Free SAT Vocabulary Prep Site

Barbara Pytel, Paulline Larson Photography

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Barbara Pytel
Feb 2, 2008

John Breen wanted to help his son prepare for the SAT. He knew that knowing vocabulary words is key to doing well on the standardized college entrance exam. So, he programmed a site with over 10,000 words. But, he also added a twist that would help feed the world.

On the left side of the page, there is a word with four definition options. If the user clicks on the correct answer, a wooden bowl on the right side of the page fills with 20 grains of rice. 20 grains of rice has now been donated to feed the hungry in the world. It takes 18,000-20,000 grains of rice to feed an adult for one day. 4 billion grains of rice have been won for the project, or 160 metric tons which is enough to feed 200,000 people a day.

Who visits the site?

bored secretaries during down times
high school students preping for ACT and SAT tests
4th grade students studying for spelling bees
adults just wanting to improve vocabulary

Source: Caitlin Carpenter, csmonitor,com, December 3, 2007

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Comments

Dec 17, 2008 1:53 PM

Guest :

I recommended free rice to my son to study about a year ago. I just recently found another website for him called Verbalearn. It's free and focus heavily on standardized tests. I wish I had found it earlier because he just tried it out (even though he already took the test) and he really liked it. The URL is www.verbalearn.com and I just wanted to let people know because I really struggled to find a free system that was worth it when I was looking.

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