Websites for Teens

Science

Teens Health from Nemours

Info to help you be your best in body and mind.

Science News for Students

News from all fields of science for students from middle school and up

How Stuff Works

Thousands of topics, ranging from the flu to black holes to conspiracy theories.

Hour of Code

One-hour tutorials in over 45 languages. No experience needed.

WRITING/READING

Goodreads

Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read.

Teen Ink

National teen magazine, book series, and website devoted entirely to teenage writing, art, photos and forums.

NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. NaNoWriMo gets you started with resources, pep talks, and goal setting. Your story matters. Write your novel now!

What Should I Read Next?

Enter a book you like and the site will analyze a huge database of real readers’ favorite books to provide recommendations and suggestions

just for fun

Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games.

Ted Talks

Devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks.

Vsauce

Videos that feed the curious and illuminate the amazing.

CIA World Factbook

Provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.