Prep for College

Getting Ready for College during Middle School Years:  _{http://www.ed.gov/pubs/GettingReadyCollegeEarly/}

Preparing Your Child For College:  http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Prepare/

College Plan: http://collegeplan.org/

Mapping your Future: http://mapping-your-future.org/ 

The College Board: http://cbweb1.collegeboard.org/csearch/

College View: http://www.collegeview.com/collegesearch/

US News College Search: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/college/cosearch.htm

CollegeNet: http://cnsearch.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/CN/index

College Guide: http://www.mycollegeguide.org/ACG/search.html

Virginia View: http://www.vaview.org/index.htm

Commercial College Links  

College Net: http://www.collegenet.com/

Peterson's: http://www.petersons.com/

Princeton Review: http://www.review.com/

Virtual Campus Tours: http://www.campustours.com/ 

Links to other College Related Links  

College 411: http://www.college411.org/

On-Line Applications 

Common Application: http://www.commonapp.org/

SAT/ACT Test Information  

College Board: http://www.collegeboard.com/

ACT : http://www.act.org/

TestPrep:  http://www.number2.com/

SAT/ACT Optional Schools  http://fairtest.org/optional.htm

College Athletics  

NAIA: http://www.naia.org/

NCAA: http://www.ncaa.org/

Financial Aid Information  

Finaid Info Page: http://www.finaid.org/

FAFSA on the Web   http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Fastweb: http://www.fastweb.com/

College Planning  http://collegeplan.org/ 

Mapping Your Future http://mapping-your-future.org/ 

Scholarships  

CollegeNET : http://www.collegenet.com/

College Scholarships  http://www.college-scholarships.com/ 

Ouch! Students Getting Stung  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/ouchalrt.htm

Scholarship Scams  http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/scholarship/index.html

Career Questionnaires  

Personality Tests:  http://www.2h.com/

Kiersey Temperament Sorter: http://www.keirsey.com/cgi-bin/keirsey/newkts.cgi

Personality Tests: http://www.2h.com/Tests/personality.phtml

Virginia View: http://www.vaview.org/index.htm

Career Planning  

Career Choice:  http://www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html

Career Development Manual:  http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocecs/CRC/manual-home.html

What Color Is Your Parachute?:  http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/

Career Key Planning:  http://www.ncsu.edu/careerkey/

Career Resources:  http://www.careerpath.com/ows-bin/editorial.cgi/resources.htm?session_id=&status=

Careers in Science: http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/careers/contents.html

Careership (middle school students career info) : http://www.mapping-your-future.org/features/careership/

Inroads (Minority Internships) http://www.inroadsinc.org/

The Riley Employment Guide:  http://www.dbm.com/jobguide/

Career Descriptions  

Exploring Occupations:   http://www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html

College Board Career Descriptions:  http://www.collegeboard.org/career/bin/career.pl?runlevel=all#all

Occupational Information: http://www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/occupations.html

Know How Virginia (You've got to see this)

Career Center Links  

Career Resource Center: http://www.careers.org/

America's Job Bank: http://www.ajb.dni.us/

Career Mosaic:  http://www.careermosaic.com/

Disney Careers:  http://disney.go.com/DisneyCareers/index.html

Career Information  

Bureau of Labor Statistics : http://stats.bls.gov/

Career Magazine: http://www.careermag.com/

Expanding Horizons (Career discovery program for middle school students): http://www.expandinghorizons.com/

Military Information  

Military Careers Online:  http://www.militarycareers.com/

Selective Service Registration:  http://www.sss.gov/

US Coast Guard  http://www.uscg.mil/

US Army:  http://www.goarmy.com/

US Marine Corps  http://www.usmc.mil/

US Air Force:  http://www.airforce.com/

US Naval Academy:  http://www.nadn.navy.mil/

US Air Force Academy:  http://www.usafa.af.mil/

Study Skills  

Study Skills from the Augustine Club:  http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/study/

Studying World Languages:  http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/study/lingua.html

Strategies for Academic Success:  http://www.campuslife.utoronto.ca/handbook/02-GettingGoodGrades.html

Study Skills Package:  http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infocs/Study/study_skills.html

Study Skills Self-Help Info: http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

Study Strategies: http://www.d.umn.edu/student/loon/acad/strat/

Study Skills Self-help:  http://www.ucc.vt.edu/stdysk/stdyhlp.html

EasySites-HomeworkHelper  http://www.infokids.com.hk/homewk/index.html

Homework Help  

GENERAL RESEARCH
Homework Helper: http://tristate.pgh.net/~pinch13/
 Writing Research Papers: http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm
B.J.Pinchbeck's Homework Helper  http://tristate.pgh.net/~pinch13/
Internet Public Library http://www.ipl.org/
Homework Central http://www.homeworkcentral.com/
Pitsco's Ask an Expert http://www.askanexpert.com/
SchoolWork.Org http://www.schoolwork.org/
My Homework Helper http://www.refdesk.com/homework.html  
Encyclopedia Smithsonian http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/ (Smithsonian Institution)
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/
The Federal Gateway:  http://fedgate.org/  (Research government-related documents and information)
Britannica Internet Guide: http://www.britannica.com/
Electric Library Encyclopedia: http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Electric Library:  http://www.elibrary.com/
Information Please http://www.infoplease.com/ (Ultimate Fact Finder)
Education Place  http://www.eduplace.com/index.html  (K-8 resources)   
Five Hot Learning Sites to Keep You Ahead of the Pack  http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/story/story_3841.html

ENGLISH RESOURCES  
Guide for Writing Research Papers http://webster.commnet.edu/mla.htm (Styles recommended by the MLA)
 Online Literary Criticism http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/ (Collection of 1180 critical & biographical sites)
Online Journalism Review http://www.ojr.org/ (Annenberg School for Communication Web Journalism Review)
 Complete Works of William Shakespeare http://www-tech.mit.edu/Shakespeare/works.html (The electronic source for Shakespeare)
WritingDen  http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/
English Dictionary http://www.dictionary.com/ 
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.net/ (Fine Literature Digitally Re-Published) 
Authors on the Web (Collection of Biographical Sketches)  http://www.people.Virginia.EDU/~jbh/author.html

 MATH RESOURCES  
 Flashcards for Kids  http://www.edu4kids.com/math/
BasketMath Interactive  http://www.scienceacademy.com/BI/index.html
Ask Dr. Math http://forum.swarthmore.edu/dr.math/
The Math Forum http://forum.swarthmore.edu/ (K-12 Math Resources)
Dave's Math Tables http://www.sisweb.com/math/tables.htm (Math Reference Tables)
Math Archives http://archives.math.utk.edu/topics/ (Mathematical Resources) 
Math Forum Geometry Links http://forum.swarthmore.edu/geometry/selected.geom.html
Math Forum Internet Math Hunt http://forum.swarthmore.edu/hunt/ (Internet Math Hunt)
Webmath http://www.webmath.com/ (An online "math engine" to instantly provide step-by-step solutions to many different kinds of math problems)
Graphing Applet http://www.pa.uky.edu/~phy211/graph_applets/plot_graph.html (This applet allows one to enter and plot functions of one variable.)
A+ Math http://www.aplusmath.com/

SCIENCE RESOURCES  
Science Online http://www.scienceonline.org/ (Summaries and full texts of scientific news articles)
The Exploratorium http://www.exploratorium.edu/ (Science Museum)
Discovery Channel Online http://www.discovery.com/ (Science & Nature)
Science Friday http://www.sciencefriday.com/ (National Public Radio's Science Friday on the Internet)
SciCentral http://www.scicentral.com/ (Biological, Health, Earth, Physical and Chemical Science Resources)
 Science Fair Project http://www.ipl.org/youth/projectguide/ (Science Fair tips)
Amateur Science Links  http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/amasci.html
PBS Science http://www.pbs.org/science/ (PBS Science Exploration)
Tech Museum of Innovation http://www.thetech.org/
Science4Kids http://www.chem4kids.com/matter/index.html (Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Terrarum fun)
Human Anatomy Online http://www.innerbody.com/default.htm (Link to an interactive anatomy site and take anatomy lessons) 
 Virtual Frog Dissection Kit http://www-itg.lbl.gov/ITG.hm.pg.docs/dissect/info.html (Whole Frog Project)
The Heart http://sln.fi.edu/biosci/heart.html (An online exploration)
PhysicsWeb http://www.physicsweb.org/ (Global Physics News & Information)
Physics Home Page http://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/gbssci/phys/phys.html (Glenbrook South's Physics Lessons) 
Virtual Physics Laboratory http://www.phys.hawaii.edu/~teb/java/ntnujava/index.html(Physics experiments)
The Virtual Laboratory http://physicsweb.org/TIPTOP/VLAB/ (On-Line Physics Java Applets)
Amusement Park Physics http://www.learner.org/exhibits/parkphysics/ (A mix of physics lessons relating to roller coasters, bumper cars, free fall rides, etc.)
How Things Work http://landau1.phys.virginia.edu/Education/Teaching/HowThingsWork/ (Answers to Physics Questions) 
Hands-On-Universe http://hou.lbl.gov/ (Investigate the Universe )
Apollo 18 http://www.apolloeighteen.com/ (Space: History, Education and News) 
Microworlds Advanced Light Source http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/Contents/Contents.html (A Tool for Solving the Mysteries of Materials)

SOCIAL STUDIES RESOURCES  
The History Net http://www.thehistorynet.com/ (History Lives on the Web)
Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ (Sociology, Current Events and Statistics)
FedWorld http://www.fedworld.gov/ (Federal Government Information)
Thomas http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas2.html (Legislative Information) 
This Day in History http://www.historychannel.com/historychannel/thisday/ (Historical Archives)
HyperHistory http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html (3000 Years of World History)
 National Museum of American History http://www.si.edu/nmah/ (Smithsonian Institution)
The History Place http://www.historyplace.com/(Historical Overview)
Vietnam http://www.vietvet.org/visit.htm (Links to Vietnam sites)
The Drop Zone http://www.thedropzone.org/ (World War II Virtual Museum)
CNN http://www.cnn.com/(CNN Interactive)
MSNBC http://msnbc.com/news/default.asp (MSNBC Interactive)
Science Museum of Minnesota http://www.greatestplaces.org/(Greatest Places on Earth)
PBS History http://www.pbs.org/history/ (History's Best on PBS)
States and Capitals:  http://www.50states.com/