American Artist magazine -- Articles, demonstrations, technical help, and critiques as well as the instruction and information provided in the American Artist family of magazines.
Central Intelligence Agency -- Contains a variety of information about world governments, most notably the World Factbook, which gives detailed current information about the geography, people, government, economy, transportation, and defense of every nation in the world. Also of interest is the link to the CIA photostream on Flickr.
Free Rice -- Learning is fun! And it feeds the hungry!
Infoplease -- With the byline "All the knowledge you need," Infoplease has facts and statistics on a wide variety of topics!
For writer biographies: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/writerbio1.html
Kids-in-Mind -- movie reviews that include details about the rating. Never be uncomfortable watching a movie with your parents again! :-)
Merriam-Webster -- dictionary, thesaurus, word games, and more!
Mountain View Public Library -- search the public library catalog & read about upcoming events!
National Geographic -- maps, photography...everything National Geographic!
Project Gutenberg -- Over 38,000 free ebooks to read online, download to your computer, or download to your Kindle. Fabulous!
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards -- Win recognition, medals, and scholarships for your art or writing. This is a prestigious contest, with past winners including Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Robert Redford, John Lithgow and Joyce Carol Oates!
Vocabahead -- Study ACT vocabulary with these short videos, flashcards, and other study materials.