LSS Resources

Academic Writing

Annotated Bibliography [PDF]

Compare and Contrast [video]

They Say / I Say Templates [PDF]

Transitions [PDF]

Citations and Document Formatting

APA

• Purdue OWL Guide on APA [website]
• APA Style Blog [website]
• APA Sample Paper [website]

MLA

• MLA Quick Guide [PDF]
• Purdue OWL Guide on MLA [website]
• MLA Style Center [website]
• MLA Sample Paper [website]

Microsoft Word

• Alignment [PDF]
• Headers and Footers [PDF]
• Line Spacing and Margins [PDF]
• Page Numbering [PDF]

Grammar and Sentence-Level Style

Articles [website]

Commas [website]

Concision [website]

English Language Learning Resources [website]

Sentence Patterns [PDF]

Sentence Types [PDF]

Subordinating Conjunctions [PDF]

Common Errors:

• Comma Splices [website]
• Misplaced Modifiers [website]
• Sentence Fragments [website]

Reading and Note-Taking

Cornell Notes Template [PDF]

Reading Comprehension Strategies [PDF]

Reading Strategy: Talking to the Text [video]

Resumes and Applications

Cover Letters [PDF]

Resumes

• Resume Samples [PDF]
• Resume Tips [PDF]
• Resume Verbs [PDF]
• SPSCC Career Services [website]

Scholarship Essays

• Getting Started [PDF]
• Revision Checklist [PDF]

Writing Process

Brainstorming

• Brainstorming Methods [website]
• Creative Brainstorming [video]

Drawing Relationships [video]

Reverse Outlining [video]

Revision [website]

Videos

Decimal Operations

• Multiplying Decimals
• Adding and Subtracting Decimals
• Estimating and Comparing Decimals

 Fraction Operations

• Adding and Subtracting Fractions
• Multiplying and Dividing Fractions

Working with Mixed Numbers

• Mixed Numbers
• Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

Percentages

• Calculating Percentages
• Converting Percentages

Solving Algebra Equations

• One-Step Equations
• Two-Step Equations
• Multi-Step Equations

Factoring Quadratic Equations

• FOIL
• Completing the Square
• Factor by Grouping
• Complex Solutions
• The Quadratic Formula

Linear Equations

• Slope
• Writing an Equation from Two Points
• Parallel and Perpendicular Lines

Rational Equations

Rational Exponents

Radical Operations

Functions

• Function Composition
• Inverse Functions

Logarithms

Trigonometry

• Identities

Texts and Handouts

Beginning and Intermediate Algebra - This is an online course with useful information, and an opportunity to practice problems, for students in classes that range from Math92 to Math140.

Paul's Online Math Notes - This site is a valuable resource for students in classes ranging from Math97 to Math152.  There are useful handouts at the top of the page.

Purple Math - An online resource for students in beginning algebra to intermediate algebra.  This site includes information about functions, complex numbers and logarithms.

Chemistry 121 Videos

Significant Figures 

• Rules and Examples 
• Adding and Subtracting
• Multiplication and Division

Scientific Notation

• Introduction
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication and Division
• Dimensional Analysis

Unit Conversion 

• Understanding Conversion Factors 
• Single Conversion 
• Multiple Conversion Factors P1 
• Multiple Conversion Factors P2 

Stoichiometry

Basic Atomic Structure

• Basic Atomic Structure: A Look inside the Atom
• Atomic Number, Mass Number, and Net Charge
• Practice Problems: Net Charge, Mass Number, and Atomic Number
• Valence Electrons and the Periodic Table

Isotopes

Lewis Structures

• Drawing Lewis Dot Diagrams
• How to Draw Lewis Dot Structures

Redox 

• Introduction to Oxidation Reduction (Redox) Reactions
• Oxidizing Agents and Reducing Agents
• The Oxidation Reduction Question that Tricks Everyone

Chemical Naming

• Ions and ionic compounds
• Ionic compounds with transition metals
• Polyatomic ions
• Covalent compounds

Acids

Acids practice problems

Balancing Chemical Equations

Balancing Chemical Equations Practice Problems

Writing Chemical Formulas from Word Problems

Writing Ionic Formulas: Introduction

Writing formulas with Polyatomic Ions

Chemical Bonding

• Ionic Bonding
• Covalent Bonding
• Polyatomic Ion Bonding

Spanish Language Chemistry Play List