Web Resources for Grade 11

Web Resources for Foreign Languages

High School Hub: World Languages
Web resources for French, German, Latin, Spanish, Japanese and Russian Languages

Free Translation.com
Type the text in English and the site will translate the text into Spanish, French, German, Italian, or Portuguese.

French Language Course Pages
This link provides lessons to help students review vocabulary, parts of speech, sentence structure and conversation.

AltaVista Translations
This site allows students to translate words, sentences and paragraphs in from English to Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian and Russian languages.

Web Resources for the Arts

General

High School Hub: Art and Technology
Links to web resources in the areas of art and technology.

Visual Arts

ARTS EDGE
The National Arts and Education Network is a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. ARTSEDGE offers free, standards-based teaching materials for use in and out of the classroom, as well as student materials and guidelines for arts-based instruction and assessment.

Museums

Louvre   
Open since 1793, the Louvre conserves, protects and restores priceless artworks.

National Gallery of Art

Music

Classical Net
Classical Net features more than 6000 files including more than 4000 CD/SACD/DVD/Book reviews and over 5300 links to other classical music web sites.

Music Resources on the Net

Classical Music History Resources

Web Resources for Workforce Development

General Sites

High School Hub: Art and Technology
Links to web resources in the areas of art and technology.

Accounting

Pro2Net
Pro2Net offers up to date articles on accounting and other legal issues related to finances.

Agriculture

Ag's Cool - Agriculture in North Carolina
Agriculture is a major part of the economy in North Carolina. This site provides information on all Goodness Grows in North Carolina products and commodities.

Business Education

Cameron Balloons Virtual Factory
This site offers an overview of the way a company is organized by production, marketing, accounts, design and purchasing.

EduStock
A ThinkQuest site designed by high school students, EduStock's goal is to teach people about the stock market. Tutorials define the market, tell how it works and how to pick good stocks. A Stock market simulation is included.

InvestorWords
This site is a searchable glossary of investment terminology.

Careers

Campus Program
Search the site to find colleges or universities that meet your needs. Links to sites with job information for a wide variety of careers is also included.

Construction

Construction Web Links
This site contains a searchable collection of web resources for the construction industry, including codes and safety issues.  

Drafting and Design

Advanced Building Technologies
Visit this site to learn about technologies and practices that improve the energy and resource efficiency of building. More than 90 environmentally-appropriate technologies and practices are provided.

Web Resources for Reference

NC WiseOwl
NC WiseOwl is a site published by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. This site provides an incredible wealth of reference materials which include access to online encyclopedias, periodicals, journals, dictionaries and photographs. Contact your school media specialist to obtain passwords for at home access.

Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library
Browse the content table, or search by grade or content to access an annotated and reviewed list of web resources for all curricular areas.

Encarta Concise Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia Smithsonian

Find Articles.com
Searches articles in more than 300 reputable magazines and journals.

Dictionary.com
Type in any word and get the correct spelling, definition, respelling, part of speech and related words. There are many types of dictionaries at this site such as sign language, translators for languages, rhyming dictionaries.

School Subjects
Need help finding information for a school research project or just need help with homework? This site provides many links for school subjects, reference resources, student leisure, search engines and more! Select computers and choose free clipart to gain access to a wonderful selection of clipart and photographs!

SAT Vocabulary Preparation
Study flashcards to learn SAT vocabulary words.  Twenty separate lists of 250 words are accessible. Online quizzes are available to test your knowledge of the words, but users must register with the site to be able to log in.  Registration is free.