8+April+2011

__**English **__ (Jacque Miller)

__**Fine Arts **__ (Jane Spencer)

__**History **__ (Holly Bunt)

__**Language **__ (Sue Donnelly) Greetings everyone and Happy Mid-Spring Break! My quick tip this month is a web site I think you all will enjoy, www.bbc.co.uk/languages/. I'm sorry Latin isn't included, but perhaps Latin will be included in the near future, let's hope so because this site has a lot to offer language students.

__**Mathematics **__ (Beth Blaustein)

__**Science **__ (Beth Blaustein) [] ScienceStage.com is a virtual conference room, lecture hall, laboratory, library, and meeting venue all in one. It offers new methods of scientific presentation, scientific discourse, and academic knowledge transfer by using video streaming, audio streaming, and text features.

[] MIT Highlights for High School For Teachers: ** We've selected a range of materials to help you: **  · Show science demonstrations by MIT faculty in your classroom. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 150%; margin-left: 26.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Provide alternate explanations to reinforce key concepts. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 150%; margin-left: 26.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Guide students to additional homework problems and exam examples. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 150%; margin-left: 26.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Add to your knowledge.

** You can use this site to help your students: **
· Understand concepts by watching video demonstrations. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 150%; margin-left: 26.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Study for AP exams. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 150%; margin-left: 26.25pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · Sample the kind of work they'll be doing in college.

= ** <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-weight: normal; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-top: 0in;">For Students : ** = <span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 9.5pt; margin-bottom: 15pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in;">Highlights for High School is your guide to MIT courses selected specifically to help you prepare for AP exams, learn more about the skills and concepts you learned in school, and get a glimpse of what you'll soon study in college.

** Need a break from studying? **
Check out videos of competitions at MIT like the Solar Decathlon. Ever see a bullet smash through a rose dipped in nitrogen? Check out the Strobe Project Laboratory. Studying for the Physics AP exam? Watch an MIT professor explain pendulums by swinging across his classroom.

__<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Senior Seminar ** __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 70%;">(Jacque Miller)

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Resources to Share with other Departments:

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<span style="color: #231f20; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">HippoCampus, from the <span style="color: #0b7fb4; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE), is an online repository of distance education courses for teachers and students. It includes standard courses and courses designed for AP students in subjects covering math, science, and social studies (including psychology and United States history).

<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 90%;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Notes to Colleagues: