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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tips for Effective, Efficient Studying

For Students 9th - 10th
We asked high school students how they prepare for tests and demanding assignments. Here are some of their recommendations, which we hope you'll find useful and inspiring as you embark on your own SAT practice plan.
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PBS

Pbs Frontline: Sa Ts vs Iq Tests

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is run by Frontline, and provides a nice organized site created after an episode aired about SAT testing and what it really means. Many of the controversies over intelligence testing are talked about here.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Data Inferences Harder Example

For Students 9th - 10th
This video resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the SAT Math. Watch Sal work through a harder Data inferences problem. We make a confidence interval by starting with a sample result and adding and subtracting the...
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Mirror of Sat Hathor Yunet

For Students 9th - 10th
This masterpiece of art and technology is the actual mirror of Princess Sat-Hathor-Yunet, one of the daughters of Senusert the Second.
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Curated OER

Eternal Egypt: Girdle of Princess Sat Hathor

For Students 9th - 10th
This girdle of the Princess Sat-Hathor is made of eight gold, half-open cowry shells. The ones at each end have flat reverses, and were joined by means of grooves to serve as a clasp, fastening the girdle when they slid one into the...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: The College Admissions Game: Sa Ts Not for Everyone, but Reality for Most

For Students 9th - 10th
Do SAT scores reflect academic performance? Should you take the SAT or ACT? Do all colleges require the SAT? Is the SAT fair? This report addresses these questions and explores the "argument against standardized tests" and how the SAT...
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Vocabulary.com

The vocabulary.com Top 1000

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a list of 1,000 words found on the SAT, ACT, GRE, and ToEFL assessments. Teachers can digitally assign this list to their students to reinforce the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of these words.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Concept Review and Test Preparation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Michigan students all take the MEAP tests during the 11th grade as well as the ACT and SAT test for college entrance. This plan explains how to accomplish MEAP reveiw without using too much valuable class time.
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Other

Number 2: Test Preparation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This ACT, SAT, and GRE prep site from Number 2 offers tutorials, practice sessions, a vocabulary builder and college planning information. The site was planned by university professors experienced in...
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Number2.com: Free Online Test Prep: Act

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource offers free online test prep courses for ACT, SAT, and GRE, as well as, a Vocabulary Builder course. It offers customized courses that provide user-friendly tutorials and practice sessions...
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National Math + Science Initiative: Vocabulary Study: Julius Caesar [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson unit covers vocabulary used in The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Includes list of fifty SAT words with an accompanying glossary and references to the play, grouped under each act. This is followed by a fill-in-the-blank activity...
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Nicole Siegel, "Pray or Play: Jews, Yom Kippur, and Baseball"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the importance of the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur to the Jews. It discusses how major players such as Sandy Koufax sat out games that fell on Yom Kippur.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Preparing Yourself for Success on the Tests

For Students 9th - 10th
This article gives tips to maximize your score on the SAT or ACT tests.
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Government of Canada

Canadian Space Agency: Cloud Sat Looking at Clouds in 3 D

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the mission of ClourSat, a satellite that will gather data as part of a comprehensive study of clouds to help develop a better understanding of the effect of clouds on climate . It will examine their structure, frequency and...
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Vocaboly: Vocabulary Test: Multiple Choice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an index of vocabulary tests designed for SAT, TOEL, GRE, GMAT, or VOA Special English prep. They come in three levels based on the number of questions: Quick, 10; Medium, 20; and Thorough, 40. For each test, the student may...
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Thomson Learning: Test Preparation

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource to obtain necessary information about the GED, LSAT, SAT, ACT, CLEP, MCAT, and TOEFL. Contains descriptions of the tests, helpful test-taking tips, time limits, and sample questions with full explanations of correct answers....
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NASA

Nasa: Visible Earth: 3 D Data From Ice Sat

For Students 3rd - 5th
3-D Data from ICESat: Orbiting the Earth at nearly 17,000 miles per hour, NASA's Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) is collecting spectacular new three-dimensional measurements of the Earth's surface and atmosphere.
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US National Archives

Docsteach: A Famous Person and Event Revealed: Examining Where Rosa Parks Sat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will examine a diagram of the bus in which Rosa Parks took a seat. Ms. Parks' name has been blacked out. Students will analyze and evaluate the document, then apply prior knowledge to discern what this document...
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Curated OER

Colourful Cover of Novel, by Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept, 1945

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief criticism of Canadian novelist's Elizabeth Smart's popular works. Also, learn about the artwork and miscellaneous materials (journals, correspondence, manuscripts) that reveal "a clearer understanding of a complex person: a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tips for Managing Your Study Time

For Students 9th - 10th
While you may not be able to cut down on all of your responsibilities during SAT practice time, there are some ways you can structure your planning and studying to keep things going smoothly and ensuring that nothing gets left by the...
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Legislative Reference Library of Texas

Legislative Reference Library of Texas: Governors of Texas, 1846 Present

For Students 9th - 10th
A table showing all of the Lieutenant Governors of Texas since 1846. Lists names, party affiliation, years in office, and legislature sessions they sat in on. Linked to each name is a brief profile with a list of political offices held...
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Legislative Reference Library of Texas

Legislative Reference Library of Texas: Texas Legislators: Past & Present

For Students 9th - 10th
A searchable database of legislators in Texas since 1846. Table results show names, district, chamber, years of elected service, legislatures sat in on, party affiliation, and city and county represented. Linked to each name is a...
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New Britain Museum of American Art: Costumes

For Students 9th - 10th
An interesting way to study the history of American portraiture, by focusing on the clothing of those who sat for their portraits.
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What Tree Is It?

For Students 3rd - 8th
You've climbed this tree, sat in its branches and collected its leaves. Now you are old enough to know that it has a name. How can you tell what kind it is? Here are some ways to check: by leaf, by fruit, or just by the way it looks.

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