Free Unit Studies

Unit studies can be done as a educational lesson, or just for fun (or both!). Homeschool Share has a great list of user-submitted unit studies. HT: AnnaB

Free Homeschooling Resources

A resourceful person at Gather posted a list of websites with free resources for homeschooling. Some of it is homeschooling specific, but most of it is general learning stuff for kids that anyone can use.

Free Language Lessons Online

When someone on Metafilter asked about how to learn a language online, some really great resources showed up.

Radio Lingua - French, Spanish, Italian, Polish and German podcast lessons.

Japanesepod101 - podcasts to learn elementary Japanese.

Mango Languages - Many languages taught through podcasts.

Open Culture Foreign Language Lessons - All levels of many different languages. Many podcasts to choose from, from different sources.

Learn Something New Everyday

Lifehacker is one of my favorite learning blogs. I think you'll probably agree once you read a few of his posts.

Wikipedia is one of my favorite places to learn stuff. Reading Wikipedia is like calling 411 for information. Not always exactly what you were looking for, but usually spot on and extremely helpful.

Well, put the two together and you have a great suggestion to use the Wikipedia random post as your home page. What an idea. I think I'll set that up right now.

MIT Courses for High School and Teachers/Parents

MIT has had its college level open courseware available for a while. Now, they are introducing a new set of online self-paced courses for the high schooler, or adults who would like to brush up on high-school level material.

Free Interactive Periodic Table

An interactive periodic table that gives you real-life examples and information about each element. HT: Paradise Found.