Ms. Beichner's English class:

Virtual information resources THAT AREN'T GOOGLE,

As you research the material for your project about The Alchemist try these:

World Book Advanced Reference
Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia
Lands and Peoples of the World
Music from different cultures: WorldMusic (National Geographic)
and, to use for creating your lesson for the class
Maps to show or to have them fill in: Maps101
Samples of questions, etc: Teachingbooks

When you are searching Google, you can save yourself a lot of work by searching for the specific information you want. When you type a complete phrase or sentence Google gives you a lot of extra garbage. Create a search that uses ONLY the SPECIFIC Word or words you need:

NOT:   what do the people of Andalusia eat

YES:   food in Andalusia

Mrs. Carnes' class:

The site for Wednesday's virtual lab:
http://glencoe.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/dl/free/0078759864/383928/BL_04.html

Ms. Beichner:

SAT online vocab quiz

http://www.vocabtest.com/
also
http://www.funbrain.com/kidscenter.html
and
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/games/

Mr. Kirsch, Art project:

Labels Lie!

http://www.potsc.com/labels-lie/new-potsc-campaign-launch-labels-lie

Some more sites with royalty-free images for school projects:
http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/
http://www.veezzle.com/
http://www.behold.cc/
http://www.infotopia.info/images.html

Mr. Brown's Budget Project for Economics Class:

Careercruising:  http://careercruising.com/
NY Health Insurance:  http://www.ins.state.ny.us/ihmoindx.htm
Wages by area and occupation:  http://www.bls.gov/ncs/ocs/compub.htm#NY
Cost of living calculator:  http://www.bestplaces.net/col/?salary=35000&city1=27460&2=20620
Tax calculator:  http://www.paycheckcity.com/netpaycalc/netpaycalculator.asp
Groceries: create your list for shopping:  http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/HomepageView?storeId=10052&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&clear=true
CraigsList:  http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html

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Try this exercise for an idea of the real costs associated with living on your own:
Reality Check: http://www.californiarealitycheck.com/start.htm

Mr. Brown's Economics Class:

The Stock Market Game!   http://www.stockmarketgame.org/

log in with your team log-in and password

Other sites to use for information on stocks and investing:

http://www.stockwatch.com/  provides information without any ads
http://money.cnn.com/    massive amounts of information on all aspects of the markets
http://www.kiplinger.com/magazine/contents.html  online version of the investment magazine
http://finance.yahoo.com/  free stock quotes, up to date news, portfolio management resources