One of the Best Free Music Sites!

Download.com has many good things but the music site is (in my opinion) one of the best free music sites out there.  It hosts a lot of independant artists and undiscovered talent so if you really want to explore your musical tastes away from the top ten chart hits this is the place to come!

 However not all of the artists are people you have never heard before, famous artists often allow thier latest tracks to be streamed from the site (not downloaded!)

 One of the best picks is the soundtrack to the modern version of “Romeo and Juliet” it has the best song in the world on it which is “Everybody’s free (to wear sunscreen)”

Check out Download.com’s music section at http://music.download.com/

And check out the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack at http://music.download.com/romeoandjulietsoundtrack/3600-10615_32-101009104.html?tag=MDL_chart_topdls_artist

REMEMBER Never download things to a computer without permission from a parent or guardian!  Neither Portland Place School or Alpha Plus Group accept any liability for items downloaded from any site linked to this page.

Mythology Links

Some links to help you with your Mythology research!

http://sparkcharts.sparknotes.com/lit/mythology/view.php?page=0   -   A zoomable sparknotes chart on Classical Mythology

http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/    -    The Encyclopedia Mythica, don’t know who the Titan’s are?  Who Apollo is?  What the name of the Incan sun god is?  You’ll find the answers here, links to myths and mythical figures of almost every continent.

http://www.mythminute.com/    -    Prefer listening to your information on the move?  Mythminute podcasts are for you!  Lasting for just over a minute each one tells you a different mythological story, or about different mythological characters.  Just download them and listen!

 http://www.egyptianmyths.net/index.html    -    Ancient Eygpt, the Mythology.  Its about Ancient Egyptian Mythology, surprisingly!

http://www.mythome.org/AusNZ.html  – Australian Aboriginal and New Zealand mythology, check out the creation myths!

A Truly Amazing Website!

http://www.arkive.org/species/

Arkive is an online digital archive of still photographs and videos of some of the rarest creatures in the world.  The site gives you lots of videos and pictures of any particular animal as well as a bit about the animal and where they are on the endangered list.  A must for researching endangered species or just looking at some of the wonderful animals on the planet that, without our help, will soon be gone!

BrainPop Movies – Free animation!

Free animated movies on a range of subjects from glaciation to cell division, bone structure to pulleys there is something here for you if you are struggling with subjects in Geography and Science.

 Check it out for free!

http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0078600499/student_view0/brainpop_movies.html

Free, online Study Guides – Recommended by English Teachers!

Looking for notes on that troublesome English Text?  Or are you reading a book and just don’t understand what it’s trying to say to you?  Why not take a look at these sites?  Chances are that they will have something to help you understand the themes in certain texts.

Pinkmonkey.com   -     http://www.pinkmonkey.com/index2.asp

Sparknotes                     -        http://www.sparknotes.com/