Also Try
- Current Events for Kids and Teens
- Games
Discussions
- Teen - Channel One Chat Rooms (iChat)
- Teen Advice Worldwide (Fenner and Armagost)
Provides suggestions on problems of teens online and around the world. Managed by teens with support from counselors.
- Teen Chat - (iSafe Teenz)
Games
- Dumptown Game (Environmental Protection Administration)
Provides a game that teaches the cost and benefits of some of different types of recycling programs. Requires the free Shockwave plug-in. 12-01
Lesson Plans
- Driving Safety for Teens (School Discovery)
Provides lessons to help teens (and others) become safer drivers. 1-02
Lists
- Bullying (Awesome Library)
Provides suggestions on combating bullying. 1-02
- Colleges and Universities (Awesome Library)
Provides sources of information for selecting, funding, and preparing for college. 6-01
- Depression in Children and Adolescents (Ivan) 8-01
- Directory of Sites for Teens (TENET)
Provides a careful selection of sites for kids and teens.
- Driver's Education Sources (Google Directory)
Provides sources of driver's education by state. 1-02
- Fighting Fat (Awesome Library)
Provides articles and research on prevention and treatment of obesity. 8-01
- Obesity (Awesome Library)
Provides sources of information to combat obesity. 2-02
- Service Opportunities for Teens (Google Directory)
Provides a list of service organizations that want the assistance of teens. 1-02
- Street Cents
- Teen Directories (Google Directory)
Provides directories that focus on teen issues and articles. 3-01
- Teen Girls - Empowerment (New Moon Publishing)
Provides links to help empower girls and teens to pursue their ideals. 7-00
- Teen Health (Great American Products)
Provides suggestions on acne, overweight, asthma, bedwetting, bullies, hyperactivity, and more. 3-01
- Teen Lounge (Boston Public Library)
- Teens Web Sites (Teacher Talk Forum)
Provides a couple of dozen sites, most of which were designed for teens. 11-01
- Young Adult Librarian's Resources 2-00
Materials
- Selective Service Registration Online (U.S. Selective Service System)
Provides an opportunity for students who have just turned 18 to comply with the law and register for Selective Service within 30 days of their birthday. Registration is required for federal student aid loans and other assistance. 8-00
- Teens Only! (Teacher Talk)
News
- News for Students (McNeil-Lehrer Productions - PBS NewsHour)
Provides news designed for teens regarding politics. 11-00
Papers
- AIDS Hits Teens Hardest (McNeil-Lehrer Productions - Kovac)
Provides statistics on AIDS worldwide and discusses why AIDS has become such a large problem with teens in the USA. 12-00
- Accepting Your Body (DrKoop.com - Greenwood)
Recommends against diets. Suggests that a normal diet and exercise are the best paths to a healthy body and healthy lifestyle. 2-02
- Alcohol and Other Drugs (NFIA)
Provides information for parents and teens.
- Consumer Education for Teens (Washington Attorney General's Office)
Provides teens with information about issues that are important, such as credit cards, telemarketers, tatooing, scholarship scams, modeling agencies, health clubs, return policies, apartment renting, email scams, car repairing, and more. 1-00
- Diet - Vegetarian Teens Have Healthier Diet (ABC News)
Summarizes a study of eating habits of 15-year old teens to determine if vegetarians have a healthier or less healthy diet. The study found that vegetarian teens have a much healthier diet than those that have a meat-based diet. Both groups, however, were found to be deficient in their calcium intake. " 'Vegetarian adolescents, similar to their adult counterparts, have dietary patterns that, if maintained, could significantly lower their risk of the leading causes of death as adults,' the researchers said." 5-02
- Eating Disorders (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Provides basic suggestions.
- Eating Disorders - Coping With Denial (DrKoop.com)
Suggests how to handle a family member or friend who denies that she has an eating disorder. 2-02
- Eating Disorders - Role of the Family in Treatment (DrKoop.com - Goldsmith and Craven)
Suggests ways that family members can support a person with eating disorders. 2-02
- Eating Disorders - Treatment (DrKoop.com - Grohol)
Describes eating disorders that mostly affect teen girls and recommends that you seek professional help to treat the disorders. 2-02
- First Job, First Steps (Life's Playbook)
Provides 10 steps to getting the first job, plus links to following through.
- Fitness Programs for Teens (FitTeen.com)
Provides weight routines for teens. 2-02
- Getting Trashed - Some Facts for Teens
- Health Suggestions for Teens (KidsHealth.org)
Discusses hygiene, sleep, acne, alcohol, and other health issues of importance to teens. 3-01
- Improving Communication Between Parents and Teens (SAMHSA)
Provides articles to help parents improve their methods of communication with their children, especially their teens. 9-03
- Jobs, Careers, and College - Just for Teens (Hansen)
Provides assistance with job hunting, cover letters, job related resources, local area resources, and more.
- Laws Affecting Students (Massachusetts Bar Association)
Provides descriptions and discussions of laws that affect students. 10-01
- Leaders (Tam Communications - GreatKids)
Provides stories of youth who have already done exceptional things with their lives or for others.
- Manic-Depressive Illness in Teens
- Marijuana - En Espanol - Just for Teens (NIDA)
Provides facts about the effects of marijuana.
- Marijuana - Fact Sheet (NIDA)
Provides information on the biological effects of marijuana, as well as information on use by teens.
- Marijuana - Just for Teens (NIDA)
Provides facts about the effects of marijuana.
- Marijuana Facts for Teens (National Institute on Drug Abuse)
Provides facts related to the use of marijuana. Visitors sometimes misspell as meriwana, merijuana, or mariwana. 3-01
- No-Waste Lawn and Garden (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
Provides tips on how to create healthier lawns and gardens, while greatly reducing landfill waste and other kinds of waste. Uses PDF format. 1-02
- Organizations Looking for Youth (WePrevent)
Provides an annotated list of eight organizations that want young volunteers.
- Outstanding Latino Teens (Latino.com)
Teen Tuesday provides profiles of teens who have done something outstanding and become role models for other teens. 1-01
- Parents - How Strict Are They (React)
Provides an online test on how strict your parents are. 2-00
- Parents - How to Deal With Them (React)
Provides suggestions on how to deal with your parents when you disagree or if they disapprove of what you or your friends do. 2-00
- Register to Vote - Voting Deadlines (Politics1.com)
Provides dates related to elections within each state, including dates for voting in primaries. Qualifications to vote include: You must be 18 years old or older by the day of the election, you must be registered to vote, and you must be a U.S. citizen. In many states, you must register with a political party to vote in that party's primary election. To vote in a primary election, your registration must be recognized well before the primary election in that state. 12-03
- Research - Steps for Writing a Research Paper (IPL - Schwartz)
Provides a step by step approach for developing a research. 1-00
- Safety Suggestions for Teens (KidsHealth.org)
Discusses safety related to tanning, dates, drugs, abuse, bicycles, tobacco, and more. 3-01
- Safety Tips for Children and Parents (Child Quest International)
Provides tips for children and parents. 1-04
- Selective Service Registration Online (Selective Service)
Allows registration for the Selective Service online. 10-01
- Self-Help for Teens (Free Spirit Publishing)
Provides suggestions on situations that teens encounter.
- Steps to Action (WePrevent)
Provides five steps for taking action in your community.
- Story About a Boy in Trouble (State Kid - Pollock)
Provides a novel, in weekly installments, about a boy who overcomes many hardships, including juvenile prison. "It is hoped, also, that the story will provide some illumination on the foster experience for our children -- the children of five brothers and sisters whose entire childhoods were spent in foster care." "This story and all the characters in it are fictional, but the underlying emotions and circumstances have been -- and are -- all too real for many thousands of foster children." 3-02
- Suicide Prevention (CDC)
Suggests ways to help prevent suicide.
- Suicide Prevention (FamilyEducation Network)
Provides suggestions to help prevent a suicide. 6-00
- Suicide Prevention Quiz (FamilyEducation Network)
Provides a quiz to help you identify if suicide is a likely problem and helps dispell some myths about suicide. 6-00
- Teen - Getting a Job (Family Education Network)
Provides steps to getting a job. 5-00
- Teen Champions - Cheryl Haworth (Radiance Online)
Provides a story on the 16-year old weight lifting champion. "The American Championships judges ranked her the number one overall athlete in the United States, making her the youngest person ever to hold the number-one ranking in our history." Also presents how Cherl, a teen weighing 290 pounds, feels about her size. 7-00
- Teen Girls - Internships (Teenvoices)
Provides internship and volunteering opportunities to improve your portfolio. "Women of color strongly encouraged to apply." 7-00
- Teen Girls - Internships (Teenvoices)
Provides internship and volunteering opportunities to improve your portfolio. "Women of color strongly encouraged to apply." 7-00
- Teen Issues (Whole Family Center)
Deals with more serious issues, such as battles between parents and teens.
- Teen Resume Sample (Family Education Network)
Provides a sample resume for a teen looking for a job. 5-00
- Teen Suicide Prevention - Crisis Centers by State (About.com - Schimelpfening)
Provides a listing of crisis centers by state. 8-01
- Teenagers with Eating Disorders (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)
Provides basic suggestions. 2-02
- Teens (Geoparent.com)
Provides suggestions for parents who have teens. Also provides good suggestions for teens. 7-02
- Teens - Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Teens - Coping With Traumatic Events (Alberta Mental Health Board - Perry)
Provides suggestions for helping teens handle traumatic events, particularly the September 11th attack against the United States. Tells them what might occur for them and how to deal with each type of reaction. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Teens Behave Nicely (applesforhealth)
Researchers say teenagers are not as violent as they used to be, but experts aren't sure why. The new study of data from four annual Youth Risk Behavior Surveys concludes that despite high-profile incidents such as the murders in Littleton, Colorado's Columbine High School, teens are less violent in schools than they were in 1991. 08-20-99.
- Teens React to the Tragedy of September 11th (CNN - FYI Student Bureau)
Provides reactions of shock and sorrow of teens as they try to deal with the attack on the USA. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Teens and Learning Disabilities (Teens vs Dyslexia)
- Vegetarians - Becoming a Teen Vegetarian (Geoparent.com - Shaw)
Provides guidelines for teens becoming vegetarians. 7-02
- Waste - Creating Less Trash at School (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
Provides suggestions for reducing waste at school. Uses PDF format. 12-01
- Waste - Creating Less Waste at Home (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
Provides suggestions for reducing waste at home. Uses PDF format. 12-01
- Weight Discrimination - A Teen's Story (Radiance Online)
Provides an incident of someone who, as a teen, went to a doctor for a medical condition and was, instead, encouraged to go on a diet. (See bottom of page for the story.) Also encourages activism to stop weight discrimination. 7-00
- Worker Rights - For Teens (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
Provides examples of dangerous situations for teens. Also summarizes laws that protect the rights of teens who work. 7-01
Periodicals
- Comics - Dilbert
- Comics - Dilbert Cartoons (Last Two Weeks)
- Comics - Garfield
- Comics - Marmaduke
- Comics - Peanuts
- Comics - The Comic Strip
- Grip Vision (GRIP)
Provides a magazine by and for teens, a teen forum on current events, and scholarship information. 2-00
- Just for Teens - Teen Trek (Weekly Reader)
- Teen Magazine (React)
Provides a magazine written for teens. 2-00
- TeenInk - By and For Teens (21st Century)
Provides articles and reviews of interest to teens. 3-01
- Women's Wire
Provides articles related to women and work.
Projects
- Articles by High School Students (High School Columnists Network - Gagliardi)
Provides short articles by high school students. 3-02
- Christian - For Kids and Teens (Christian Links for Kids and Teens - Belleville)
Provides devotional activities, services, games, and other resources to help kids and teens practice their Christian faith. 7-00
- Christian - For Teens and Their Parents (About.com - Hill)
Provides activities, services, and other resources to help teens and their parents practice their Christian faith. 7-00
- Dating - Rate Your Compatibility (Mauldin)
- Designated Driver Service (Freedom4You.com)
Matches persons who should not be driving with designated drivers nationally. 12-00
- Essay Contest on Tolerance (YouthNoise.com)
"Compose an original essay, poem, play or short story (500-750 words) answering the following: 'How has Danny's story, or some experience of your own with intolerance or cultural hatred, affected you? What do you think should be done to promote respect and acceptance?' " . It is due before February 7, 2003. 12-02
- Fight Hate and Promote Tolerance (Southern Poverty Law Center - Tolerance.org)
Provides activities for countering hate groups and for promoting tolerance. 4-01
- HTML for Kids (Lissa - 12 Years Old in 1998)
Provides detailed instructions to help you make Web pages. Very clear and well written and equally valuable for adults.
- Homeless Teens (StandUp for Kids)
Provides opportunities for volunteering to help homeless teens. Listings are by state. 10-99
- How Teens Can Help With the September 11th Disaster (LibertyUnites.org)
Provides examples of projects for teens to contribute to the healing from the disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- How Teens Can Help With the September 11th Disaster (Youth Service America)
Provides 25 ways teens can help in times of disaster, including the September 11th disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 9-01
- Media Campaign for Recycling (Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance)
Provides free media that you can use to conduct a public awareness campaign in your own community to increase recycling and reduce waste. 1-02
- Media Messages for Youth (Straight Scoop News Bureau)
Provides opportunities for young journalists to write news stories that have a drug abuse prevention message.
- New Voters Project (NewVotersProject.org)
Provides activities to help "reengage young people in the political process. Over 28 million eligible voters between the ages of 18 and 24 years old could be a powerful voting bloc in the upcoming elections." 2-04
- Projects for Teens to Volunteer (eteen.net)
Provides project possibilities for teens to make the world a better place.
- Register to Vote Online (OnlineDemocracy.com)
Allows those qualified to vote to gain the materials they need for registering to vote. Qualifications to vote include: You must be 18 years old or older by the day of the election, you must be registered to vote, and you must be a U.S. citizen. 10-03
- Teens - Organizations for Peace (Idealist)
Action Without Borders includes volunteer opportunities for teens from among 14,000 organizations devoted to world peace.
- Teens Helping in Crises (Awesome LIbrary)
Provides projects for teens to contribute during crises, such as the September 11th disaster. Also called 911, 9-11, or 9/11. 11-01
Purchase Resources
- Books Written for Teens (Amazon.com)
Provides bestsellers, award winners, and classics written for teens. 1-02
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