Snow science

Snow Crystals.com - the science of snowflakes and various ice phenomenosn.

Open Culture

Open Culture offers "free, high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community."

Math used in actuary

Actuararial (is that a word?) math.

Planet Science

Planet Science: free science resources for kids, teachers, and parents.

Writing Fun

Writing Fun - "Writing Fun explains the types of text commonly written in schools with student examples showing text structures, grammatical features and publishing ideas."

Algebra One

Algebra One: animated videos explaining, what else?, algebra.  Free too, although you have the option to order the DVD and/or textbook.

Learner's TV

Learner's TV: "This is a comprehensive site providing thousands of downloadable Video lectures, Live Online Tests,etc in the fields of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Accounting, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology, History, Language Training, Literature, Law etc FREE to its visitors."

This site sounds amazing; I've not tried it yet, but hope it's as good as it sounds.

Khan Academy

With all the good reviews I've heard about this site, I'm surprised that I don't already have it down.  Khan Academy has videos on math, science, and some other topics.

How to make jewelry

Jewelry making how-tos from the forum at About.com

PianoNanny

PianoNanny - free online piano lessons

DrawSpace

DrawSpace - free drawing/art lessons.

Learning Language with LiveMocha

LiveMocha - learn to speak a foreign language by conversing with native speakers. I believe some parts are free and some parts require payment.  Looked interesting though; it's like having audio "pen-pals".

Digital History

Digital History - "using new technologies to enhance teaching and research

Financial planning - free advice

How to make a budget and Student Budget Planner

Free quilting patterns

Free quilting patterns - I think you have to sign up, but for free, I imagine.

Learn Chinese

Clavis Sinica, pricing is on this page

Microscopes

I've heard good things about this site for buying microscopes: Great Scopes

MathVids

Free math help videos from MathVids.com

Driving tips for teens & their parents

Driving tips - Keep Your Teen Safe Behind the Wheel

Virtual Math Club

Virtual Math Club: offers problems and solutions for kids (approximately ages 11 to 15) to work on. A new problem every week.

Language Arts cyberguide

S.C.O.R.E.'s language arts cyberguide: free online literature lessons.

Virtual Skies

Virtual Skies (from NASA) - "Explore the exciting worlds of aviation technology and air traffic management."

How to glue everything!

This is a little odd, but fun. This to That tells you what glue to use if you tell it what two things you want to glue together.

NOVA: Pyramids

More Egypt stuff.

Free finance comics for kids

...from the Federal Reserve. You can view the comics online or order them for free.

Learn French

The French Tutorial: Learn French for free

American Sign Language

Free ASL lessons at LifePrint.com

Home School Math

HomeschoolMath.net offers "comprehensive math resources".

Basic Guide to Essay Writing

Guide to writing a basic essay.

ArtLex art terms

Art terms dictionary on ArtLex.

Ancient Egypt

The British Museum has a lovely site on ancient Egypt. This is also courtesy of someone from the Secular Homeschooler's e-list; I'm getting so much good stuff from there that I should maybe rename this blog. :)

About telescopes

We saw a program in the spring called Telescopes: Hunting the Edge of Space (by NOVA). Unfortunately, Netflix doesn't seem to carry it, but PBS has an accompanying site that has some interesting links.

Free audio books

...at BooksShouldBeFree.com - thanks again to someone on Secular Homeschoolers elist.

Forget SAT prep courses

Via Meg (Get In, Hang On - Take 2) - a good article on why you shouldn't bother paying for SAT prep courses. Thanks, Meg!

Literary study guides

Also from someone on the Secular Homeschoolers elist:

Jiffy Notes
and
Pink Monkey

Art Projects for Kids

Recommended by someone on the Secular Homeschoolers e-list:

Art Projects for Kids

Free Art Lessons from Dick Blick

Dick Blick art lessons for free - for kids of all ages.

Discover George Washington

Discover the Real George Washington

NASA free curriculum

Someone posted this on the Secular Homeschoolers e-list; she said it's for kids 6th through 10th grade: NASA KLASS

Study skills

Michelle (Blog of the Soap Pixie) asked me a question about study skills, which prompted me to post this so I won't forget the good links I found. :)

How-to-study.com
and
Study Skills: A study guide for students

Media awareness for kids

Media Awareness Network: teaches kids to use critical thinking to judge the content they encounter in various media.

Butterfly metamorphosis

Butterfly metamorphosis: watch as an egg transforms into a Monarch butterfly.

Schoolyard Films

Schoolyard Films: "Environmental films for schools for free".

Crocheted pot holder

How to crochet a pot holder from About.com

DIY squirrel-proof feeder

Mother Earth News has an article to make your own squirrel-proof feeder.

Jelly Bean Factory Tour

Virtual tour of Jelly Belly! I don't think I need to say more.

Nature Rocks

Nature Rocks - source of indoor and outdoor science activities. Read a terrific description of it at Homeschool Buyers Co-op.

VocabularyCentral.com

VocabularyCentral.com offers free lists of SAT, GRE, TOEFL, and GMAT words.

Phrasebook

While the graphics don't seem to want to load for me in either Firefox or IE, the Phrasebook site is still helpful for free, simple translations. It was developed for travelers and so offers sections for situations involving hotels, emergencies, etc, in addition to the basic expressions.

Plants-In-Motion

From our very own IU, Plants-In-Motion offers free Quick-Time time-lapsed movies that show plants germinating and growing.

MyVocabulary.com

MyVocabulary.com is "a free resource used in over 24,000 schools to enhance vocabulary mastery & written/verbal skills with Latin & Greek roots."

Super Teacher Worksheets

Free, printable worksheets on various subjects for kids K-5.

National Gallery of Art - Kids

Interactive art adventures for kids and adults from NGA.

Project BudBurst

Be a citizen-scientist!

"Project BudBurst wants you to share your observations of phenophases such as first leaf, first flower, and first fruit of trees, shrubs, flowers, and grasses."

A bevy of open university courses

Open Yale Courses

MITOpenCourseWare

CarnegieMellon Open Learning Initiatives

Thanks to Epicure68 for these links!

P2PU

The description from the P2PU site is as follows:

The Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) is an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses. Think of it as online book clubs for open educational resources. The P2PU helps you navigate the wealth of open education materials that are out there, creates small groups of motivated learners, and supports the design and facilitation of courses. Students and tutors get recognition for their work, and we are building pathways to formal credit as well.

Thanks to Epicure68 for this link!

Flatworld Knowledge

Flatworld Knowledge: Free textbooks online, and cheaper than regular textbooks if you print on demand. Can also download for lower price.

Thanks to Epicure68 for this link!

National Geographic site for kids

My Wonderful World Anyone else singing "I see trees of green, red roses too..."? ;)

Howtoons

Billing itself as The World's Greatest D.I.Y. Comic Website, Howtoons appears to have lots of potential.

General great links

...from Homeschool Mo! Maureen has certain themes for her posts, but they're all useful.

National Postal Museum

Learn all about stamps.

Snowflake science

Snowflake science brought to you by NewScientist.

Math TV

You need to register on this site, but otherwise it's free (according to Diane Flynn Keith): Math TV

Free Math Worksheets

...from Math Worksheets Center. Thanks, Meg!

ClickSchooling

I've not checked this out yet, but it looks interesting from a cursory glance: ClickSchooling.