related links. Additionally, quizzes, puzzles,
and a glossary are included. |
All the free information
and sources government agencies have available to educators - and it's
all in one place! |
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| Financial Aid | Advice on and links to sources of information about student financial aid. Covers topics such as loans, scholarships, military aid, federal and state aid, fellowships, grants, prepaid tuition plans, study abroad, financial aid consultants, and scholarship search services. Offers financial aid resources for specific student populations (for example, international, disabled, female, minority, gay and lesbian) and programs of study (such as law school and medical school). |
| Mapping Your Future | Choosing a career, selecting a school, and paying for higher education are all part of preparing for the future. This page is aimed at parents and is a public service project. Includes, among others, a financial aid calendar and scholarship resources. |
| College Board.com | This site, from the College Board,
takes you through practicing for, scheduling, and taking the SAT I and
II, PSAT/NMSQT, CLEP, and AP tests. There is also information on planning
for college including choosing, getting accepted, and obtaining financial
aid. Use the site map to access vocational guidance through the Career
Browser. CB Code Search has codes for countries, college majors, college
and scholarship programs, test centers, and high schools. |
| Send Your Child to College | This superb annotated directory
is "a place parents can use as a source of solid information about
colleges and financial aid, as well as all the steps students and families
need to take to reach their goals." There's a Guide to Mega-sites;
government aid, scholarships, and grants are in Financial Aid; information
on admissions, rankings, counseling, community colleges, application essays,
athletes, and international students is covered in Planning for College:
Practical Help and Advice; and the ACT, AP, SAT, and Preparation Classes
are in the Tests section. Maintained by Jan A. Maas, librarian at the
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY. |
| Des Moines Area Community College | Homepage for DMACC |
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