Wuthering Heights bulletin board
You could require the students to visit and post questions or answers on this site.
http://www.killdevilhill.com/readingclub/odyssey/messages/3967.html
Wuthering Heights web sites
1. This site is wonderful. It contains questions organized by chapter, as well as links to some potential ideas for the student presentation section such as a Wuthering Heights time line or map. It also offers excellent tips for the educator on presenting the novel as a whole and has background information on Emily Bronte.
http://www.eng.fju.edu.tw/English_Literature/19th_c/wuthering_heights.htm
2. This site also contains some questions for the novel, organized by units.
http://www.borgia.com/~prussell/he1assign.html
3. For a list of possible essay topics, this site is helpful.
http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~ab784/emily/topics.html
4. This site is exactly what it says-a map of places found in the novel.
http://ux1.cso.uiuc.edu/~hchandle/WH_map.html
5. For an example of a student-created web site on Wuthering Heights, look at this site.
http://www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~ab784/emily/emily.html
This list, in part or whole, could be given to the students. They could be required to answer questions found on these or other web-sites.
6. This is the web site devoted to " The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton.
http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/out/outtg.html
*Note: It is recommended that you save a copy of any web pages that you find especially useful in the event that they are taken down. Many web sites on Wuthering Heights are of a class project nature, from high school to graduate school, and as such are subject to the changing of the school year.
Films
Title: Algebra
Length: 29 minutes
Content: Use of manipulatives in algebra
Code: 702578 VH
Title: Pre-Algebra
Length: 16 minutes
Content: Introduction of symbols and equations
Code: 506998 VHS
Algebra Web Sites
1. "Ask Dr. Math" home page-This is where students have the opportunity to e-mail Dr. Math with questions. It also contains a searchable database and has sections organized by grade level.
http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/
2. "Algebra Online"-This site has a chat room where students can talk about algebra problems. It also has a problem solving page called QuickMath where students can enter an expression and receive an answer either simplified, factored, or expanded. Students can also have the option of e-mailing a personal tutor.
http://www.algebra-online.com/
3. This site is an example of simple question and answer site. A class technology project could be created along similar lines.
http://juliet.stfx.ca/people/fac/pwang/mathpage/grade8.html
Miscellaneous
1. This page contains some great lesson plans on using programs like spreadsheets to teach percent, and HyperStudioStack "It's A Game" to teach probability.
http://web.utk.edu/~eburney/burney2.html
Films
African Journey Series
This is a six-part series about the adventures of a Canadian teenager during a four-month stay with his father in South Africa. Each segment is 26 minutes long, so the series may be viewed in its entirety, or presented at your discretion.
Codes:
702063 VH
702064 VH
702065 VH
702066 VH
702067 VH
702068 VH
Social Studies Web Sites
1. This site is wonderful It contains links to many other sites ,organized by country, about Africa. It has all the information a student would need to do a CorelPresentations project. This site is a must-visit for all!
http://www.SchillerComputing.com/whc/index.htm
2. This site is a great example of how a web site on Africa could look if created by your class.
http://www.li.net/~ndonohue/ss.html
3. This is the place to search for "e-pals" co-operating teachers in other countries.
Print Materials
Great Careers for People Interested in Art and Design
Career Connections Series
Trifolium Books
Weigl Educational Publishers, 1991
Films
Title: Discovering Composition in Art
Length: 16 minutes
Content: Different composition styles are examined
Code: 202058, 16
Title: Viewing Graphics Series
Length: Variable
Content: Series of filmstrips and cassettes about Graphic Design
Code: 500699 MM
Title: Mystery of Picasso
Length: 77 minutes
Content: Picasso creates 15 works of art before the camera, blending
painting and collage
Code: 46008, LV
Art Web Sites
1. This is the ArtsEdNet home page. It has specific lesson plans, generalized curriculum ideas, galleries of student artwork, lists of publications, and access to an on-line discussion group of art educators, ArtsEdNet Talk.
http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/
Chemistry Web Sites
1. This site is called Chemistry 101. Here students can find an on-line text book with a searchable database. This is also the student-created web site mentioned as an example of a project your class could do.
http://library.advanced.org/3310/higraphics/index.html
2. This site is a JavaScript where students can input moles, grams, or liters, and get answers back in molecules, moles, and molarity.
http://members.iquest.net/~glassman/chemfunctions.html
3. Yahoo has a site devoted to Chemistry web links, including a "Cool Science" site with more links to current events and "fun science". This site is a great reference site for any teacher who wishes to assign a research paper.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Chemistry/Education/
4. For a site that shows an experiment your students would otherwise not get a chance to see, watch them incinerate an entire barbeque using liquid oxygen at this site!
5. This is a site containing web links for educators
http://www.anachem.umu.se/eks/pointers.htm
6. This site is provided for home-schooling students, gifted students, and those who wish to study for the Advanced Placement exams which will allow a student to gain university credits.
http://www.synapse.ndirect.co.uk/alchemy/index.html
7. This site has tutorials, worksheets, and much more.