Click the link below to take the LMIC 9th grade Orientation Follow-up Survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=cH45Qm1fe2iYlucUox0inQ_3d_3d

Teen Top Ten Announced!

The 2008 Teens' Top Ten
The vote is in! More than 8,000 teens voted on this year's winners. The 2008 Teens' Top Ten is:
1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
- from YALSA website

Book Club

Has every one been able to get a copy of The Adoration of Jenna Fox? If so what do you think so far? Careful not to give anything away!

Teen Read Week 2008

The theme of Teen Read Week 2008 is Books with Bite @ Your Library and the list of nominees for the Teens' Top Ten has been released. Click on the link below to see the list. Start reading these books now so you'll be ready to vote during Teen Read Week 2008 October 12-18. Many of them are already available in the LMIC!
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teenreading/teenstopten/2008_nominees.pdf

Controversies in Science and Medicine

Stem Cell Research

PBS - Science Now
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/sciencenow/3209/04.html

Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.mbbnet.umn.edu/scmap.html

Creating Stem Cells for Research
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/stemcells/sccreate/

Research Ethics and Stem Cells
http://stemcells.nih.gov/info/ethics.asp

Medical News Today - Embryonic Stem Cell Research
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/
Type "stem sell research" into the search box.

NY Times - Stem Cell Research
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
Type "stem cell research" into search box.

Genetic Engineering

Time - The Genetics Revolution

http://www.time.com/time/daily/special/genetics/

PBS - Harvest of Fear

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/

NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html
Type "genetic engineering" into the search box.


How Stuff Works
http://www.howstuffworks.com/search.php

Type "genetic engineering" into the search box.

Genetic Engineering and Its Dangers

http://online.sfsu.edu/~rone/GEessays/gedanger.htm

Organ Donation

PBS Online Newshour - Organ Donation

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/organ-donation/

NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html

Type "organ donation" into the search box.

Medical News Today
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/
Type "organ donation" into the search box.

Twlight - the movie

Click the link below to see pictures of the cast of Twilight. I'm not crazy about the choice for Edward. Anyone else have an opinion?
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html

Women's History Month

National Women's History Project
http://www.nwhp.org

Votes for Women: Selections from the National American Woman Suffrage Collection
http://www.memory.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawshome.html

Akron Women's History
http://www3.uakron.edu/schlcomm/womenshistory/

By Popular Demand: "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures, 1850-1920
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/vfwhtml/vfwhome.html

Music Web Sites

All Music
This site has information about all aspects of popular music. Want to find out which musicians influenced your favorite artists? Are you dying to find out who sings that great song you heard on the radio? Check out this web site to answer questions like those and more.
http://www.allmusic.com/

Pandora
Pandora is an Internet radio station that allows you to create your own individual radio stations. The site will make recommendations for new bands that you might like based on the bands that you already like. It's definitely worth checking out.
http://www.pandora.com/

Pitchfork
Pitchfork is a great site to album reviews and music news!
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/

Teen Tech Fiction Recommendation

Epic
By: Conor Kostick
New Earth is an agrarian society where all violence has been banned. Battles are settled in Epic, a fantasy computer game, where citizens of New Earth accumulate wealth as well as settle their differences. When Erik’s father is unjustly punished by the ruling power, Central Allocations, it is up to Erik to find a way to save him. In trying to save his father, Eric must question the rules of Epic and decide if he is brave enough to confront Central Allocations and fight for his father's freedom. Conor Kostick, the author of Epic, was the creator of the world's first live fantasy role-playing game, so he brings a lot of knowledge about that type of gaming to the story. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys computer role-playing games or who loves fantasy books in general.

Want help preparing for the ACT, SAT or AP Exam?

Try Learning Express Library for practice tests and tutorials.

You must access this site initially from school.
To access go to http://www.infohio.org
Click on Core Collection.
Click on Learning Express Library.
Click on New User.
Create a user account.
Once you create the account, you can login from home.

Teen Tech Novel Recommendation - Finding Lubchenko

Finding Lubchenko
By Michael Simmons

Having a millionaire father sounds like it would be nice, but Evan’s father wants him to learn the value of money, so he makes him work for his company earning minimum wage, but Evan has found a way to make his job pay more than minimum wage. His father’s company deals in medical technologies and there are always computers and printers lying around just asking to be taken, so Evan steals them sells them on Ebay. When Evan’s father is accused of murder, a crime Evan is sure he didn’t commit, he realizes that one of the stolen laptops contains an email that could be the key to unlocking the case. He could go to the cops, but that would mean admitting he had stolen the laptop in the first place. Instead, he and two of his friends decide to go to Paris to find Lubchecnko, the mysterious emailer, and identify the true murderer. This novel is great for readers who want a book that is fast-paced and suspenseful with a little romance and humor thrown in for good measure.

Favorite websites

Post a comment telling about your favorite website.

Create your own Superhero Website

Hero Machine
http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heroMachine2/

This website is so fun!

Teen Tech Week - Great Gaming Websites

Cheats for Playstation 2
http://www.cheatsforplaystation2.com/

GameFAQs
http://www.gamefaqs.com/

Game Genie
http://www.gamegenie.com/

GamePro
http://www.gamepro.com/

GameZone
http://www.gamezone.com/

Teen Tech Book Review - rob&sara.com

How much can you really know about someone you meet online? When Sara posts a poem on an online poetry bulletin board, all she gets is criticism. Then she receives an email from Rob, a guy she doesn't know, who tells her he liked her poem. Sara is flattered by his compliment, and the two begin emailing each other regularly and develop a close friendship. Rob tells Sara that he is living in a boarding school for "troubled" teens. This doesn’t bother Sara at first, but then she receives an email from one of the other students at Rob's school warning her that he isn't who he claims to be. At first Sara can't believe that Rob could be deceiving her, but she can't help wondering if she really knows him as well as she thinks she does. Rob&sara.com is a suspenseful page-turner that will hold your interest from the first page to the last.

Book Review Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

Twlight by Stephenie Meyer is a great book for all those who enjoy romance, suspense and mystery. When Bella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father, she resigns herself to a life of boredom in small town. She couldn't be more wrong. On her first day of school, Bella meets the handsome and mysterious Edward Cullen, and though he seems to hate being in the same room as her, she can't deny her attraction to him. Bella soon finds out that Edward's inexplicable reaction to her has to do with a dark secret, something that makes Edward very different from other high school boys. This book is sure to leave readers hungry for more, and luckily, Meyer has already published two sequels New Moon and Eclipse.

The Borders website has a great video of a discussion between Stephanie Meyer and a group of her readers. http://www.bordersmedia.com/shows/bookclub/meyer.asp

Visit Stephenie Meyer's website for information about Twilight the movie. http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/