Thursday, March 08, 2007

New Links on our web for the week of March 8, 2007 Health Medical Dictionary "For nurses and other health care professionals who seek to distinguish the habitus from the humerus, this online medical dictionary provided by MedicineNet will be a place to bookmark for repeat visits. (SR) Holidays Pi Day Celebration "This site, created in 2004 for the Pi Day celebration on March 14 (3/14), commemorates an irrational real number (approximately equal to 3.14) which is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Features a short history of pi, activities, and links to related sites about calculating pi, memorizing pi, and pi humor. From the Exploratorium." (LII) Leisure Couchville the ultimate online TV Guide (LG) FlixFind a directory of movie- related sites. (RB) Everything about tourism "World's Tourism Search Engine (RB) Muskegon Links Innovation Blog "An archive of innovation in the Muskegon area. The blog is a user-generated Web site where entries are made in journal style." MACCipedia "the Muskegon Area's Innovation Encyclopedia. Based on the popular Wikipedia, this website allows the visitors themselves to easily add, remove, and otherwise edit and change available content." Muskegon Free Wireless Hotspot Map Reference Desk City Town Info "Find statistics and indexes on thousands of cities, towns and villages across the United States. Plus a growing list of articles, comments from local residents, and historical photos. Info on people, housing, transportation, mortgages/real estate, crime, commuting, zip codes, and more!" NOAA Watch: NOAA’s All-Hazard Monitor "When the weather outside is frightful (or even when it isn’t), budding meteorologists will want to turn to the NOAA’s All-Hazard Monitor website. Drawing on an impressive array of weather-tracking devices, satellites, and so on, visitors can monitor a number of types of weather here, including tropical weather, droughts, volcanoes, earthquakes, and oil spills." (SR) Library Helper "Cool website to make searching in the local library catalog easier. It helps cross reference Amazon best/top sellers and your local library catalog". (LIS) Weather Channel Interactive Maps see local weather. Science Infrared Astronomy "This delightful website (created by NASA and the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology) provides a wide range of material on this fascinating area of scientific study. Visitors can lean about the discovery of infrared, learn about the technology that is used in such endeavors, and of course, look over dozens of infrared images and video clips." (SR) Teacher Resources International Reading Association: Web Resources "hundreds of resources related to reading in all its forms and varieties." (SR) Exploring Data "For many students who wish to embark into the world of statistics, the whole process can be a bit daunting. Fortunately, the Exploring Data website makes such a proposition a bit easier for both students and teachers." (SR) 12:04:25 PM

© Copyright 2008 Jocelyn Shaw. Last update: 11/18/2008; 2:36:27 PM. Photo curtesy of Marjorie O'Brien