Helping With Math
Provides easy to find and easy to use multiplication worksheets, charts, tables and other materials. Great worksheets that hide and show answers with one click. Printable!

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1. Divide the class into two teams.
2. Identify a location in the classroom for first, second, third base and home plate.
3. A batter from the visiting team comes up.
4. The batter is given a definition and he or she needs to give the corresponding word.
5. If the batter is wrong he is out. If he is right, he goes to first.
6. The next batter comes up and attempts to move him over. After three outs, the other team is up.
7. A small prize is awarded to the winning team.
8. This could be done with any type of vocabulary or subject information.

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Google Help : Basics of Search
Doing a basic google search is easy, but this page gives some info on how to refine your search to exclude or include the information you want. This is great for students who are doing research.

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GeoBee Challenge from National Geographic
Test your geography smarts right here online. Each day they post ten questions from the National Geographic Bee.  Go to the main page to register your school in the GeoBee.

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100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know
The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know.
Here is a sample from the list:
acumen
antebellum
auspicious
belie
bellicose
lugubrious
metamorphosis
mitosis
moiety
reciprocal
reparation
respiration
sanguine
soliloquy

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Wikinews, the free news source
World News Quiz gives you a chance to test your knowledge on this weeks news.  This multiple choice quiz is ten questions about major events in the news.

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Quote Topic: Intellectual Curiosity

“Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.” - Samuel Johnson

“I’m never bored anywhere; being bored is an insult to oneself.” - Jules Renard

Write a paragraph with 6-8 sentences stating how you could apply these ideas to your life. Cite at least one of the quotes in your answer.

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Quote Topic: Happiness

“Remember, happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think.” - Dale Carnegie

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” - Abe Lincoln

Write a paragraph with 6-8 sentences stating whether or not you agree with these quotes. Cite at least one of the quotes in your answer.

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Puzzles to Play Online
Play Sudoku online from easy to evil. Web Sudoku also supplies Sudoku puzzles for newspapers, magazines, Sudoku books and websites.

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The Phrontistery
A dictionary of obscure and rare words, the compendium of lost words, a compilation of ultra-rare forgotten words.

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