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| Teen Topics & Fun |
Webmaster -- Carol Bach Last updated on April 11, 2008
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Luther North Online Library
| PUZZLES & FUN |
Games for the Brain
Games designed to exercise your brain power.
United Nations World Food Program Game
Play & feed hungry people. Each time you get a right answer in this vocabulary game, the United
Nations donates 20 grains of rice to its World Food Program.
Windows Live Search Game Club
Play games & donate your winning tickets to the charity of your choice. Get a Windows Live ID
& then create a game account at the Live Search Club site.
You Don't Know Jack
Trivia game with attitude!
Keyboard -- Typing Game
Practice your typing skills with this game.
Taaz -- Try a Look!
Upload your own portrait & visit the makeover gallery to try new looks "virtually."
MyDeco -- Room Planner
Upload a photo of your room & "virtually" place 3D furniture, choose paint, wallpaper, flooring &
accessories. View & share your new room.
SketchUp
An easy-to-learn 3D modeling program whose simple tools enable your to create 3D models of
houses, sheds, decks, woodworking projects, etc. You can add details, textures, & glass to your
models, design with dimensional accuracy, & place your finished models in Google Earth,
share them with others by posting them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies.
Be Funky Cartoonizer
Funky ways to express yourself -- Change your digital photos using the "cartoonizer" or create
"uvatars."
Make Your Own Comic Strip
Choose a human or animal character, pick their mood, fill in a talk or thought balloon (in
English or Spanish -- and --boom -- you have a comic strip.
WebCanvas
Be creative & contribute to the "world's largest collaborative painting."
Viscosity -- Modern Art Generator
Create your own modern art.
How Stuff Works
Explanations of how things work: Tivo, CD's, Nascar, Krispy Kreme, electric guitars, DNA, tanks,
hyposis, Gamecube, etc. Covers autos, computers, electronics, entertainment, health, home,
money, people, science, & travel.
Google Maps
Explore neighborhoods at street level -- virtually. View street level photographs, take virtual
walks, explore cityscapes, landmarks, points of interest, and find shops, restaurants, parks,
hotels & more.
Google Earth
Locate any splace on Earth. Great zoom capabilities.
Virtual Earth
View the Earth live with the Discovery channel.
ProtoZone Interactives
Interactive Web demos: pattern makers, 3D constructions, games & puzzles, & art machines.
Kaleidoscope Creator
Allows you to create a kaleidoscope on the fly. Select colors, patterns, lines, fills & more, &
watch the kaleidoscope generate before your very eyes.
Red Studio for Teens
Activities sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art: remix -- interactive collage, fauxtogram --
objects exposed, you design -- it's your turn to design, character sketch contest, & a Dadaist
poem creator.
Guiness World Records
Online version of the popular books.
Internet Movie Database
Database of over 260,000 film & TV productions made since 1892. They catalog information on
who made them, who appeared in them, where they were filmed, awards they received, trivia,
quotes, & many other categories.
Movie Mistakes
Browse through 70,000 movie & TV mistakes.
Tycoon Online
A fun & challenging business simulation game where you compete against thousands of
players to build the most successful business in a 70-day round.
Time Capsule
Enter any date & be presented with your own customized page that includes all the information
you've chosen -- headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys, books -- plus typical consumer
prices from that year, Academy Award winners, etc.
Optical Illusions & BrainTeasers
The world's most mind-boggling optical illusions including games, puzzles, & artwork. 100's of
original exhibits, real-time demonstrations, & live interactive illusions.
BrainBashers Sudoku
A daily Sudoku in 6 difficulty levels.
Daily Chess Puzzles
Three new chess puzzles every day to test your chess proficiency.
Daily Word Search Puzzles
A different word search every day -- to print out or do online.
Puzzle Planet
New themed crosswords & 6 other kinds of puzzles published every day. Access 1000's of
puzzles, including Sudoku in the archives.
Penguin Crossword Puzzle Maker
Used to make simple crossword puzzles. The Webpage generated will remain on the server for
about two months. If you want to ensure that you have a copy of the generated puzzle, make
sure you save a copy. Puzzles may be printed.
Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker
Create & print your own crossword puzzles.
Games designed to exercise your brain power.
United Nations World Food Program Game
Play & feed hungry people. Each time you get a right answer in this vocabulary game, the United
Nations donates 20 grains of rice to its World Food Program.
Windows Live Search Game Club
Play games & donate your winning tickets to the charity of your choice. Get a Windows Live ID
& then create a game account at the Live Search Club site.
You Don't Know Jack
Trivia game with attitude!
Keyboard -- Typing Game
Practice your typing skills with this game.
Taaz -- Try a Look!
Upload your own portrait & visit the makeover gallery to try new looks "virtually."
MyDeco -- Room Planner
Upload a photo of your room & "virtually" place 3D furniture, choose paint, wallpaper, flooring &
accessories. View & share your new room.
SketchUp
An easy-to-learn 3D modeling program whose simple tools enable your to create 3D models of
houses, sheds, decks, woodworking projects, etc. You can add details, textures, & glass to your
models, design with dimensional accuracy, & place your finished models in Google Earth,
share them with others by posting them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies.
Be Funky Cartoonizer
Funky ways to express yourself -- Change your digital photos using the "cartoonizer" or create
"uvatars."
Make Your Own Comic Strip
Choose a human or animal character, pick their mood, fill in a talk or thought balloon (in
English or Spanish -- and --boom -- you have a comic strip.
WebCanvas
Be creative & contribute to the "world's largest collaborative painting."
Viscosity -- Modern Art Generator
Create your own modern art.
How Stuff Works
Explanations of how things work: Tivo, CD's, Nascar, Krispy Kreme, electric guitars, DNA, tanks,
hyposis, Gamecube, etc. Covers autos, computers, electronics, entertainment, health, home,
money, people, science, & travel.
Google Maps
Explore neighborhoods at street level -- virtually. View street level photographs, take virtual
walks, explore cityscapes, landmarks, points of interest, and find shops, restaurants, parks,
hotels & more.
Google Earth
Locate any splace on Earth. Great zoom capabilities.
Virtual Earth
View the Earth live with the Discovery channel.
ProtoZone Interactives
Interactive Web demos: pattern makers, 3D constructions, games & puzzles, & art machines.
Kaleidoscope Creator
Allows you to create a kaleidoscope on the fly. Select colors, patterns, lines, fills & more, &
watch the kaleidoscope generate before your very eyes.
Red Studio for Teens
Activities sponsored by the Museum of Modern Art: remix -- interactive collage, fauxtogram --
objects exposed, you design -- it's your turn to design, character sketch contest, & a Dadaist
poem creator.
Guiness World Records
Online version of the popular books.
Internet Movie Database
Database of over 260,000 film & TV productions made since 1892. They catalog information on
who made them, who appeared in them, where they were filmed, awards they received, trivia,
quotes, & many other categories.
Movie Mistakes
Browse through 70,000 movie & TV mistakes.
Tycoon Online
A fun & challenging business simulation game where you compete against thousands of
players to build the most successful business in a 70-day round.
Time Capsule
Enter any date & be presented with your own customized page that includes all the information
you've chosen -- headlines, birthdays, songs, TV shows, toys, books -- plus typical consumer
prices from that year, Academy Award winners, etc.
Optical Illusions & BrainTeasers
The world's most mind-boggling optical illusions including games, puzzles, & artwork. 100's of
original exhibits, real-time demonstrations, & live interactive illusions.
BrainBashers Sudoku
A daily Sudoku in 6 difficulty levels.
Daily Chess Puzzles
Three new chess puzzles every day to test your chess proficiency.
Daily Word Search Puzzles
A different word search every day -- to print out or do online.
Puzzle Planet
New themed crosswords & 6 other kinds of puzzles published every day. Access 1000's of
puzzles, including Sudoku in the archives.
Penguin Crossword Puzzle Maker
Used to make simple crossword puzzles. The Webpage generated will remain on the server for
about two months. If you want to ensure that you have a copy of the generated puzzle, make
sure you save a copy. Puzzles may be printed.
Instant Online Crossword Puzzle Maker
Create & print your own crossword puzzles.
