http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ A search of MERLOT materials Copyright 1997-2013 MERLOT. All rights reserved. Tue, 21 May 2013 21:11:04 PDT Tue, 21 May 2013 21:11:04 PDT http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/images/merlot.gif http://www.merlot.org:80/merlot/ 44 34 http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=673557 'SPARKvue brings real-time measurement, data visualization, and analysis to science education everywhere. Students can use the new PASPORT AirLink 2 Bluetooth interface to connect to over 70 PASCO sensors, measuring a wide range of phenomena, including pH, temperature, force, carbon dioxide level, and many more. SPARKvue is designed for scientific inquiry in biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental science, physics, and physical science. SPARKvue can also record data from the iPhone or iPod Touch's internal accelerometer, with no additional hardware needed.Features• Enables scientific inquiry anytime, anywhere• Build your own scientific explorations• Measure data in real time from PASCO's line of PASPORT sensors with the PASPORT AirLink 2, or use the internal accelerometer• Display data in a graph, analog meter, or digital display• Collect up to 99 runs of data• Analyze data with built-in statistics• Export data via email for further investigation• Perfect for amusement park physicsPlease note: currently available in English only.'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=84636 This site, sponsored by the Center for Strategic and International Studies was designed to help you understand some of the fundamental issues surrounding globalization and technology, familiarize you with some of the technical terms pertaining, and offer some insights into some of the controversies surrounding technology-related policies. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=690529 'ChemReference is a detailed and powerful periodic table of the elements built for power users who need information at their fingertips. Features Include: • Auto-scaling periodic table to take advantage of the space of your browser window • Fully searchable with real-time highlighting of matched elements • Very quickly navigable with keyboard shortcuts for common actions • Trend highlighting for all properties of elements with color-weighted trends • Visual orbital-filling representation • Quick links to Wikipedia and WebElements for further element information • High contrast mode for increased readabilityInformation Currently Included: • Atomic Number • Element Name • Atomic Mass • Melting Point • Boiling Point • Electronegativity • Electron Affinity • 1st, 2nd, 3rd Ionization Energies • Calculated Radius • Empirical Radius • Covalent Radius • Brinell Hardness • Mohs Hardness • Vickers Hardness • Bulk Modulus • Shear Modulus • Young Modulus • STP Density • Thermal Conductivity • Specific Heat • Heat of Fusion • Heat of Vaporization • Common Ions.'Site says you need Chrome to install it, but works in Firefox. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=378390 ״This Web page contains three basic guidelines for making effective color choices that work for nearly everyone. Following the guidelines are explanations of the three perceptual attributes of color -- hue, lightness and saturation -- as they are used by vision scientists.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=378378 This is a website that is dated somewhat, but provides some guidelines for how to improve the "readability" of a website. The author provides examples in one section, "Measuring the Effect of Improved Web Writing.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=673525 'iCell gives students, teachers, and anyone interested in biology a 3D view inside a cell. Included are examples of three types of cells: animal, plant, and bacteria. Learn about the various parts of the cell, which biologists, biochemists, and DNA researchers at the HudsonAlpha Institute study and use to advance the limits of biotechnology.You can use your finger to tap on parts of the cell to select and zoom in on that particular organelle. Each organelle comes with a name and a short description of its function in the cell.For a better view of each cell, hold down one finger on the screen, and drag to rotate around the cell or selected organelle. You can zoom in and out by pinching or flaring with two fingers at once.'This is a free app http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=368341 ״The Medpedia Project is a long-term, worldwide project to evolve a new model for sharing and advancing knowledge about health, medicine and the body among medical professionals and the general public. This model is founded on providing a free online technology platform that is collaborative, interdisciplinary and transparent. Users of the platform include physicians, consumers, medical and scientific journals, medical schools, research institutes, medical associations, hospitals, for-profit and non-profit organizations, expert patients, policy makers, students, non-professionals taking care of loved ones, individual medical professionals, scientists, etc. As Medpedia grows over the next few years, it will become a repository of up-to-date unbiased medical information, contributed and maintained by health experts around the world, and freely available to everyone. The information in this clearinghouse will be easy to discover and navigate, and the technology platform will expand as the community invents more uses for it.״ http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=575747 This is an infographic that shows the impacts of some of the deadliest outbreaks in history, including measles, smallpox, black death, etc. One can view when it occurred as well as how many deaths there were. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=377114 The authors of this publication outline a safety packet that youth in Pasco County agriculture courses are required to complete before taking classes. This packet must be read and signed by both the student and his/her parents so that everyone is aware of what they will be working with and equally aware of the safety attitude that is needed. This packet can be helpful for other schools to use as a guide for developing a safety commitment packet. This model was approved by the Pasco County School Board as well as their legal counsel. http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=377146 This short lesson plan helps the student "to know the animal's natural instincts and follow them to enhance personal safety.״ The trainer's notes are: "Poor judgment and lack of understanding contribute to accidents with livestock. Knowing how and why livestock react leads to a safer work environment. To avoid accidents, develop workers' competencies in the following areas of animal behavior: Practice livestock handling procedures. Evaluate employee knowledge of animal behavior.״ A short quiz is also included