Information for children here on what the TVA is, as well as information on different forms of energy and information on how to save energy.
State Animals November 1, 2009
“StateAnimals.com is an educational web site which contains photos and descriptions of Official State Animals of the United States. Our objective is to provide simple yet concise information about these Officially Designated State Animals as well as providing clear documentation of a unique part of America’s heritage.”–From the Web site.
President Obama’s Speech To Students September 8, 2009
http://www.whitehouse.gov/MediaResources/PreparedSchoolRemarks/
This is the text entitled “Prepared Remarks of President Barack Obama Back to School Event” of the speech delivered by President Obama to the nation’s school students on September 8, 2009.
University of Memphis Public Infractions Report, August 20, 2009 August 23, 2009
This is the full text of the 26-page report released by the NCAA that stripped the University of Memphis of its 38 victories during the 2007-2008 college basketball season and its 2008 Final Four appearance.
IBRinfo June 3, 2009
Thanks to Audrey May (LINC) for bringing this site to my attention:
Two new programs have been created by the federal government to assist students with outstanding student loan debt. The Income-Based Repayment Program will begin in July of 2009 and can institute payment caps based on income and family size for eligible borrowers. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program allows employees of eligible organizations (including libraries!) to have their federal loans forgiven after 10 years of service and qualifying payments.
Free Technology for Teachers March 13, 2009
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
This blog reviews free technology resources for teachers and offers guidance on how to integrate technology into the classroom. And of course, the best part is that everything is free! A quick scan suggests that the content is very timely and well-researched.
FREE: Federal Resources for Educational Excellence March 11, 2009
This is a fantastic site that “makes it easier to find teaching and learning resources from the federal government. More than 1,500 federally supported teaching and learning resources are included from dozens of federal agencies. New sites are added regularly.”
The site is extremely well-organized and easy to search. Choose a topic from the subject list and find great information about everything ranging from scientists, countries of the world, history, and jazz to ethnic studies and literature.
Awards & Honors January 22, 2009
This is a database of all types of awards and honors, from entertainment and business to science and beauty. Use the categories on the left to browse or search by keyword. Also includes a schedule of upcoming award events.
PolicyArchive November 28, 2008
https://www.policyarchive.org/browse-topic
This site, sponsored by the Center for Governmental Studies at IUPUI, is a freely accessible archive of thousands of documents, reports, abstracts, briefs and multimedia files produced by think tanks, academia, foundations and government-funded initiatives. The link above is to the list of major topics, but users can also search or browse by author, publisher or funder.
Alice : An Educational Software That Teaches Students Computer Programming in a 3D Environment November 22, 2008
Randy Pausch, in his book The Last Lecture, talked about helping to develop Alice, a software teaching tool that allows introductory computing students, but also anyone else, to, as Mr. Pausch said in his book, “easily create animations for telling a story, playing an interactive game or making a video.” Alice is offered for free by Carnegie Mellon University.
Howjsay.com : An English Pronouncing Dictionary With Instant Sound October 15, 2008
This is a dictionary which allows the user to hear the pronunciation of a word or phrase.
QS 2008 World University Rankings October 15, 2008
http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/
The global career and educational network QS Quacquarelli Symonds offers its 2008 rankings of the world’s top universities. Information on each of the universities can also be found.
Memphis City Schools Data September 5, 2008
http://memphisdemo2.extranet.urbanplanet.com/Data.html
Memphis City Schools data, including ACT scores, attendance, the stability index, suspensions and expulsions, TCAP writing assesments and 2007 data files for specific schools are found on the Memphis City Schools GED Testing Center web site.
The Dog Days of Summer July 18, 2008
http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=178
Being a native Memphian, I know how just hot it can get here. All my life, I have heard of the “dog days of summer.” But to be honest, I had no idea what the phrase actually meant. This link answered my question, and, perhaps, it will answer it for others, as well.
Seeing more than the fireworks on July 4th July 3, 2008
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/01jul_4thofjuly.htm?friend
According to NASA, the planets will be aligned this 4th of July for an amazing sky show after the fireworks. I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th. Special thanks to Mary Seratt for passing the site along to the Children and Teen Services Staff List.
