http://www.passged.com/links links, resources and articles... Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:55:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here's a great resource for extra math help and extra practice problems: Math.com. You can find extra help for: Fractions Decimals Integers (Positive and Negative Numbers) Percents Basic Math Everyday Math And much more. Happy math studying! http://www.passged.com/links/online-math-study-resource/ You'll be given a Casio fx260 calculator at your GED testing site to use, but it's good preparation to become familiar with the Casio fx260 calculator before the test. The best way to do that is with your own calculator. Here are some links where you can purchase the calculator: Amazon.com Casio http://www.passged.com/links/how-to-buy-the-casio-fx260-calculator/ Here are some links for advice on using the Casio fx260 calculator that's used on the GED math test. Remember, you'll be given a Casio calculator to use at the testing site. Casio fx260 Solar: http://www.geocities.com/calculatorhelp/casiofx260.htm Calculator Directions for Casio fx-260: http://www.ilc.org/cfmx/GED/GED_sample_m2.cfm?Menu_ID_Sel=35200&Lang_Sel=1 Using the Scientific Calculator: http://www.ket.org/GED2002/Mathcalc/Mathcalc1.htm http://www.passged.com/links/how-to-use-the-casio-calculator/ Here are some links to games and learning for math fundamentals... Interactive math games on Multiplication.com: http://www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm Math Mayhem on Learning Planet: http://www.learningplanet.com/act/mayhem/ Multiplication Facts on Ask Dr. Math: http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.learn.multiply.html Fantastic Math Tricks: http://www.angelfire.com/me/marmalade/mathtips.html http://www.passged.com/links/math-facts/ Smoking can be very bad for your health...your heart, your lungs, and even your teeth! Learn more about smoking and health:  http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/smoking.html  http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2x_Questions_About_Smoking_Tobacco_and_Health.asp  http://www.passged.com/links/smoking-and-health/ Galileo made amazing discoveries about the world around him... about the solar system, gravity, and physics. Learn more about Galileo's life and discoveries... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/galileo/ http://www.passged.com/links/galileo/ Nutrition is all about getting what you need to stay healthy. We get a lot from our food...energy, vitamins, minerals, protein. We need the right kinds of food to stay healthy. So, how do you make a balanced diet with everything you need? Learn more about nutrition... http://www.nutrition.gov http://www.mypyramid.gov/  http://www.passged.com/links/nutrition/ Tree rings give an important record of the past. How? Learn more about tree rings... http://www.museum.state.il.us/muslink/forest/htmls/how_tr.html  http://www.passged.com/links/tree-rings/ Fossils are important because they help us learn about the past. Fossils show us a glimpse of animals and plants from many years ago. Learn more about fossils... http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/contents.html  http://www.unmuseum.org/fossil.htm http://www.passged.com/links/fossils/ Light can bounce off of things (reflection), or it can be absorbed into something (absorption). Learn more about the nature of light, reflection, and absorption: http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/Class/light/u12l2c.html http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy00/phy00232.htm http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/science/light/ http://www.passged.com/links/light-reflection-and-absorption/