Web Resources Students

Youthhood

https://www.youthhood.org/highschool/gs_index.asp

Hello! Hey, we're glad you made it. This site is a place for you, your friends, and other teens. It's a welcoming community for all youth and a place where all youth belong. We want you to be here. This is your place, your space.

Here you can start thinking about what you want to do with the rest of your life. This Web site was built to help you plan for the future. What will you do after high school? Will you work? Go to college? Live in a place of your own? By using this Web site, you can plan for your future right now!

Iowa College Access Network

http://www.icansucceed.org/

For students, parents, educators
accessing college for all students, including those with disabilities

College Board

http://www.collegeboard.com/

For parents, educators, and students
info about specific college, including entrance requirements and MANY other details

www.Thinkcollege.net

Doors to colleges are opening for people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities in many different ways all over the country. This website is designed to share what is currently going on, provide resources and strategies, let you know about training events, and give you ways to talk to others. The information is for transition aged students as well as adults attending or planning for college. It provides resources and tools for students, families, and professionals:

http://www.college.gov

Federal Government’s web site in preparing for college. This site has links to several important steps including a link to the FAFSA forms to file for federal financial aid.

Personal Finance and Career

www.moneyskill.org

MoneySKILL is a free online reality based personal finance course for young adults developed by the AFSA Education Foundation. This interactive curriculum is aimed at the millions of high school and college students who graduate each year without a basic understanding of money management fundamentals.

www.thefutureschannel.com

Career video web site. This site shows why math and science is important in future careers. This site has short video clips of a variety of jobs and careers. Designed to give a glimpse of future possible careers.

Test Prep

http://www.kaptest.com/

prepare to take entrance tests for your college plans

http://sat.collegeboard.org/register

http://www.act.org/

prepare for the ACT college entrance exam

http://students.berkeley.edu/apa/personalstatement/index.htm

preparing your personal statement for your college application

Math Resources

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

http://www.purplemath.com/

http://illuminations.nctm.org/

http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/pre-algebra-mnemonics.html

Writing Resources

http://citationmachine.net/

For Study Skills

http://www.studygs.net/

Study Guides and Strategies Website!

www.ldresources.com

LD Resources is a collection of resources on various aspects of learning disabilities with comments from community members. For more on this web site see our About page. Use the sidebar for navigation and browsing content by category. Use the search field below for general searches. We hope you find this site a useful resource.