Unlocking Blender resources
Learn basic modeling, vertex manipulation and working with the viewports.
Blender has a built-in video editor. Learn how to work with it and create a cool short videoclip. An often underestimated function of Blender is the Sequence Editor. It is a complete video editing system that allows you to combine multiple video channels and add effects to them. Even though it has a limited number of operations, you can use these to create powerful video edits (especially when you combine it with the animation power of Blender!) And, furthermore, it is extensible via a Plugin system quite alike the Texture plugins.
Blender 3D Tutorial for beginners: learn how to model a heart in 10 easy steps using Blender NURBS.
This basic tutorial teaches you how to model a chess piece and then animate it using basic keyframing techniques.