Teen Resources
College & Career
- America's Career Infonet: explores various careers, industries, and occupations with video examples of workplaces, educational requirements, and possible funding sources.
- College Board: Find official college planning and preparation tools to help you succeed.
- FAFSA: Free Application for Federal Student Aid, the official website.
- Fastweb: A free resource that provides information and links to scholarships nationwide.
- ISAC: Illinois Student Assistance Commission provides assistance with financial aid and the college process.
- Open Gears: A local teen- led organization! This organization provides webinars to promote STEM careers.
Health
- Bedsider: The free birth control support network committed to helping you find a doctor and birth control method that meets your individual needs.
- Mix It Up: Teaching tolerance-based international campaign encouraging students to identify, question, and cross social boundaries.
- Planned Parenthood: A nonprofit organization committed to providing sexual health care throughout the United States.
- Scarleteen: Sex ed for the real world, specifically for teens and young adults.
English & Writing
- EasyBib: Automatically creates a bibliography for you in MLA, APA, or Chicago style.
- OWL Purdue: Provides the guidelines for MLA, APA, and Chicago style including the works cited, in text citations, paper formatting, and more.
- Teen Top Ten: Young Adult Library Services Association award books, nominated by teens.
Social Studies & History
- EyeWitness to History: Find first hand accounts, illustrated with vintage photos, original radio broadcasts, and more.
- History Channel: Explore thousands of historical articles and videos.
- National Archives: Explore our nation’s history through documents, photos, and records.
- The American Experience: Select or search for a president to find biographical information.
Science
- Encyclopedia of Earth: Explore information about the Earth, its natural environments, and interaction with society.
- Khan Academy: Free tutorials and videos to help increase understand of math and science.
- NASA: News, images, videos, and more from America’s space agency, pioneering the future in space exploration and scientific discovery.
Study Help & Test Prep
- 4Tests: Free practice tests for high school, college, and professionals as well as standardized tests and exams.
- MathMinds: an educational tutoring service located in Aurora, Illinois that aims to provide quality tutoring to underserved students and adults for free. We mainly provide free lessons for high school math, SAT/ACT, and computer science. Our tutors are from the Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy (IMSA for short) which was rated 2018's number one public high school in the nation by Niche. All of the tutors have earned a minimum grade of an A in each of the subjects that they tutor with countless credentials like perfect SAT math scores, perfect ACT scores, and more.
- Test Prep Review: Free test prep questions and exams for a variety of career situations.
Teen-Led Resources
- ALIVE: Teen Initiate is an innovative Teen-Led Teen-Driven™ (TLTD) program that provides teens with support and a space to innovate and lead while empowering younger teens and tweens in the process.
- Bednarcik Jr High School's Environmental Club
- Project Teal: A student-led movement to revitalize our democracy.
Biography in Context: Learn about the challenges, motivations, successes, and failures of historical and contemporary persons.
Brainfuse - HelpNow: Offers a comprehensive suite of eLearning tools, including live tutoring, expert writing assistance, collaborative learning, targeted skills building, test prep, and self-study options. Live tutors available after school hours, from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Gale eBooks: A database of encyclopedias, digital books, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
LearningExpress Library: Provides a completely interactive online learning platform of practice tests and tutorial courses designed to help customers, teen students, and adult learners alike succeed in required academic or professional exams.
Masterfile Premiere: Searches 1000+ newspapers, magazines, and journals. The Consumer Reports can be found using this database.
Opposing Viewpoints in Context: Premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to violent video games.