Links for Teens & Tweens

COLLEGE & CAREER
- Adventures in Education - College planning resources, financial aid information, career guidance, & money management tips
- BrainTrack - The web's oldest & most complete college & career information with education resources, career advice & scholarships
- Campus Explorer - Search for colleges by location & degree/program type, plus an advice section & videos from real students with each college review
- College Board - Connecting students to college success & opportunity
- College Confidential - Tools for choosing, applying to & paying for college; learn what to expect your first year, & how to thrive as a new student
- College Crunch - College reviews, profiles, tips for figuring out college financing, & career planning advice
- College for All Texans - Resources for preparing for, applying for & funding higher education
- College Grazing - Interest surveys designed to help students think about all things college-related
- College 101: Guide to University and College Admissions - From Shmoop, a guide to get you through the college admissions hassle, plus lots of scholarship listings
- CollegeView - Find free scholarships, financial aid, career & minority information, plus profiles on universities
- Federal Student Aid FAFSA - Free application for federal aid administered by the US Department of Education
- FinAid - Award-winning site which provides financial aid information, advice & tools
- INeedaPencil - Sixty lessons, more than 800 practive exam questions, & an SAT score projector, provided by the nonprofit CK-12 Foundation
- March2Success - A collaboration of the US Army & the publishers of Peterson Guides, this site offers full-length practice SAT tests, flash cards, plus college admissions & financing info in English & Spanish
- Midwestern State University - Located in Wichita Falls, TX, MSU is the only university in Texas to become a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges
- My College Calendar - Helps students organize college applications - select a college you apply to & My College Calendar generates a calendar with important due dates
- Peterson's - Search provider of colleges & universities, graduate schools, online degrees, private schools & study guides
- Princeton Review - Helps parents & students navigate the complexities of school admissions
- ProProfs - Claiming to have the most comprehensive collection of free SAT study resources online, this site provides practice exams, flash cards, quizzes, & cram sheets
- SchoolsintheUSA.com - Review university & college programs across the US from one source
- Today's Military - Reference source for learning about opportunities available in the military
- Unigo - Student generated college reviews, videos & photos to learn about colleges from the inside
- Vernon College - A comprehensive community college with campuses in Vernon & Wichita Falls, TX
FOR BOOK LOVERS
- Flamingnet - YA books reviewed by YA reviewers; you can become a book reviewer through this site
- Guys Lit Wire - A blog for teen guys to help recommend the books you want to read
- Guys Read - Author Jon Scieszka's site with book recommendations just for guys from other guys
- readergirlz - The foremost online book community for teen girls, led by five critically-acclaimed YA authors
- StorySnoops - Created by moms, this site offers book reviews from a parent's perspective for kids ages 9-18
- Teen Fire - Sourcebooks, Incorporated's social networking site for teens who are lovers of YA literature
- what should I read next? - Enter a favorite book title & this site will analyze a database of over 70,000 titles to offer you new suggestions!
- Your Next Read - A great place to find another title similar to one you have read and loved!
FOR WRITERS
- figment - An online community of 100,000 teens who come together to create, share, & discover original writing; educators can create free private groups to host book clubs, discussion groups, or virtual writer's workshops
- Teen Ink - A national teen magazine, book series & website devoted to teenage writing, art, photos & forums
GETTING READY TO DRIVE
- Teendriving.com - A site full of tips for new drivers
- Teen Driver - From Toyota & Discovery Education, this site offers a comprehensive program for helping teens avoid distractions & stay safe while driving.
- Texas Department of Public Safety - Find out about teen driver information & getting your Texas driver's license
HEALTH
- TeensHealth - Honest, accurate doctor-approved information & advice about health, emotions & life
HOMEWORK HELP & EDUCATIONAL SITES
- Bartleby - Unlimited access to books & information on the web, free of charge
- Bio. - Read biographies, watch interviews, & video clips
- Britannica Public Library Edition - Created specifically for public libraries, find a large collection of reference resources all at one site, all at your fingertips
- Coolmath.com - The most popular destination for math education and fun
- Exploratorium - One of the first science museums, exploring science, art & human perception, to build a site on the web
- Find People from the Past: A Genealogy Resource Guide for Kids - This gateway site provides links to over 40 sites to help young people discover genealogy
- Guiness World Records - The ultimate authority on record-breaking achievement, providing information about superlative facts & feats
- High School Ace - The academic homepage for high school students, featuring a web guide for the best free educational resources for teens
- History.com - The History Channel's site for historical event & people information
- ipl2 - A merger of the Internet Public Library & the Librarian's Internet Index, this site features a searchable subject-categorized directory of authoritative websites
- Science360 - Discover the latest wonders of science, engineering, technology & math with videos covering these topics
- SparkNotes - Study guides & discussion forums on various academic subjects; Brief analyses of characters, themes & plots
- Student Research Center- EBSCO's search interface designed to students in grades 6-12
- SweetSearch - A Search Engine for Students searching the best 35,000 sites approved by Internet research experts
- TexShare Databases - Link to full-text articles from journals, newspapers, magazines, & many other sources available 24 hours a day
MOVIES, MUSIC & GAMES
- allmusic - Music reviews, new releases & artist biographies
- IMDb - The Internet Movie Database - The world's largest collection of movie, TV, & celebrity information
- Rotten Tomatoes - Movie trailers, movie reviews & new movie previews
VOLUNTEER!
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Do Something - Using the power of online to get teens to do good stuff offline

