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from the ALA Teen Reads Site
http://www.bmonster.com
Find all kinds of information on your favorite B movies!

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sheppard
Nova Online:  Killer's Trail.  A forensic look at the real life story that inspired "The Fugitive":  the unsolved 1954 murder of Marilyn Sheppard.  Includes an interactive section on DNA fingerprinting, information about 3-D mug shots, and a surprising look at the number of convicted criminals who were later cleared by DNA evidence. 

http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/
Science Hobbyist homepage includes weird science, nerd/misfit resources, unusual phenomena, weird research/anomalous physics, links to science museums

http://www.fright.com
The Fright Site is dedicated to horror entertainment, with frightening fiction, scary movies, gruesome games, bizarre comix, stimulating movie reviews, commentary on the horror genre, and weird diversions.

http://www.monstrous.com
Monstrous.com features information about all sorts of monsters and includes photo galleries of favorite movie monsters like Dracula, the Wolfman, and the Phantom of the Opera.

http://www.corsinet.com/braincandy/graves.html
Corsinet.com’s section on Brain Candy has the epitaphs and tombstones of famous people.

http://www.nightgallery.net/index.html
Homepage for Rod Serling’s Night Gallery weekly television series that featured his original dramas along with adaptations of classic horror, fantasy and science fiction works, including H.P. Lovecraft.

http://www.rockyhorror.com
The Official Rocky Horror Picture Show web site has information on everything having to do with the cult classic!  Toast and squirt guns not included.

http://www.tomsmithonline.com/shtick/rhms/rhmstext.htm The Rocky Horror Muppet Show: A Rather Weird Script by Tom Smith.

http://www.courttv.com/forensics_curricuum/ Court TV brings forensics to high school science classrooms. This program was developed as part of a continuing educational partnership with the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. The lessons and activities are each centered on a unique, realistic mystery and involve simple lab experiments aligned with nationally recognized educational standards and safety requirements.

http://www.horroronline.com/
Horror Online - This chamber of horrors is your doorway into all the current releases and classic thrillers available from Universal Studios Home Video!

http://www.horror.net
This site claims to be the world's most deadliest horror network and search engine.  Find all sorts of horror related websites.

http://www.horror.com
The web's premiere site for horror movie reviews, discussion, culture, and more.  Also contains interviews and articles.  Very cool site!

http://www.horror-web.com/
News, interviews, surveys, trailers, and reviews on movies, books, and other related items.  (Web site rated PG 13)

http://www.cavernsofblood.com
Free online games, the magic ouija board , magic 8 ball of horror, a virtual haunted house, horror movie trivia, free Halloween and horror graphics, animated gifs, fonts, Halloween midis, Halloween sounds, horror movie villain, jigsaw puzzles, celebrity horror secrets, biorhythms, blood and gore 

http://www.horror.org
The Horror Writers Association includes writers and publishers dedicated to creating and promoting dark literature. Site includes links to horror sites, reading lists, writing tips, recommended reading.

http://www.ultimatehaunt.com
This ultimate Halloween haunt experience documents the transformation of Knott’s Berry Farm into Knott’s Scary Farm each year.

http://www.tcnj.edu/~beres/horror.htm#3
If you write horror screenplays (or if you want to) then this is the site for you.
The site has links to various screenwriting and horror sites, writing contests, and tips on writing a screenplay.

Scary Movie Info

http:www.imdb.com/charts/votes/horror  Top 50 Horror Movies from Internet Movie database

http://www.terrortrap.com  A museum for horror films from 1925-1987.  This site also includes a section on “TV terror”.

www.bmonster.com  Features the publication “B Monster Bulletin”, movie reviews, B movie personality profiles, extensive archives, interviews.

Directories & Search Engines

TeenHoopla: an Internet guide for teens with links to more than a hundred sites of special interest to teens ages 12 - 18. Produced by the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association.

Local and National Hotlines

Phone number for the National Runaway Hotline is 1-800-621-4000

Phone number for the National Child Abuse Hotline is 1-800-422-4453

National AIDS Hotline: Phone number is 1-800-342-2437

Health

On the Teen Scene: From the FDA Consumer magazine for teens on topics ranging from eating disorders to attention deficit disorder.

Teen Health Home Page: "With the help of teens in Nova Scotia, medical students have designed pages on the Internet to provide information on sexual and reproductive health issues that face young people today."

Teen Sexuality: "This is a documentary profiling eight teens of diverse race, ethnicity, socio-economic level, geographic locale, and sexual orientation."

Vegetarian Nutrition for Teenagers: An overview of important nutritional factors for teens who are or wish to become vegetarians.

College and Career  Planning & Financial Aid

Michigan Career Portal: Get skills, explore careers, find work from the State of Michigan.

Scholarship Help is written for students, by students. Contains plenty of information about the scholarship process.

Project EASI (Easy Access for Students and Institutions) links you to sites that will help you successfully negotiate the financial aid maze.

The Peterson guides are well respected books in the educational field. Their online site has the same quality as their books.

FastWeb has a Financial Aid Calculator, EFC estimates, and links to financial aid offices.

College Board site has a scholarship search, a career search, and a college search. See if you can answer the SAT Question of the Day.

Embark.com has information and advice on scholarships, loans, grants, fellowships, work-study programs, and other funding sources.

Financial Aid Information Page is a comprehensive site with sources of aid and loans, special interest sites, and links to vendors.

College Net has links to college sites, scholarship sites, and links to other interesting sites.

College View has college and career information. It also has a virtual reality college tour.

Collegexpress is a good site for the transfer student. Also has financial aid information.

Go College has a search engine that will search for the right college for you; based on your selection criteria.

Educational Testing Service site has the testing and deadline dates for the SAT, GRE, GMAT, TOEFL, and LSAT. Access to US News online information on schools and aid.

Sallie Mae funds educational loans. Take Financial Aid 101, download a brochure, or try one of the calculators.

Armed Forces Careers lets you check out military careers and benefits

EdRef College Search Directory offers free detailed information on thousands of US colleges, universities, and post-secondary trade schools. School info includes admission requirements, degrees & majors, contact info, test scores, student diversity, religious affiliations, athletics, tuition expenses, etc.

Homework Help: General Reference

Noodle Tools: A free website that contains NoodleBib that helps with bibliographies and NoodleQuest which provides search strategy assistance.

Atlapedia: For a term paper on China or a quiz on France, here are maps and facts on government, culture, climate and more.

Project Gutenburg: A searchable, full-text library of classic books - everything from Shakespeare's As You Like It to Edgar Rice Burroughs' Warlord of Mars.

The Annenberg/CPB Project Exhibits Collection: A great place to start. Contains information on subjects from why civilizations collapse to what makes us who we are. The site also has some interactive features including a personality test and a chance to design your own roller coaster.

The Discovery Channel Online: Site offers a wide variety of stories related to the tv program. Learn about everything!

The Exploratorium's Ten Cool Sites, the best in science, art, and education sites: This site presents ten cool sites in each topic. This is a great place to find good stuff on the Internet.

Information Please Almanac: The online version of the popular reference book for facts and statistical information.

My Virtual Reference Desk: Link to other online reference tools like dictionaries, encyclopedias, atlases, thesauri, quotation books, and other sources.

Study Web: Provides a place to do research that goes beyond traditional search engines by providing ratings and grade levels for the links it suggests. Good place to find a research topic.

Homework Help: Books & Writing

Electronic Text Center: Has texts in twelve different languages including French, German, Latin, Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Spanish.

Guide to Grammar and Writing: A useful guide for writers of every level. Moves from basic sentence structure to research paper writing.

Internet Classics Archive: Select from a list of 441 works of classical literature by 59 different authors. Contains full-text versions.

IPL Research & Writing for High School and College Students: A great resource from the Internet Public Library to help you write that term paper.

Merriam Webster Dictionary: A dictionary, thesaurus and more. Also offers word games and bit of language history.

Strunk's Elements of Style: The online version of the "must have" style bible.

Homework Help: Math & Science

The Biology Project: is an interactive online resource for learning biology from the University of Arizona.

How Stuff Works: How does a car engine work? What makes the inside of your refrigerator cold? Use this site to find out the answers to these burning questions and more.

The Math Forum Home Page: is dedication to encouraging communication in the mathematical community making math-related web resources accessible, and providing high quality math and math education content to a variety of audiences. Whether you are looking for interactive math problems or need to submit a question to Dr. Math you will find quality information at the Math Forum.

Scientific American: Articles from the current issue of the magazine and links related to the featured articles.

Math is Power: features a national resource registry where students and parents come to find information about math and science programs in their communities.

Homework Help: History & Government

The Almanac of Politics and Government: This is an annual compilation of information about U.S. and world politics.

Labyrinth: Georgetown University's Labyrinth is a good place to start for medieval history.

PBS History: The site relates to programs shown on PBS. Learn about world history and people such as Buckminster Fuller and Richard Wright.

Sports

National Hockey Player's Association: official web site designed to provide up-to-minute player statistics and biographical information.

National Basketball Association: The NBA's official page.

National Football League: Get the latest stats and news.

The Soccer Network: Everything from the world of soccer.

Total Baseball: Ditto from the world of baseball.

United States Tennis Association: The official information on professional and league tennis.

ESPN.com: The latest sports news from the cable network.

GORP: Great Outdoor Recreation Pages has info on where to go and what to do in the great outdoors.

Cool Sites

React.Com: The web site where teens rule. Chat with your friends, get news and advice on improving your health and SAT scores, take quizzes, share your opinions on school violence, dating and more, and play games.

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