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Teen Interest Websites
NOAA Teachers' Lesson Plans
Reference
- Kahn Academy(Not-for-profit organization)—Over 1000 videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance.
- Internet Public Library—Step by step help with research writing
- FindHow—The "How-T"o Search Engin.
- Math2.org—Reference table on algebra, geometry, trip, and calculus
- SchoolAtlas.com—Links to reference sites as well as economics, psychology, languages, and religion.
- Teen Hoopla—Links to sites on arts and entertainment, health, and college info, book rants.
- HomeworkHelper—BJPinchbeck's homework helper. Started when BJ was 9 years old in 1996!
- MythWeb—Information about gods, heroes, and monsters of Greek mythology.
- Wikipedia—The free encyclopediathat anyone can edit.
- Smithsonian—The world's largest museum and research complex, with 19 museums, 9 research centers and more than 140 affiliate museums around the world.
College
Movies
Music
- Billboard—This is the Internet arm of Billboard magazine, the world's premier music publication. It offers news, features, columns and reviews about music.
- Music Lyrics—Just as it sounds, this is a huge archive of music lyrics.
Art
- The Google Art Project—Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
- Art Cyclopedia
Guide to Fine Art: movements in art, artists, museums and artworks. (9,000 artists, 2,900 art sites, 160,000 links)
- Art & Literature Daily
News and reviews from the world of letters. Includes current issue and archives. Published by the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Jobs & Volunteering
- Occupational Outlook Handbook—This is a nationally recognized source of career information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives. For hundreds of different jobs, it tells you the training and education needed, earnings, expected job prospects, what workers do on the job, and working conditions.
- StudentJobs.gov—The federal government's one-stop portal, it provides detailed information on all student hiring programs in the federal government.
Reading
- Teen Reads—News and information about books and authors.
- Poetry 180—A poem a day for American high schools. Poems selected by Billy Collins, Former Poet Laureate of the United States.
Sports
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