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Activism
Books 
Comics/Magazines
- BAMboozled.org
- An alternative and more authentic view of teen life.
- Cyberteens
- Where creative teens rule
- D.C.
Comics
- Drawing
Now - How to draw Manga and Anime.
- GamesRadar
- It's all about playing games and shouting about games and reviewing
games and saying they're brilliant or trash and everything in
between.
- Hear/say
- This is America's College Music Magazine that is published monthly
and available online. It is geared toward the college crowd, but
you are never too young to learn about cool music! It is full
of music reviews, book and movie reviews, interviews with music
artists, contests, pictures and more.
- Marvel
Comics
- Next
Step Magazine - an objective guide that helps high school
juniors and seniors explore potential careers, research collegiate
options and make educated decisions about their futures.
- Rolling
Stone - It's not only rock and roll
- Science
News - This site covers all areas of science similar to
the magazine.
- TeenInk
- A web site devoted entirely for teenage writing and
art
- Teen
Consumer Scrapbook - Become an educated consumer
- Teen
Vogue - fashion starts here.
Entertainment
- Ain't
it Cool News - ECool movie news and reviews as well as
inside information on the entertainment industry
- Bad
Fads Museum
- The
Internet Movie Database - more than 150,000 movies and
links to
official sites for actors and films
- Moviefone
- What's playing in the movie theaters - search by movie, location
- Rotten
Tomatoes - Reviews and ratings of all your favorite, and
not so favorite, movies.
- Zap2it
- What to Watch. Where to Watch It. Zap2it is a fresh and
lively guide for millions of Americans who love TV and movies.
Each day, we connect a large, engaged community of viewers to
an expanding world of on-screen entertainment choices. We cover
what's on TV, what's playing in movie theaters, and what's available
in on-demand and mobile formats.
For
Fun
- Alliance
for Young Artists & Writers - This nonprofit organization
identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent
and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
- Escape
from DIAB
- FreeRice
- a non-profit website run by the United Nations World Food Program.
FreeRice has two goals: to provide education to everyone for free,
and to help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people
for free.
- HistoryOrb
- Today in History, Famous Birthdays, Famous Deaths
- Lexulous
- enjoy this award winning crossword game online and unlock badges
as you get better
- Shockwave
- Free online games and more
- Write
It - Find Your Voice. Develop Your Craft. Publish Your
Work.
For Girls Only
- Girls
Only - from the Girl Scouts of America
- GirlZone
- Where every girl is cool
- SmartGirl
- Speak out, express yourself, spread the word, issues
- Teen
Voices - The original magazine written by, for and about
teenage and young adult women
For
Guys Only
- Boys'
Life
- Guys
Read - samples from the Guys Write for Guys Read anthology,
a
collection of writing and drawings by guys about being a guy.
Also has great suggestions for more books to try.
FYI
 
Health
- Adios
Barbie - a body image site for every body
- Go
Ask Alice! - From Columbia University's Health Education
Program... all the questions you are afraid to ask. No judgments,
no hype - just the facts.
- On
the Teen Scene - Give the government a try at the FDA's
teen page.
- Puberty
101 - A fun and interesting resource for those who are
about to, or are, going through these possibly tough times. Geared
toward those 8 through 18, this is a low-key yet serious look
at adolescent issues.
- Sex,
etc. - Sex education by teens, for teens.
- TeensHealth
- Welcome to TeensHealth! TeensHealth was created for teens looking
for honest, accurate information and advice about health, relationships,
and growing up.
- Teenwire
- Teenwire.com is an award-winning sexual health Web site
for teens. We are committed to giving you the facts about sex
so that you can use this information to make your own responsible
choices.
- Vegetarian
Nutrition for Teenagers - Do what works best for you but
first you need to learn how to cover all of your body's needs.
- Young
Woman's Health Page - "The More We Know, The Safer
We Are"
How to Evaluate a Website
Interesting and Useful Info
Music
- All
Music Guide - Search for your favorite song or group,
as well as explore different kinds of music.
- Music-Critic.com
- Everything you want to know about the latest music
- Pandora
- Pandora Radio has a single mission: To play only music you'll
love.
- Rock
& Roll Hall of Fame - check out exhibits virtually.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum offers online games
and contests designed to test your knowledge or build your knowledge
of rock and roll.
- SoundJunction
- Almost everyone is listening to music. Listen / Explore / Discover
/ Create.
- This
Day in Music History - Every day you can find out different
cool facts about music and composer birthdays.
Reference
- Artcyclopedia
- The Guide to Great Art on the Internet
- Bens'
Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
- Encyclopedia.com
- The internet's premiere free encyclopedia, provides users with
more than 57,000 frequently updated articles from the Columbia
Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
- Essentials
of Music - Basic information about Classical Music
- Exploratorium
- The Exploratorium is a museum of science, art, and human perception
located in San Francisco, California. Online since 1993, the Exploratorium
was one of the first science museums to build a site on the World
Wide Web.
- Info
Please
- IPL
TeenSpace -
"information to help you deal with life, school, friends
and work" from the Internet Public Library
- Poets.org
- Poetry, Poems, Bios and more from the Academy of American Poets
- Representative
Poetry Online - This site includes 3,162 English poems
by 500 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work
of living poets today.
- Shakespeare:
The Complete Works
- SparkNotes.com
- various subjects plus sources similar to Cliffs Notes
- Those
Were the Days - Today in History - A look back at what
happened on selected days in history.
- Virtual
Reference Shelf - selected web resources compiled by the
Library of Congress
Sports
Volunteering
- Teen
Volunteers - From Chiff.com:
Join the club - 59% of teenagers volunteer in the U.S. every year
to do their part in changing the world.
For
additional information, please call Jill Holleufer, Head of Young
Adult Services, at (516) 223-6228. If you are in need of interpretive
assistance or other accommodation, please call Catherine Overton
at (516)223-6228.
DISCLAIMER:
While these links have been carefully researched in line with normal
collection development procedures, the Baldwin Public Library has
no control over remote sites or sources. No responsibility for their
content or availability is accepted or implied.
Send comments to teens@baldwinpl.org
Last updated:
10/31/11
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