Links
Career Kids has compiled a list of great websites that you'll find very informative and helpful. If you know of a site that should be listed here, please contact us.
Financial Information
The Money Camp
www.themoneycamp.com
Educating children about money is a way to lead them to financial independence. This non-profit organization has developed teacher, kid, and adult financial literacy programs. They have actual camps that children from all over the country attend, in addition to programs for the educator to teach in the classroom. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
Fun Sites for Kids
Online Children's Magazine for Education, Fun and Knowledge.
Learning More About Specific Occupations
Click here for even more information on other occupations. . .
Actors
www.sag.org
Screen Actors Guild website provides information on the nation's largest acting labor union.
Writers
www.redbirdstudio.com
Redbird Studio offers seminars, critique groups, private consults and studio space to people who want to write. They have adult and youth writing programs.
Actuaries
www.actuary.org
Professional organization covering all areas of actuarial professions.
Acupuncturists
www.ccaom.org
Council of Colleges of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Actors
www.fastweb.com
Claims to be the internet's largest free scholarship search. One can set up a personalized profile to match skills, abilities and interests to it's database of over 400,000 scholarships. Has a parent's section and many tips about financing college.
Aerospace Engineers
www.aiaa.org
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts
www.jets.org
Junior Engineering Technical Society
Animal Trainers
www.aza.org
American Zoo and Aquarium Association
www.caninecompanions.org
Canine Companions for Independence
Astronauts
www.aiaa.org
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts
www.ksc.nasa.gov
Kennedy Space Center
Athletic Trainers
www.nata.org
National Athletic Trainers Association
www.acsm.org
American College of Sports Medicine
Heating and Cooling Technicians
www.phccweb.org/ajt
Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association Apprenticeship & Journeyman Training Information
Historians
www.historians.org/pubs/Free/careers/Index.htm
Good information on the variety of careers available for history majors.
Insurance Underwriters
www.aicpcu.org
Insurance Institute of America
College and Financial Aid Planning
College Planning FastWEB.com
www.fastweb.com
Claims to be the internet's largest free scholarship search. One can
set up a personalized profile to match skills, abilities and interests
to it's database of over 400,000 scholarships. Has a parent's section
and many tips about financing college.
FreSch Free Scholarship Search & Information Service
www.freschinfo.com
This database contains records on 2,000 organizations offering over
150,000 scholarship awards. Updated regularly, you'll find plenty
of help and advice here.
SallieMae
www.salliemae.com:80/index.html
As one of the country's largest financial services companies, it naturally
has information about financing a college education, it also includes
information about applying for college, finding the right college,
etc. You can use their calculators online to help forecast college
costs or how much is needed to save for college or you can download
their CollegeCalc software.
College Edge
http://CollegeEdge.com
Has thousands of links to colleges, as well as information and guidance
on scholarships, careers, majors, financial aid and more.
U.S. News College and Career Center
www.usnews.com/usnews/edu
Well-known for its reporting on education and careers, this site uses
the web to offer its database chock full of information on colleges
and financial aid.
The Financial Aid Information page
www.finaid.org
Bills itself as "a free, comprehensive, independent, and objective
guide to student financial aid."
College Board Online
www.collegeboard.org
If you want information about taking the SAT, this is the place to
go. You can register online for the SAT, try a daily SAT question
and review the College Board test dates. Also, information about financial
aid, colleges, essay evaluation and more.
Counselors
School-to-Work Outreach Project
www.ici.coled.umn.edu/schooltowork
This site posts profiles of models and strategies that was used during
theSchool-to-Work Outreach Project.
National School-to-Work Learning and Information Center
www.stw.ed.gov
Includes resources, grants, links and the latest information about
school-to-work.
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
www.okvotech.org
Provides more information than just about Oklahoma's program. Free
educational materials are available online. Online catalog of products
is under construction. as of this writing.
Distance Learning
OnlineLearning.netwww.onlinelearning.net
More than 175 online courses from UCLA Extension, the University of San Diego and the California CPA Education Foundation.