ALEKS Math.

If you're a homeschooling parent, you can request a free two-month trial to use ALEKS math, by VISITING THIS LINK. If your student is planning to attend a college that accepts ALEKS credits (such as Thomas Edison State College), you can use this free trial to work on one or more college-level math courses*.

Just be sure to check with your school of choice before starting any courses, to make sure they will apply for credit.

*(If you have the flexibility, you can use this two-month period to completely finish one or more math courses, by working on them exclusively or almost exclusively, in a "summer school" type schedule.)

World History Study Guide.

THIS is sort of interesting. (If you open it, it may take a bit of time to load. It's a large file.) It's a "note-taking guide" for a common public school world history book. The book can be found HERE, listing as used starting at $8.65.

Or, for a different version, THIS is a note-taking guide for THIS BOOK which is listing used starting at $38.45. (Ouch.) If you click on the chapter links, you are taken to a page that gives the chapter note-taking guide, but also something called "concept connector worksheets," which may spark essay assignment ideas. (Also, FYI the note-taking guides for this book include section summaries which, even without the textbook, can provide good review/study materials.)

I'm not necessarily saying, "Quick! Run out and buy one of these books and then download the study guide!" because, frankly, I would imagine the ink cost of printing out the guide would be quite substantial. However, if you have a student who is very new to self-directed learning and is struggling with what to write in the study journals, this sort of thing may be a way to ease into how to take notes from written materials, and much of the world history studies carries over to the Western Civilization exams, and also the Social Sciences & History exam.

Oh, and one more thought: If you think you may *ever* find a use for these files, download them now and save them somewhere. There really is no telling how long they'll be available.

Earth Science resource.

THIS LINK takes you to a textbook companion website to "Explore the World of Earth Science." It includes animations and interactive lessons ("investigations").

High school math help.

This is a textbook companion site that has practice problems, tests, and video tutorials. It covers Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry, and PreCalculus. Click on the textbook cover and you're taken to the chapter links. The video tutorials are topic specific, so you can find exactly what you need.

FIND IT HERE.

Study resources.

SAS CURRICULUM PATHWAYS has moved out of the Beta stage and into a full launch. This link takes you to the main page, where you can create a free account. This program covers core subjects - mathematics, English/language arts, science, and social studes - and Spanish, as well. Within each subject you will find short activities or audio files on specific topics, such as an interactive tool dedicated to "Exploring Graphs of Linear Systems" in the algebra section.
Whatever course you are studying, you might want to visit the SAS website to see if there are any activities that can help you.

Along the same lines is McGraw-Hill's PRIMARY SOURCE INVESTIGATOR, a program centered on history studies. Simply choose a book title based on which history you are studying (such as U.S.) and then you will be taken to a list of topics with short readings and/or interactive clips.

Free Audio Books.

Just wanted to give a quick plug for a great site - LIT2GO. Lit2Go has a nice offering of free audio books in downloadable MP3 files. My daughter has dyslexia and reading for any length of time can give her severe headaches. Thanks to sites like Lit2Go, we can download audio versions of classic literature for her to listen to on her MP3 player.