Academy Options/ Electives
Helpful Academy Options Resources
Helpful Academy Options Resources
Art
Art
- Ansel Adams - info about the famous photogrtapher including pictures
- Architecture Through the Ages- learn how cultures built
- Art Journey - virtual journey through the world of art
- Art Junction - art site for teachers and students
- Metropolitan Museum of Art - guide to looking at art, as well as links to current and past exhibits
- Museum of Modern Art - interactive art gallery for the museum
- National Gallery of Art - look at works by subject, title, or artist
Business
Business
- Exchange Rates - currency tool that can perform interactive foreign exchange calculations
Music and Performing Arts
Music and Performing Arts
- American Masters: Vaudeville - PBS site on American Vaudeville
- Box Office Mojo - movie and box office/finance info
- Internet Broadway Database - information on Broadway shows, people, songs, etc.
- Muscals 101 - history of mucical theater, including Vaudeville
- Playbill - news and info about Broadway and Off-Broadway
- Stage Agent - resource for actors and singers
- Vaudeville 101 - timelines, facts and figures, and an outline of a Vaudeville show
- Vaudeville Nation - New York Public Library site on Vaudeville
- Vaudville: University of Virginia - history, photos, and film of the Vaudeville stage
- Virtual Vaudeville - pictures, sound, animation, and primary source documents
Physical Education & Health
Physical Education & Health
- American Academy of Pediatrics - site covering children's health from birth to 21, including development, disease, child safety, and parenting
- American Association of Retired People -information on Medicare, Social Security, health insurance, and drug coverage
- American Heart Association - info about the heart, healthy living, nutrition, and fitness
- Center for Disease Control and Prevention - news and health info., statistics, travel health, and immunization
- Health A to Z - searchable site that covers almost all health and disease topics
- Informed Health Online - helps users understand published research studies
- Kids Health - for parents and students, including info. on health and safety issues, including bullying
- Mayo Clinic - info on disease, treatment, and medicine. Also has a symptom checker.
- National Library of Medicine - academic, peer-reviewed medical journals with 16 million entries
- Mediline Plus - huge site of various medical topics
- NOAH - huge index of medical topics
- On the Teen Scene - teen-related health articles from the Food and Drug Administration's magazine
- WEBMD Medical Encyclopedia - thousands of health and medical entries
- Women's Health - women's health issues, organizations, and statistics