Free Online Learning Resources for Junior High Students

Students in the seventh grade can find plenty of help with their homework as well as practice pages to improve math, language and other skills. Many learning sites charge a fee for accessing practice pages but here is a list that will help you without charging you:

Cloud Net, a free site that concentrates on subjects like history, literature, English and reading. Kids will find help with poetry, Shakespeare, vocabulary, debate, journalism and punctuation. Find it at http://www.cloudnet.com/~edrbsass/edeng.htm

Your Homework is a free site that lets you choose subjects by grade level. There's a great search engine that let's you choose the grade, the subject, then any specific word like "wars" or "presidents". The search results are perfect for reading about most any subject. The articles are specific and walk you through the subject at hand. Find this fabulous site, with hundreds of lessons at www.yourhomework.com/hhelp/

Where others have asked the same questions you might have, and have gotten great answers, is at www.mathgoodies.com There are forums where you can ask a particular question and receive answers from those in the know. There's also lesson plans, puzzles, worksheets and much more.

The Museum of Unnatural History is unlike any site you've seen before. Arrive at the front page and watch as the pictures change from dinosaurs to Egyptian pyramids to outer space. Click on any picture and be immediately taken to a page covering that subject. This is an impressive website where you'll spend lots of time and learn much. Go to http://unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm

Get free print-out worksheets for word problems or math by going to www.math.com/teachers/practice.html No printer? Out of ink? No problem. Just do the problems online at this site. Resources include formulas, test preparation tips, study suggestions and more. And, there's no software to download!