Academic Links | Germanna Community College

American Sign Language

Gallaudet: Gallaudet University's website includes numerous resources for learning ASL.
Handspeak: This website offers a searchable dictionary of ASL vocabulary, as well as a reverse dictionary, where the English meaning of an unknown sign can be referenced.
SigningSavvy: SigningSavvy includes a searchable dictionary of ASL vocabulary, as well as articles on topics relating to ASL and deaf culture.
Fingerspelling Practice Site: This website displays fingerspelled words for practicing receptive fingerspelling skills.
Numbers Practice Site: This website displays signed numbers for practicing receptive number skills.
Bill Vicars' YouTube Channel: Dr. Bill Vicars is a Deaf university professor that teaches ASL and Deaf Studies. His YouTube channel contains video resources for learning ASL at multiple levels, including beginner and advanced.

OpenGeology: This free online textbook serves as a good resource for geology students.
National Park Service: This site offers introductory learning modules for rocks and minerals that can be accessed by scrolling down to the “Explore” section.
BioInteractive EarthViewer: This site includes an interactive module featuring geologic time periods.
British Geological Survey: This website describes major fossil groups.
Learner Rock Cycle: This website includes interactive activities and a quiz covering the rock cycle.
Learner Plate Tectonics: This website features interactive activities and quizzes on plate tectonics.
Commons Depositional Environments: The Wenatchee Valley College website is a useful resource to use for developing a better understanding of depositional environments and bedding structures.
SEPM STRATA: This is a comprehensive resource for understanding depositional environments. The website includes explanations of stratigraphy and links to definitions of geology terms.
USGS Plate Motions: This publication includes detailed descriptions of plate tectonics. Scroll to the bottom of the page and use black arrows to navigate to other pages.

Distance Learning Resources for Students
Canvas Video Tutorials
Khan Academy Videos: Khan’s library of videos covers a wide variety of math levels, statistics, biology, chemistry, physics, business, computer science, SAT preparation, and history.
Hippocampus: Hippocampus offers video presentations, worked examples, and simulations on many topics including biology, chemistry, earth sciences, math and physics as well as topics in the social sciences and humanities.

Visualize Code Execution
Draw.io: Create pseudocode, flowcharts, and class diagrams using the Draw.io workspace.

Microsoft Office 2013 Online Training
Infobase: Learning Cloud offers thousands of free online videos for many software applications as well as several online workshops on academic topics. Access your Infobase account by clicking the “Infobase: Learning Cloud” tile on your myGCC landing page.
Khan Academy Computer Science Videos: Khan’s library of videos covers a wide variety of math levels, statistics, biology, chemistry, physics, business, computer science, SAT preparation, and history.

Khan Academy Math Videos: Khan’s library of videos covers a wide variety of math levels, statistics, biology, chemistry, physics, business, computer science, SAT preparation, and history.
HippoCampus
Virtual Nerd

Bozeman Science: Physics Videos: Bozeman Science provides videos on various topics in physics.
Crash Course: Crash Course has a large number of explanatory videos on physics.
HippoCampus: Videos and Simulations
Isaac Physics: Isaac Physics offers practice quizzes for many different physics topics.
Khan Academy Physics Videos: Khan's library of videos covers a wide variety of math levels, statistics, biology, chemistry, physics, business, computer science, SAT preparation, and history.
MIT Physics OpenCourseWare: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers free access to previously taught physics courses, including lectures, problem sets, and exams. To use this resource, select one of the courses, such as “Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism.” From there, lecture notes and problem sets can be accessed using the left-side breakdown of course content.
PhET Interactive Simulations from the University of Colorado Boulder: This resource contains simulations to check for understanding of several physics concepts.

San Jose Library
Indiana University
Recognizing and Avoiding Plagiarism
Infobase: Learning Cloud Writing Resources: (offer thousands of free online videos for many software applications as well as several online workshops on academic topics. Access your Infobase account by clicking the “Infobase: Learning Cloud” tile on your myGCC landing page