Much, much information on Albert Einstein here on this Hebrew University of Jerusalem Web site.
The Nature Conservancy Carbon Footprint Calculator October 26, 2009
http://www.nature.org/initiatives/climatechange/calculator/
“Use The Nature Conservancy’s carbon footprint calculator to measure your impact on our climate. Our carbon footprint calculator estimates how many tons of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases your choices create each year.”–From the Website.
Dead Zones : Mysteries of Ocean Die-Offs October 11, 2009
http://nsf.gov/news/special_reports/deadzones/
The National Science Foundation offers information here on the marine dead zones that become even more prevalent in our oceans with each passing year.
Endangered Species : Selected Internet Resources September 19, 2009
http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/endangeredspecies.html
The Library of Congress Science Reference Services Science, Technology and Business Division, offers this list of selected internet resources relating to endangered species.
History of U. S. Flight September 10, 2009
http://www.centennialofflight.gov/hof/index.htm
“The national “Centennial of Flight: Born of Dreams – Inspired by Freedom” celebration commemorates this achievement and 100 years of aviation history. Our Centennial Partners are planning everything from cross-country tours to air shows and exhibitions, seminars and television specials. Use our Web site to access the most up-to-date information on celebration activity as well as the most comprehensive collection of outstanding educational essays, multimedia and links regarding the history of flight.”–From the website.
Science Nation September 5, 2009
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/index.jsp
The National Science Foundation offers this online magazine and states on the website that it is “The Online Magazine That’s All About Science For The People.” Also from the website: ”In the National Science Foundation’s Science Nation online magazine, we examine the breakthroughs, and the possibilities for new discoveries about our planet, our universe and ourselves.” It is a weekly online magazine.
NASA Educational Materials August 14, 2009
http://search.nasa.gov/search/edFilterSearch.jsp?empty=true#
Although intended for educators, there are over 3000 resources here in this NASA database that could of help and interest to all kinds of library customers and library staff. There is also a browsable list of the publications available.
We Choose the Moon August 7, 2009
This is one of the most impressive sites I have ever seen. Unfortunately, I fear it won’t completely work on some of our older computers. But, if you can find a place to view it, please enjoy.
This site, created by the JFK Presidential Library & Museum and AOL, allows users to experience the Apollo 11 mission for themselves. Impressive graphics are combined with archival footage, audio and photos to recreate each of the eleven stages of the mission. Very cool!
EOL : Encyclopedia of Life July 30, 2009
The aim of this web site is to list every one of the 1.8 milliion known species of plants and animals on the earth and to provide a web page on each of the species.
WorldWideScience.Org : The Global Science Gateway June 29, 2009
This site is a global science gateway that allows federated seaching of national and international scientific databases and portals. There is an interactive map that allows a user to click on a country to view participants and view their websites.
Exploratorium June 9, 2009
The San Francisco Exploratorium offers this site of more than 15,000 web pages which explain the science behind music, sports, cooking, and many other subjects.
What’s That Stuff? June 8, 2009
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html
Chemical Engineering & News offers articles that give you a look at the chemical compostion of common products, such as Silly Putty, Cheese Wiz, artificial snow, snythetic grass, hair coloring, and many others.
The Sounds of American English March 19, 2009
www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
This is an easy-to-use multimedia tool that allows each user to see where the sounds of our language come from and to hear what they sound like. Users can view animations that illustrate the movement of each sound, or read step-by-step instructions.
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.
Kepler Mission : A Search For Inhabitable Planets March 7, 2009
This is NASA’s site on its first mission that is capable of finding earth-size and smaller planets around other stars. Kepler is a spacebourne telescope that was to be launched no earlier than March 6th, and is designed to search the nearby region of our galaxy for planets the size of the earth orbiting in the habitable zone of stars like our sun.
