Exploring the Infinite
“The Million Book Project, an international venture led by Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, Zhejiang University in China, the Indian Institute of Science in India and the Library at Alexandria in Egypt, has completed the digitization of more than 1.5 million books, which are now available online.” – Physorg.com Find out more about the Universal Digital Library and
Can you name all 50 states of America? Whenever you correctly name a state, it will show up on the map so you can see which ones you have left. You've got 10 minutes, but I challenge you to beat my score of 1 minute and 45 seconds! Related: Name the 50 U.S. Capitals Name the European Countries More geography,
Librarian Chick's Hot Picks I've added some fun free educational resources to Librarian Chick! Here is a list of this week's highlights for you to check out! EdTechTalk – A webcasting network of educators discussing educational technology WebQuest – A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most of the information comes from the web Writing Career – Expert
Librarian Chick's Hot Picks Free educational resources are posted to Librarian Chick regularly! Here's a list of my favorite sites from this week's new additions! ERIC – Education Resources Information Center provides the world's largest digital library of education literature Animal Diversity Web – An online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology from University of Michigan
http://www.cjr.org/resources/lc/index.php Rules on common misuses of words and phrases for writers.
http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-program/ This site features collections of royalty-free music for individuals and schools to freely use in personal projects and production.
http://www.youtube.com/user/hotforwords HotForWords… I’ll sit here and listen to her talk about words and their origins for as long as she’s willing to post.
http://www.clredusol.com/ 50 self-adhesive grid & graph paper sheets costing as little as 50cents/pad
http://www.santasvideocalls.com/ YAY! Let’s elaborate on the lies we tell our kids that lead them to think some crazy shit about a fat guy in a red suit delivering presents by way of reindeer and B&E. Maybe you call it a hoax. Think of the memories.
http://www.metafilter.com/64919/Because-learning-is-sexy This is a blurb about my Librarian Chick wiki. I enjoyed reading the comments! Thanks Jonson, for linking to my blog also!
http://www.windowssecrets.com/winfind WinFind searches sources of expert Windows advice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Molasses_Disaster Coincidence, perhaps, but definitely worth noting how I happened upon this page about a week ago and then again today when my husband showed it to me during an interesting discussion about sugar, molasses, and treacle. He is so brainy. Make my geek heart swell. From the page: “A large molasses tank burst and a wave of molasses rushed
via videosift.com MIT Professor, Walter Lewin explains how water is used to create high voltage charges of electricity. More about this remarkable process can be found here: Kelvin's Thunderstorm
I'd like to challenge you to attempt to answer, using your own words or quotes (list sources), any one of the following questions by leaving your comment below: What was the beginning? Are we alone? What's the future of the cosmos? What is the nature of reality? Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 This is fascinating
http://onegirlsbooks.typepad.com/one_girls_books/2007/09/a-whole-bunch-o.html Thanks for the Librarian Chick mention!