Teens

Homework Helpers

Teens, students, interested parties -- your homework starts here, a library of web sites organized by subject to ace your next school assignment or project.

Homework In General

BJ Pinchbeck Homework Helper: Contains over 800 great links to sites that’ll help with your homework.
Encyclopedia Britannica: Online encyclopedia that covers topics from the origin of the universe to current events, and everything in between.
High School Ace: Academic resources for high school students.
Infoplease: A great resource with an almanac, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and much more.
Librarians’ Index to the Internet: “Information you can trust” on lots of topics. All sites are selected by librarians.
Study Guides and Strategies: Straight talk tools and methods for succeeding in school.

Art - Photography

Art Cyclopedia: Find images, websites, articles, movements, and more.
Art History Resources on the Web: Art by historical period and geographic location.
Art Lex Art Dictionary: You'll find definitions for more than 3,600 terms used in discussing art/visual culture, along with thousands of supporting images, pronunciation notes, great quotations and cross-references.
Digital Kids Club: Here you'll find the great essential digital photography, video, and imaging resources you need to learn important digital communication skills.
Short Courses – Digital Cameras: An online library of digital photography.
Teen Ink Magazine: Art, photos, poetry and reviews written by teens.

Current Events - Issues

ABC News: ABC News’ top headlines on the web.
CBS News: CBS offers some of the top global news on the web.
Channel One: News and public affairs content provider for teens with a mission to spark debate and discussion.
CNN Student News: CNN offers students news in a simple format.
Fox News: Popular news channel online.
The Monitor: The upper valley’s newspaper offers local and worldwide news online.
MSNBC: Popular news channel online.

Health

Cool Nurse: Helps today's teen and young adult achieve and maintain a high level of health, fitness and well-being.
Mayo Clinic – Teen’s Health Center: Locate teen health information, including teen sexuality, teen pregnancy, mental health and other teen health issues.
Medline Plus – Teen Health: Offers links to many health topics.
Nida for Teens: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) created this web site to help teens learn about the science behind drug abuse.
Teen Health and Wellness: Provides students with curricular support and self-help on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.
Think Like A Pancreas: A resource guide for teens with type 1 diabetes.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free suicide prevention service available to anyone in suicidal crisis.

Language Arts

Absolute Shakespeare: Comprehensive resource for Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.
Elements of Style: Principal requirements of plain English style; focuses on the rules of usage in literature, composition and grammar.
Free Booknotes: Comprehensive guide to free book summaries, literature notes and study guides (like "Cliff's Notes") for over 250 books.
Grade Saver: Offers free study guides, literature essays, college application essays, editing services and free writing resources.
Novel Guide: Provides an educational supplement for understanding classic and contemporary literature, metaphor and theme analyses, and author biographies.
Online Writing Lab: Offers handouts and exercises on grammar, spelling, and punctuation, as well as PowerPoint presentations related to grammar, and an entire section of handouts and resources for English as a Second Language learners that might also prove useful.

Mathematics

Convert it: Online conversion & calculation center.
Golden Number: Dedicated to providing you with the "phinest" information on The Golden Section, Ratio or Mean, The Divine Proportion, The Fibonacci Series and the golden number, Phi.
Visual Math Learning: Understanding mathematics through, insight, concept, and perception.
Web Math: You'll find over 100 instant-answer, self-help, math solvers, ready to provide you with instant help on your math problem.
Purple Math: Need help with algebra? You've found the right place!
Professor Freedman’s Math Help: Provides information about basic math, algebra, study skills, math anxiety and learning styles.

Music

All Music Guide: Gallery on all types of recorded music.
eMusicTheory!: Provides online tools for students of basic music theory.
Essentials of Music: Provides basic information about classical music.
Hyper Music: Resources for music history, theory, ear training, and more.

Earth - Space

Ask the Astronomer: Answers to questions about astronomy and space science.
The Constellations and their Stars: References, resources and links on constellations.
Earth from Space: See our amazing planet from the perspective of an orbiting satellite.
Nasa Science: The Science Mission Directorate’s web site, with information on their research and missions.
Physical Geography: Explains the spatial characteristics of the various natural phenomena associated with the earth's hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and lithosphere.
Rocks and Minerals: A tutorial about rocks and minerals.

Life Science

America's Wildlife Resource: Information about the wild animals and plants of the United States.
Animal Diversity Web: Online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology.
The Biology Project: An online interactive resource for learning biology.
Fact Monster – Life Science: A gallery covering various life science topics.
Genetic Science Learning Center: Information about genetics, bioscience, and health.
How Stuff Works – Life Science: Provides links and information about life science, such as evolution, botany, and genetic science.

Physical Science

Fear of Physics: Provides homework help, virtual physics, ask an expert, and a physics dictionary.
General Chemistry Online!: Provides a compound library, construction kits, tutorials, exams, and more.
High School Chemistry: A site to help you learn chemistry.
Periodic Table of the Elements: Explore key information about the chemical elements through this periodic table.
Physics Central: The American Physical Society’s website offers tons of information and fun facts.
Physics Homework Help: Online resources that provide you with strategies and clarification so that you can do physics homework.
Science Master: All-in-one page for school resources in physical science.

Social Studies - History

Asian History: An online resource to learn more about Asian history.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government: Great resources for all type of information on the US government.
Black History: An online interactive African-American encyclopedia featuring people, heritage, culture, and more.
Encyclopedia Mythica: An online encyclopedia of mythology, folklore and religion.
The Holocaust History Project: A free archive of documents, photographs, recordings, and essays regarding the Holocaust, including direct refutation of Holocaust denial.
Native American History: A great resource for information on Native American history.