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Balance Track: Finances for College Students: Credit Cards

For Students 9th - 10th
From BalanceTrack, this section provides students with information about what to look for in a credit card and how to use credit.
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Next Gen Personal Finance

Next Gen Personal Finance: Paying for College

For Students 9th - 10th
Give students a helping hand in figuring out how to pay for their college education.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Virtual Tours of Colleges and Careers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson introducing students to the You University TV website as a way to prepare for college and/or a career. Students are given time to research colleges and careers through the website and add information to a spreadsheet.
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PBS

Pbs: Ten Steps to College With the Greenes

For Students 9th - 10th
A website created to organize a college admissions campaign. Includes worksheets for students and parents as well as video from top admissions officers at various colleges.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: How to Pay for College

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The students will search the Internet for Scholarships and/or grants to help pay for college. This lesson has a financial aid component.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: College Physics: The Ideal Gas Law

For Students 11th - 12th
A section in a college textbook exploring the ideal gas law in relation to molecules and in terms of moles. Learn how to calculate the variables in the ideal gas law. Also become familiar with Avogadro's number and how to use it to...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: College Physics: Phase Changes

For Students 11th - 12th
Learn about the phases of matter in this section of a college textbook. Section defines the phases of matter and discusses how to interpret a phase diagram. Also explored is partial pressures and Dalton's Law. Section also includes...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: College Physics: Temperature

For Students 11th - 12th
A section dedicated to defining temperature. Learn the common misconceptions about temperature and how temperature is defined scientifically. Understand the temperature scales and how to convert between them. Also discussed is the zeroth...
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City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Emily Dickinson: An Overview

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is actually the study guide for the Emily Dickinson section of a course titled "The Emergence of the Modern," taught at Brooklyn College. Though it is written for college students, it should be accessible to high school...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I Am What I Learn Video Scholarship Essay Contest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to explore a variety of available scholarships to determine which scholarships may be sources of funding for college. Students will create a video essay which will be used to apply for a...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: For Middle Schoolers: Activities to Build College Level Reading Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
ACT has developed this list of activities to help middle-school students improve their reading ability. Parents and educators can use this information to help ensure that these students are on target for college and career readiness.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: College: Where Am I Going to Go?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use a PACED decision making grid to help them decide where they would like to attend college.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Satellites and Kepler's Laws: An Argument for Simplicity

For Students 11th - 12th
In the following interactive students will begin to understand the laws of Kepler regarding planetary motion and derive the third law of Kepler for circular orbits. They will also discuss the Ptolemaic model of the universe.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Physics: Motion Equations for Constant Acceleration in One Dimension

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive module, students will calculate displacement of an object that is not accelerating, given initial position and velocity. They will also calculate final velocity of an accelerating object, given initial velocity,...
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Act's College Readiness Standards

For Students 9th - 10th
Teachers and students may view or print the ACT's College Readiness Standards for English, Mathematics, Reading, Science, and Writing.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: College Track

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about College Track, a national education nonprofit that empowers students from underserved communities to reach their dreams of a college degree.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Saving for Post Secondary Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars use an online compound interest calculator to answer questions and create charts that show the value of saving money over time for future education goals.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Ways to Pay for Higher Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners use the Internet to explore ways to pay for their higher education and record their findings in an informational brochure.
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Pressbooks: Virginia Western Community College: Let's Get Writing!

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an open textbook created to assist students in their writing efforts. Topics covered include critical reading, rhetorical analysis, writing arguments, steps in the writing process, rhetorical modes, using credible sources, citing...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Math You Need: Rearranging Equations to Solve for a Given Variable

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial guides students through the steps in rearranging science formulas to solve for different variables. Includes practice exercises based on a variety of formulas.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: Exploring Community Colleges

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about the benefits of community college and consider whether attending community college could be a good option to help them prepare for their future.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Transition of Students With Disabilities to Postsecondary Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How do a student's rights and responsibilities change when they move from high school to post-secondary education? Read these questions and answers from the Department of Education to find out.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Market for Loanable Funds Model

For Students 9th - 10th
This study resource will help students understand, and create, graphs that are critical skills in macroeconomics. This article reviews the loanable funds model. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: How Do You Become a District Representative for a State Senator?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this resource from Khan Academy, students will learn about steps to take if they would like to enter the world of politics as a district representative for a state senator.

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