Resources to Build Academic Skills
- Khan Academy: A free online platform that offers over 10,000 short video lessons on a wide range of subjects, including math, science, history, literature, and computer science. This platform also offers SAT test preparation.
- Edx: Online platform where students can audit courses at universities for free.
- You can audit CS50 (Harvard’s introductory Computer Science course) for free!
- Coursera: Online platform where students can audit courses from prestigious universities for free.
- Desmos: A free online graphing calculator.
- Grammarly: A free online typing assistant that allows students to check their grammar and spelling in English.
- Worksheet from Canada College with Instructions for a Basic Essay Format
- The High School Student’s Guide to Becoming A Better Writer
- Google Scholar: Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
- Zotero: A free and open-source reference management software to manage bibliographic data and related research materials, such as PDF and ePUB files.
- Citation Machine: Creates free citations in various English writing formats.