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Editor: Jock
Edited: Apr. 30, 2010

Canadian Senior High School
Homework Help: Grades 11 and 12

All Subjects:

• Ask A Teacher
  TVOntario's Independent Learning Centre. Allows you to choose the grade level for online help.
• Sparknotes: Study Guides
  Created by Harvard students as a home and school study guide for high school students and up.

Botany and Biology:

• A Brief Introduction to the Brain
  Explains how the brain senses balance, hearing, and vision. Outlines the anatomy of the cerebral cortex and nervous system (neurons and glial cells). Discusses memory, perception, and reflexes.
• DNA from the Beginning
  Organized around key concepts. The science behind each concept is explained by: animation, image gallery, video interviews, problem, and biographies.
• Online Biology Book
  Covers a wide range of biology topics, such as, Plants and Their Structure, Biodiversity, and Plant Evolution. Text is suited for Senior High School and University introductory level. Excellent images and diagrams for science projects.
• The Circle of Life
  Birth, growth, reproduction, and death are natural parts of the natural world.
• The Open Door Web Site : IB Biology Topics
  Outlines Biology topics, such as, biochemistry, photosynthesis, genetics, evolution, homeostasis, cells and respiration.
• The Open Door Web Site : Facts and Figures
  Covers Natural Science topics, such as, chemical stimuli, filter feeding, fossil fuels, fungi, plant nutrition, and more.

Chemistry:

• CHEMystery
  An Interactive Guide to Chemistry. Covers broad range of Grade 11 and 12 chemistry topics, such as, atomic orbits, covalent compounds, molecular structure, laws of thermodynamics, pH scale, electro-chemistry, organic-chemistry, nuclear reactions and biochemistry.
• Gas Laws
  Reviews gas laws: Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, the Pressure Law, the Ideal Gas Equation, Avogadro's Principle, Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures, and Graham's Law of Diffusion. Also explains the concepts that govern the physical behavior of gases within a closed system.
• Periodic Table of Elements
  The periodic table is the most important chemistry reference. In 1869, the Russian chemist Mendeleev saw the repeating patterns of element behavior and he grouped the elements into rows and columns that matched the behavior patterns: The first "Periodic Table" of elements was born. (Click on an element symbol in the Periodic Table to bring up a page of information on that element: discovery, name derivation, density, boiling point, melting point, and so on.)

Earth Science: Introduction and Learning Aids

• HRW World Atlas Shows country, continent and ocean floor maps. Also gives details — population, natural resources, language(s) and so on — about each country.
• Soil Erosion - Causes and Effects
  Lists factors contributing to soil erosion.
• Earth Observatory
  Explores the causes and effects of climatic and environmental change through the use of real satellite data
• Earth History
  Paleomap project. Earth images and animations that enable you to travel through time and check out what the Earth looked liked in the far distant past or what it might look like far into the future.
• Earth Sciences Introduction
  Covers wide range of Earth Science topics: Plate Tectonics, Geomagnetic Anomalies, and more.
• EcoWorld
  Ecological information about air, water, earth, plants, trees, animals,...
• Geology Time Machine
  Precambrian Time to Phanerozoic Eon (present).
• The Geologic Time Machine
  Shows the reshaping of the continents through a portion of the geologic timeline of the earth with examples of the biological inhabitants of each period.

Civics: Social Studies and Humanities

• A Timeline of Western Philosophers
  A chronological listing of philosophers in the history of Western philosophy, such as, Socrates, Voltaire, and Nietzsche, linked to additional information on each person.
• Ancient Philosophy
  Discusses the difficulty of separating philosophy (the love of wisdom) from religion and from science and mathematics. Delves into the importance of questions.
• Canada in the Making
  Has thousands of early Canadian texts for you to use in your schoolwork.
• Critical Thinking
  The Basics Analysis of Arguments Fallacies and Non-Rational Persuasion
• History of Philosophy
  Diverse collection of essays addressing many philosophical, historical, scientific, religious, economic, legal, and political issues.
• Thematic Maps Canada
  Census Geography - (Population and Demography) shows the spatial distribution of one or more specific data themes for standard geographic areas. The maps may be qualitative in nature (e.g., predominant farm types) or quantitative (e.g., percentage population change).
• The Peopling of Canada
  Examines one of Canada's most important migration periods. Between 1891 and 1921, millions of migrants left their homelands and journeyed to Canada. (Click on left nav bar of the site to move through the stages of immigration patterns.)

Geography and History:

• Blank Outline Maps
  Of Canada and provinces.
• CCGE MapMaker
  An interactive mapping tool that enables you to customize maps and print them for classroom use.
• History: Canadians at War
• Minerals Give full description of minerals (chemistry, hardness,specific gravity, ...), where found and crystal photograph.
• The Rivers
  Detailed information, maps and pictures of Canadian rivers.

English and Other Languages:

• English Literature Resources
  Provides resource links for students on English Literature. Also covers best authors for period from 1100 a.d. (Middle English) to present.
• English-Zone.com
  Learn grammar, practice English verbs, idioms, spelling, conversation, and more... Designed for English as a second language. Fun nonetheless.
• Greek and Latin Root Words
  The cornerstone Latin and Greek words, and suffixes and prefixes, from which many English words are derived.
• LanguageGuide.org
  Français: Guide de vocabulaire | French: Vocabulary Guide. Offers sound integrated resources for learning French and other languages. These resources are developed collaboratively with the help of volunteers.
• Learning French
  A self-contained online course prepared by BBC. Guided by a French teacher, you can start from scratch or brush up on a particular topic.

Mathematics:

• Algebra Help
  Include lessons with explanations, calculators that give step-by-step solutions to various algebra problems, and worksheets which automatically check answers. (The Web site is accessible free of charge, supported by advertisements.)
• Algebraic Properties of Real Numbers
  The basic algebraic properties of real numbers include: Commutative, Associative, Distributive and others.
• Basics to Solving Quadratic Equations
  Gives step-by-step examples of how to solve quadratic equations. (Unfortunately, Google ads fill the top half of the page. Scroll down.)
• Automatic Calculus and Algebra Help
  
• Dave's Short Trigonometry Course
  Complete review from basics thru Laws of Cosines and Sines to a summary list of trigonometry identities.
• Discrete Mathematics
  Covers sets, functions and relations, matrix algebra, combinatorics and finite probability, graph theory, finite differences and recurrence relations, logic, mathematical induction, and algorithmic thinking. [Ed note: This site might be off line.]
• Math School
  Complements Ontario math textbooks for grades 9 to 12. While the textbooks provide only answers to problems, this site contains detailed solutions for those math problems. Registration required.
• Mathematics of Data Management
  Covers a wide range of data management and interpretation concepts and statistical analysis techniques.
  Has many Java Applets to illustrate how histograms display data:.
• Probability by Surprise
• Notes and Basic Algebra Concepts
  Covers the Distributive Law, Cartesian coordinates, Linear Equations, Gaussian elimination, Quadratic Equations, and Polynomials.
• Paul's Online Math Notes
  Several downloadable notes and eBooks covering on a wide range of high school mathematics.

Physics:

• ABC’s of Nuclear Science
  Explains antimatter, beta rays, radioactivity (alpha, beta and gamma decay), fission and fusion, the structure of the atomic nucleus.
• Light and Matter
  Online physics textbook and other educational materials for physics and astronomy.
• Physics Animations
  Offers animated visualizations of light waves, polarized light, Brownian motion, molecular structures, magnetic and electrostatic fields, and more.
• Physics Classroom
  Outlines basic terminology and concepts about energy: potential, kinetic and mechanical.
• Physics Department (Zona Land)
  Gives step by step explanations of mechanics, waves and light. Some demonstrations are displayed in 3D. A Cosmo Player is needed. This free Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) player plugs into your Web browser to enable you to see and explore 3D worlds.
• Physics
  Advanced physic lectures and quizzes design by the University of Guelph Physics Department.

Science:

• ExploreLearning.com
  Dedicated to the teaching and learning of science online. Highly interactive multimedia activities designed to allow for experimentation and exploration of scientific concepts.
• How Stuff Works
  Learn how everything works.

Learning Online Tutorials:

• Chemistry Drill and Practice
  Uses problem and answer drills on many chemistry topics to test your knowledge. Great practice prior to an exam.
• How to Study
  Provides information on study skills: preparing to study, developing better reading and listening skills.
• Music
  Learn to read music, hear various musical instruments.

Music:

• ArtsAlive.ca - Music : Site Map Offers music resources for teachers, parents and students, and a musical instrument lab, and a listing of great and contemporary composers.

Reports & Theses:

• A+ Researching & Writing
  For High School and College students. Step by step guide to report/thesis writing.
• MLA standard citation guide
  This is the standard format for references in your bibliography. (citation)
• Anti-Plagiarism Guide
  Plagiarism will cause serious consequences,, learn how to avoid plagiarism and how to properly give credit to those whose works you have borrowed and credited.