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Futurity aggregates the very best research news. The content is produced by the partner universities, and submitted to Futurity’s editor, Jenny Leonard (editor@futurity.org) , for consideration. The site, which is hosted at the University of Rochester, covers research findings in a range of topics, inluding the environment, health, science, and society.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
K-Gray Engineering Pathway Digital Library - Engineering Education Wing of the NSDL
K-Gray Engineering Pathway Digital Library - Engineering Education Wing of the NSDL
Engineering Pathway
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
The Engineering Pathway is a portal to high-quality teaching and learning resources in engineering, applied science and math, computer science/information technology, and engineering technology and is designed for use by K-12 and university educators and students. The K-12 engineering curriculum uses engineering as a vehicle for the integration of hands-on science and mathematics through real-world designs and applications that inspire the creativity of youth.
Users may search over K-12 engineering lessons and activities, as well as other K-12 resources, by many criteria - including content focus area, grade level and educational standards. K-12 community resources include professional development opportunities and research findings. Higher education resources may be discovered by multiple criteria including discipline, audience, resource type, title, author/creator, special topics, or by selected collection. Higher education community resources include support for ABET accreditation, research and scholarship, curricula development and extracurricular activities for students.
Additional features include outreach information and materials, diversity resources, professional society and career planning information, personalized workspace, the ability to contribute and comment on resources, and hosted search services.
The Engineering Pathway's goal is to provide resources that help teachers, parents, faculty, and practicing engineers to inspire more of today's students to follow an engineering path as their way to understand and improve the world.
K-Gray Engineering Pathway Digital Library - Engineering Education Wing of the NSDL
CollegeInsight
College InSight, an initiative of the Institute for College Access & Success, makes data on college affordability, diversity, and student success easy to find, compare, and analyze. College InSight is the successor to EconomicDiversity.org and provides data for almost 5,000 U.S. colleges and universities. In addition to college-level data, it features totals and averages for states, sectors, and other groupings of colleges. College InSight is both an easy-to-use consumer resource and a sophisticated research tool designed to help shed light on important trends and issues.
There are three interconnected ways to tap into College InSight’s wide range of data:
1. Spotlight - Start by selecting a college, state, or type of school to see a snapshot of key data and a relevant comparison.
2. Topics - Start with a topic, then dig deeper to see how specific colleges, states, or school types compare.
3. Explore All Data - Build your own table with any combination of colleges, variables, or years in the College InSight database.
Hotels and Vacation Reviews - TripAdvisor
Hotels and Vacation Reviews - TripAdvisor
TripAdvisor Mission: Help people around the world plan and have the perfect trip.
TripAdvisor® Media Network, operated by TripAdvisor, LLC, attracts 46 million monthly visitors* across 15 popular travel brands: TripAdvisor®, www.airfarewatchdog.com, www.bookingbuddy.com, www.cruisecritic.com, www.familyvacationcritic.com, www.flipkey.com, www.frequentflier.com, www.holidaywatchdog.com, www.independenttraveler.com, www.onetime.com, www.seatguru.com, www.smartertravel.com, www.travel-library.com, www.travelpod.com and www.virtualtourist.com
TripAdvisor-branded sites alone make up the most popular and largest travel community in the world, with more than 34 million unique monthly visitors*, 15 million registered members and more than 35 million reviews and opinions
Airline Seating Charts - Best Airplane Seats - SeatGuru
Airline Seating Charts - Best Airplane Seats - SeatGuru
Wonder if I should include this on the aero engineering guide...it does give details on a/c interiors -- HSM
At SeatGuru, we love travel, but we can't fly on every single plane. So we turn to you, our users, for the real truth on seat width, pitch, and comfort. Through the "Submit Comments" button on each aircraft page, thousands of reviews have been added to the SeatGuru database by flyers who know a great seat when they sit in one. The SeatGuru staff utilizes these comments to maintain the accuracy of our airplane seat information and updates the site with both user-submitted reviews and independent research.
Thank you—we smile every time we sit in a "green" seat.
Roadside America - Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions
Roadside America - Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions
RoadsideAmerica.com
RoadsideAmerica.com is a caramel-coated-nutbag-full of odd and hilarious travel destinations -- over 9,000 places -- ready for exploration.
Since our first book, Roadside America, introduced readers to the world of offbeat tourist attractions, we (authors and road trip know-it-alls Doug Kirby, Ken Smith, Mike Wilkins) haven't slowed down. In fact, we're speeding up! Or maybe it's just a bad optical illusion...
Planning Your Own Road Trips
Site visitors often tell us our write-ups help them plan their own trips. We provide directions to attractions and even maps when available; otherwise, just drive to the town and ask a local. It's more fun that way.
We list some attraction hours and admission prices, but be wary -- these change frequently at many offbeat places.
Hours are sometimes a crap shoot. Graveyards are open all the time; but lone fanatical collectors may be off digging up petrified leeches, or getting their medication when you arrive. You take your chances. Call ahead if you're going way out of your way.
For reasons that grow hazier with time, we produced a thicker, more depraved sequel, New Roadside America. The books chronicled tourist attractions throughout the continental United States -- from the World's Largest Twine Ball to an obscure monument to a patriotic pig.
After a series of Hypertours in the early 1990s, the Internet found us (or vice versa). In 1994, we guided AOL and Hotwired users on the web's first real-time, coast-to-coast "virtual vacation" -- a Hypertour from California to New York.
We launched RoadsideAmerica.com in 1996. Here's a 10 Year March of History.
Roadside America - Guide to Uniquely Odd Tourist Attractions
Roadfood.com - The most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America
The most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America
Roadfood means great regional meals along highways, in small towns and in city neighborhoods.
It is non-franchised, sleeves-up food made by cooks, bakers, pitmasters, and sandwich-makers who are America’s culinary folk artists.
Roadfood is almost always informal and inexpensive; and the best Roadfood restaurants are colorful places enjoyed by locals (and savvy travelers) for their character as well as their menu.
It is our intention that Roadfood.com will lead the way to:
- great local color
- the best regional specialties
- unforgettable diners, celestial barbecue, and four-star pig-outs galore!
Roadfood.com - The most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America
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