HS Resources by Discipline
I'm hoping that the resources below will help you with your school assignments, keep you informed, help you learn about stuff you want to learn about and help you beat boredom!
English Language Arts Resources
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Online encyclopedias are great for understanding literature, the time periods when stories take place and the cultural issues of the times:
Britannica School
World Book Advanced
Scholastic GO!
Bloom's Literature has literary essays, critical essays, plus extensive entries on literary topics, themes, movements, genres, and authors, plus so much more.
Granger's World of Poetry offers poems, poem citations, biographies, commentary, and evaluations of anthologies.
Poetry and Short Story Reference Center has hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as short stories, biographies and authoritative essays
NoveList will recommend your next read based on what you've already enjoyed, plus book discussion guides and much more.
PBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Salem Press Collection contains Critical Insights: American Creative Non-Fiction
Flipster has current issues, plus back issues, of Poets & Writers and BookPage.
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
Library Resources
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
Pixton lets you create comics using an extensive array of backgrounds, characters and speech bubbles.
WeVideo an online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view and share your movies.
Single Sign On (SSO) with Google / Contact Mrs. Costelloe to set up your account
Use in conjunction with the following databases:
Britannica Image Quest - access more than 3 million rights-cleared images
Soundz Abound - our extensive collection of rights-cleared sound effects and music
ELA websites including:
Poem Hunter to look up poems you know and explore new poetry
Storyboard That is a storyboarding tool that lets you plan out your story
What Should I Read Next helps you select your next great book based on what you've already enjoyed.
Math & Economics Resources
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Financial Literacy makes economics and money management easy. Learn to manage credit and debt, Invest and plan for your future.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
News (OneFile) allows you to search over 3,000 publications.
PBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Salem Press Collection contains The Encyclopedia of Mathematics & Society
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
Library Resources
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
Math websites including:
Desmos is an online graphing calculator.
Khan Academy provides free instruction on so many math topics.
PhET is a collection of over 200 million math and science simulations in an animated, game-like environment
Omni Calculator is an incredible life tool. Can many of life's problems be solved with some math? You betcha!
Science Resources
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Academic OneFile and OneFile Select provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources
Cavendish Square Digital provides a comprehensive ebooks on Diseases & Disorders and Explorers & Exploration.
Core Concepts in Bio, Chem & the Periodic Table offers deep insight in each topic.
Health and Medicine contains full-text nursing and allied health journal articles.
Health Reference Center offers videos and Information on a wide variety of health topics.
High School (Gale In Context) provides a portal for valuable research sources.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
News (OneFile) allows you to search over 3,000 publications.
PBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Salem Press Collection offers a comprehensive database on Cancer and an Encyclopedia of Global Resources.
Science Online provides a comprehensive overview of all the sciences with videos, animations, diagrams, experiments and essays.
ScienceDirect is a leading full-text scientific database offering journal articles and book chapters from more than 2,500 peer-reviewed journals and more than 11,000 books.
Today's Science keeps you abreast of the science news of the day.
Teen Health and Wellness also offers a wide variety of straight forward health information.
Flipster provides access to Earth, Popular Science, Astronomy and other science magazines.
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
Library Resources
WeVideo an online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view and share your movies.
Single Sign On (SSO) with Google / Contact Mrs. Costelloe to set up your account
Use in conjunction with the following databases:
Britannica Image Quest - access more than 3 million rights-cleared images
Soundz Abound - our extensive collection of rights-cleared sound effects and music
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
Science websites including:
BioDigital Human to Interactively tour the human body
BioInteractive provides multimedia science resources, including short films, lectures, virtual labs, tutorials, apps, click-and-learns, and teacher guides.
Brain Facts helps you unravel the mysteries of the brain with the help of the neuroscience community.
EarthSky provides updates and gorgeous images on all things related to the cosmos.
Molecular Workbench allows you to explore hundreds of scientific simulations in bio, chem, physics, biotech and nanotechnology.
Social Studies Resources
One password gets you Into all databases -- ryeneck
Online encyclopedias are great for understanding social studies
Britannica School
World Book Student
Scholastic GO!
ABC-CLIO Databases (American Gov't, American History, Modern Genocide, World History Ancient & World History Modern) are a rich collection of articles and information rich with primary sources.
Academic OneFile and OneFile Select provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources.
Cavendish Square Digital provides a comprehensive ebooks on The Middle Ages, Renaissance & Reformation, Explorers & Exploration plus Gods, Goddesses & Mythology.
CQ Researcher is your #1 source for original, comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues shaping our world.
CultureGrams provides a window Into daily life around the world, plus Info on over 200 countries, the USA & Canada'.
Global Issues (Gale In Context) provides the tools and resources needed to understand today's world issues from a global perspective.
High School (Gale In Context) covers research needs In all disciplines.
Issues & Controversies Online explores hundreds of hot topics from both sides.
JSTOR is one of the world's most trusted sources for academic, peer-reviewed content. NOTE: log In using ryeneck / ryeneck once In JSTOR.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
Lincoln Library Factcite Collection - Milestone Documents is an incredible sources for primary documents, which includes context, explanation, analysis, impact and other related documents.
News (OneFile) allows you to search over 3,000 publications.
Newspaper Source Plus includes more than 860 full-text newspapers, providing more than 35 million full-text articles.
Opposing Viewpoints includes pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, primary sources, biographies, court cases, full text magazine articles, statistical tables, charts, graphs, podcasts, including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs.
PBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Salem Press Collection offers an extensive collection of History volumes.
World History In Context supports history research with dynamic content.
World Religions Online explores religion and spirituality.
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
Library Resources
WeVideo an online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view and share your movies.
Single Sign On (SSO) with Google / Contact Mrs. Costelloe to set up your account
Use in conjunction with the following databases:
Britannica Image Quest - access more than 3 million rights-cleared images
Soundz Abound - our extensive collection of rights-cleared sound effects and music
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
Social Studies websites including:
100 Milestone Documents compiled by the National Archive and Records Administration which chronicle US history from 1776 to 1965.
All Sides allows you to see the news and current affairs from all perspectives: from the left, center and right. What's your personal bias and how can we learn to conduct civil discourse when talking to people who are coming from a different perspective?
Constitute provides access to the constitutions of the world to read, search and compare.
The Oyez Project: A Multimedia Archive of the US Supreme Court aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the court since Oct 1955, plus information of justices and virtual tours.
World Languages Resources
One password gets you Into all databases -- ryeneck
Online encyclopedias are great for exploring other cultures...and you can change the language of any article you are reading!
Britannica School
World Book Student
Scholastic GO!
CultureGrams provides a window Into daily life around the world, plus Info on over 200 countries.
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
High School (Gale In Context) allows you to scroll through articles on other cultures.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
PBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Library Resources
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
WeVideo an online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view and share your movies.
Single Sign On (SSO) with Google / Contact Mrs. Costelloe to set up your account
Use in conjunction with the following databases:
Britannica Image Quest - access more than 3 million rights-cleared images
Soundz Abound - our extensive collection of rights-cleared sound effects and music
Transparent Language Online - Language instruction in over 100 different languages, including ENL! Click here for login information.
Pixton lets you create comics using an extensive array of backgrounds, characters and speech bubbles.
World Language websites including:
BBC Languages offers language instruction for over 40 languages.
Digital Dialects allows you to play games to learn the basics of 80+ languages.
Duolingo helps you learn a language for free.....and you can download the app to learn on the go!
Signing Savvy is a visual sign language dictionary with thousands of high resolutions videos to learn or improve your American Sign Language.
Art Resources
One password gets you Into all databases -- ryeneck
ABC-CLIO Pop Culture Universe Icons/Idols/Ideas is an authoritative yet irresistible digital library of information on American and world popular culture.
Flipster offers the current issue, plus back issues, of Architectural Digest, Digital Pro Photo, Digital Photo and Edge, the authority on videogame art & design.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
PBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
Library Resources
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
WeVideo an online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view and share your movies.
Single Sign On (SSO) with Google / Contact Mrs. Costelloe to set up your account
Use in conjunction with the following databases:
Britannica Image Quest - access more than 3 million rights-cleared images
Soundz Abound - our extensive collection of rights-cleared sound effects and music
Art, Architecture & Photography websites including:
Digital Photography School is one of the best photography tutorial sites around.
Google Museum Tours brings you Inside some of the world's most famous museums.
Lightbox is Time Magazine's photography blog.
NYC Architecture lets you explore the varied architecture of the Big Apple.
Sketch.io is a great digital illustration platform.
See the full list of Art, Architecture & Photography websites here
Music, Theater & Film Resources
One password gets you Into all databases -- ryeneck
Salem Press Collection contains the volume Musicians and Composers of the 20th Century
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
PBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Soundzabound is an amazing, multivolume collection of music and sound effects that are rights-cleared, meaning they can safely be used In any presentations.
Library Resources
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
WeVideo an online video editor that makes it easy to capture, create, view and share your movies.
Single Sign On (SSO) with Google / Contact Mrs. Costelloe to set up your account
Use in conjunction with the following databases:
Britannica Image Quest - access more than 3 million rights-cleared images
Soundz Abound - our extensive collection of rights-cleared sound effects and music
Music websites including:
Nightly Met Opera Streams - each nightly opera, with subtitles, will start at 7:30 pm be available for 23 hours.
EarSketch combines music and coding for a truly unique approach to learning both Python & Java Script, plus music theory and creation.
Music Theory offers free online lessons, exercises and tools.
MuseScore allows you to create, play and print music scores.
Where to Watch Broadway Online is a musical theater lover's treasure trove of free streaming!
Coding & Technology Resources
One password gets you Into all databases -- ryeneck
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
Flipster provides access to current issues of PC World, GamesMaster and Wired magazines, plus back issues.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
Computer Science (Gale OneFile) provides access to journal articles and other research in the fieldPBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Library Resources
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
Coding websites....we have a ton! Including:
Hour of Code (code.org) Tutorials - Learn Javascript, make apps & games and so much more. (Please note that some tutorials have age restrictions)
Tynker - Create characters and games.
MIT App Inventor - Great tutorials put you on the way to creating Android apps. No age restrictions make this great for middle schoolers!
Alan Becker How to Animate - Check out Alan's YouTube channel - tutorials on digital animation plus some incredible animation shorts!
Health & Wellness Resources
One password gets you Into all databases -- ryeneck
Discovery Education provides amazing video content on many ELA topics. Click here to log In, then use your RN Google account.
Health and Medicine contains full-text nursing and allied health journal articles.
Health Reference Center offers videos and Information on a wide variety of health topics.
Learn 360 has over 180K multimedia teaching assets in all K-12 subject areas.
PBS Learning Media has easily searchable standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans and more curated by THIRTEEN and PBS.
Teen Health and Wellness gives straightforward answers to all your health questions.
Today's Science provides the science behind all health and wellness issues.
Visual Learning Digital Science Online provides video content on life, integrated, health and biological sciences.
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Library Resources
Sora offers thousands of ebooks, audiobooks, almost 300 magazines, plus a Professional Learning Collection.
Select Rye Neck MSHS > Library Card # is your 6-digit student ID (no Initials)
PLConnect for Professional Learning - pedagogy, self-care, self-help and much more
Click on your account settings (PANCAKES in the upper right corner)
ADD A LIBRARY > Type PLCONNECT > Follow steps to add this library
Health, Wellness, Cooking & Food websites including:
5 Minute Breathing Meditation to help you calm your body and mind.
Cooking for Engineers is a site for those with an analytical mind that like to cook.
Sworkit helps you create your own personal workouts
Serious Eats has recipes, podcasts, techniques, reviews and all else that brings foodies together.
YMCA 360 is a full library of exercise videos for all levels. Get moving!
See the full list of Health, Wellness, Cooking & Food websites here
Just Need to Blow Off Some Steam?
Crane Cam gives you a look at the Rowe Sanctuary on the Platte River in Nebraska where the sandhill cranes land In one of the world's greatest migrations. Sunrise & sunset are best for viewing the cranes, but BOY is this relaxing at any time!
Build an Epic Marble Run with Lego
EarthCam provides links to webcams from around the world....zoos, famous landmarks, stadiums, amusement parks and so much more!
FoldPlay has LOTS of fun paper-folding activities. Origami, photo kaleidoscopes, paper models and lots more!
The Hidden Worlds of the US National Parks allows 360-degree exploration of some of our most beautiful National Parks
Kapwing is a modern editor for videos, gifs, images & memes.
Lizard Point has quizzes and tests that let you test your knowledge on everything from geography to art to math.
Piskel is a free, online sprite and pixel art creator.
Pixton lets you create comics using an extensive array of backgrounds, characters and speech bubbles. Click here and log in with Google
TED Talks aim to spread ideas that are worth sharing and features video talks by experts in just about every field. These short and compelling talks introduce new concepts and provide new insights.
The Typing Cat provides fun tutorials to practice your typing skills.
Wonder How To offers interesting and entertaining how-tos, hacks, pro-tips & Insider secrets.
Check Out What's Happening at the Mamaroneck Public Library and the Rye Free Reading Room
Don't yet have a library card? Request one here....use your RN email!
While the RN HSMS Library is closed, there's lots going on at both of our public libraries....here's a sampling:
Click here for Mamaroneck's list of Great Websites....some require your library card.
Offering free online Reference Desk help to answer all your questions.
Join the Aidan Tyler Quaran-teen weekly webcast every Tuesday at 2pm.