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Follow the link for Grades 7-12 Instructors and Students. There are some great tips to help you with research papers or essays. There’s even a section on how to conquer “writer’s block”. You know – the inability to concentrate and focus and get things on paper, and it’s the night before the assignment is due…

A great podcast for grammar/writing questions

ConsumerReports.org features ratings and recommendations on thousands of products and services in categories including appliances, cars, electronics and computers, home and garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel. Subscribers have access to Consumer Reports’ unbiased product and service ratings and recommendations, selections from the latest issue of Consumer Reports, a searchable archive of the past four years of ratings, Consumer Reports’ exclusive product- and car-reliability reports, comprehensive decision guides, the ability to participate in expert Discussions, access to consumer/user reviews, and much more.
Please call the Library for the username and password to access this site. 

You must be a patron of the Vernon Free Library to obtain this information.

Tips from scholastic to help your kids succeed in school from PreK to grade 8

This site is great if you need to find a good science project in a hurry. Click on the “Project Ideas” link, and you’ll see a whole bunch of different topics to choose from. You can choose projects that match your grade level – anywhere from first grade to senior in high school.

Another one of About.com’s great sites. All sorts of science fair ideas, sorted by topic and by grade level.

While working puzzles, answering quizzes, and learning new words, you’ll learn about Shakespeare, his plays, and Elizabethan England.