Below are some other sites where you can improve your skills, see a cool video, or otherwise expand your mind. Each column can be sorted by subject or if it is a video or funny by clicking the top.
Additionally, check out our Formula Sheets for various tests and courses including TACHS, SHSAT (Stuyvesant, Technical High Schools), HSPT (Regis test), Regents, AP, and SATs.
Scholarships for K-12 in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx. Some ethnic scholarships have also been included.
| Title | Domain | Summary | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free MIT Course Books | http://mitopencourseware.wordpress.com/ocw-bookshelf/ | 45 Free Textbook for MIT Courses | Text | Textbook |
| Chegg | http://www.chegg.com/ | Step by step solutions to textbook problems | Text | Textbook |
| Boundless – online textbooks+ | https://www.boundless.com/ | Online Textbooks | Text | Textbook |
| NYS Regents Home | http://www.nysedregents.org/ | Find practice tests, solutions, and reference tables for high school courses from Algebra I to Physics | Tools | Test Prep |
| Practice ELA TACHS questions | www.saintjosephbythesea.com | created by St . Joseph by-the-Sea of Staten Island | Tools | Test Prep |
| TACHS Handbook | http://www.tachsinfo.com/PDF/Handbook.pdf | Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools Handbook | Tools | Test Prep |
| Chewing gum helps you concentrate | http://www.bps.org.uk/news/chewing-gum-helps-you-concentrate-longer | Text | Test Prep | |
| AP Chemistry | http://media.collegeboard.com/ | Test Prep for the AP Chemistry exam | Tools | Test Prep |
| The Last Answer | http://www.thrivenotes.com/the-last-answer/ | by Isaac Asimov | Text | Short Story |
| The Last Question | http://www.physics.princeton.edu/ph115/LQ.pdf | by Isaac Asimov | Text | Short Story |
| The Library of Babel | http://jubal.westnet.com/ | by Jorge Luis Borges | Text | Short Story |
| Coursera | https://www.coursera.org/ | Free Online Courses | Tools | Self Teach |
| Duolingo | https://www.duolingo.com/ | Free language learning | Tools | Self Teach |
| Khan Academy | https://www.khanacademy.org/ | We will recommend problems for you. Enter Coach ID: D5H4DM | Tools | Self Teach |
| ThinkQuest | http://thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.library | Websites for students by students | Tools | Self Teach |
| Edx | https://www.edx.org/ | Take online courses from the world’s best universities | Tools | Self Teach |
| Mathigon | http://world.mathigon.org/ | A visually appealing place to explore the world of math | Tools | Self Teach |
| Equations that changed the world | http://imgur.com/a/UoeFT | I bet you don’t know them all | Pic | Science/Math |
| Wolframalpha | https://www.wolframalpha.com | Ask it anything…seriously | Tools | Science/Math |
| Harvard Intro to Computer Science | http://www.openculture.com | A learning to code site from openculture | Tools | Programming |
| Udacity | https://www.udacity.com/ | Videos to improve skills, mostly in computer programming | Tools | Programming |
| Entropy Concepts | hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/heacon.html#heacon | How does entropy relate to Chemistry and Physics? | Text | Physics |
| Mind bending advanced physics concepts | http://imgur.com/a/CVbTk#0 | Video | Physics | |
| Exploring other Dimensions | http://unplugthetv.com/post/56458837867/exploring-other-dimensions | What would a being that lived in 1 or 2 dimensions perceive? | Video | Physics |
| Ray Diagrams for Mirrors | hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/geoopt/mirray.html | Text | Physics | |
| Vacuum | http://xkcd.com/669/ | Funny | Physics | |
| Kidnapped physics problem | http://imgur.com/iCz9Qe8 | Funny | Physics | |
| Light Dispersion | http://upload.wikimedia.org | Insights into prisms | Video | Physics |
| Angular Momentum Visual | https://www.youtube.com/ | Demonstrating the conservation of angular momentum on a freely spinning wheel | Video | Physics |
| Double Slit Experiment (Cartoon Animation) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8M72pX5wlyE | We thought we knew almost everything before this experiment and it just kept getting more bizarre from here | Video | Physics |
| Ray Diagrams for Lenses | http://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/refrn/u14l5da.cfm | Text | Physics | |
| Learnerds | http://www.learnerds.com/ | One a day questions focused on Physics and passing the FE | Tools | Physics |
| Pouring water upside down | http://i.imgur.com/BNYzyPd.jpg | Funny | Physics | |
| XX and XY Axes | http://xkcd.com/833/ | Make sure you… | Funny | Math |
| Quotery | http://www.quotery.com/ | Looking for a quote, find it here | Tools | Humanities |
| World Digital Library | http://www.wdl.org | Makes significant primary maierials available from cultures around the world for free | Tools | Humanities |
| Chronozoom | http://www.chronozoom.com/ | Explore time | Tools | Humanities |
| Middle-aged | http://imgur.com/yCQ7Xf8 | Funny | Humanities | |
| Geoguessr | http://www.geoguessr.com/ | Game to guess where in the world the picture is | Tools | Humanities |
| Birds on Wires | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoM4ZZJ2UrM | Song made from birds perched on wires | Video | General |
| Toothpick Castle | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QLgEcTq6Pg | Video | General | |
| Universitas | http://www.universitas21.com | Center for academic research | Tools | General |
| Ted Talks | http://www.ted.com/ | Specialists talking about a variety of interesting subjects | Video | General |
| Physical Reaction | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qSEfcIfYbw | between hot nickel and water | Video | Chemistry |
| Triple Point Demonstration | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEbMHmDhq2I#aid=P-r7CLddQZs | One-third liquid, one-third solid, one-third gas all at the same time | Video | Chemistry |
| Chemical Reaction | http://i0.wp.com/www.randominterestingfacts.com | between Iodine and Zinc | Video | Chemistry |
| Atom’s First by Mark Bishop | http://preparatorychemistry.com/bishop_atoms_first.htm | Online Chemistry textbook with animations | Text | Chemistry |
| Popcorn kernel | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXDstfD9eJ0 | overheating in slowmotion | Video | Chemistry |
| Liquid Nitrogen explosion | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsXpt1etTnA | Slow motion liquid nitrogen covered in ping pong balls | Video | Chemistry |
| Nanoputian | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoputian | Chemicals inspired by the civilization in Gulliver’s Travels | Funny | Chemistry |
| Metal Grinding Against Metal | http://i.imgur.com/t7cdpg8.gif | Video | Chemistry | |
| Pepto Bi smuth | http://vimeo.com/52834485 | An artistic rendering of the chemical process of isolating bismuth metal from Pepto Bismol. | Video | Chemistry |
| Tree of Life | http://www.evogeneao.com/ | Amazing | Pic | Biology |
| Time Tree | http://www.timetree.org/ | Find out when two organism shared a common ancestor | Tools | Biology |
| White Blood Cell Chases Bacterium | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnlULOjUhSQ | Video | Biology | |
| 30 Mental Math Tricks | http://www.glad2teach.co.uk/ | Learn some mental math tricks | Video | Basic Math |
| Infinite Hotel Paradox | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj3_KqkI9Zo | An interesting thought experiment about infinity | Video | Basic Math |
| Math is fun | http://www.mathsisfun.com/index.htm | Practice and explanations for Prealgebra | Tools | Basic Math |
| Sin graph from a circle | http://i.imgur.com/DWuA6Vn.gif | Circle, square, hexagon | Video | >= Trigonometry |
| Dancing Math Functions | http://i.imgur.com/2cFlr3Q.jpg | Funny | >= Trigonometry | |
| Paranormal Distribution | http://imgur.com/dNFvDBT | Normal distribution or… | Funny | >= Trigonometry |
| Wave function from a heart | http://25.media.tumblr.com/ | Video | >= Trigonometry | |
| Paul’s Online Math Formula Sheets | http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/cheat_table.aspx | Great math resources | Tools | >= Trigonometry |
| Integral Tables | http://integral-table.com/ | Most of the Integrals you will ever need. If it’s not here, see wolframalpha | Tools | >= Trigonometry |
| Wave function from 3 connecting circles | http://25.media.tumblr.com/ | A regualr sin graph with some added complexity | Video | >= Trigonometry |
| Practice Math TACHS questions | www.saintjosephbythesea.com | created by St . Joseph by-the-Sea of Staten Island | Tools | <= Algebra |
| SHSAT Practice | http://schools.nyc.gov/ | ELA and Math Questions | Tools | <= Algebra |