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OCT 2019
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DATE
SITE OF THE DAY
10/1/19
Signing Savvy
"Signing Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs used within the United States and Canada."
10/2/19
The Foliage Network
"Each year, travelers flock to these areas to take in the fall foliage, to catch a glimpse of nature's splendor. The Foliage Network was created to provide accurate fall foliage information for various locations across the United States. During the months of September, October, and November, The Foliage Network collects data from their fall foliage spotters twice a week. This data is collected, plotted, and analyzed by The Foliage Network. The end result is The Foliage Network Report, which is used by travelers to find the best fall foliage conditions. The Foliage Report uses actual data unlike other "reports" which use annual averages. They hope you enjoy this site and the wonderful fall foliage!"
10/3/19
Explain that Stuff
"Want to know how your earbuds make music, how telephones squeeze sounds down wires, why broadband is faster than dialup, or how science can make you happy? You've come to the right place! Hard stuff... made simple! Explain that Stuff is an online book written by British science writer Chris Woodford It includes 450 easy-to-understand articles, covering how things work, cutting-edge science, cool gadgets, and computers."
10/4/19
Google Shadow Art
"Shadow Art is a web browser-based game that lets you experience AI and shadow puppetry in a playful way."
10/5/19
Escape
"Escape is an inspirational flight search engine that helps you choose a destination and find the cheapest flight for your next vacation.
10/6/19
National Security Archive
"The Digital National Security Archive (DNSA) is an invaluable online collection of more than 100,000 declassified records documenting historic U.S. policy."
10/7/19
Estate Sales
"EstateSales.NET provides detailed descriptions, pictures, and directions to local estate sales, tag sales, and auctions in your area."
10/8/19
Is It Bad For You?
"The leading source for getting all of your 'is it bad for you' questions answered, backed by our team of Board Certified medical doctors & nutritionists."
10/9/19
ACME Home Repair
"Learn How To Make Repairs and Improvements to your Home. Do-It-Yourself guides for home maintenance, appliance repair, PC repair, home theater set-up and much more."
10/10/19
onX Maps
"OnX Is Home to the #1 Hunting, Mapping, Wind & Weather Tool Used by Millions On & Offline."
10/11/19
Omni Calculator
"Far too often, we perceive the world through the lens of our emotions, feelings, and intuition. Meanwhile, a multitude of our problems can be solved with a tiny bit of math. Buy or rent a house? How long to boil an egg? Am I overweight? What it takes to answer these questions is a clear mind, a few minutes, and a mathematical formula. Three things that we often lack, so we go with hunches instead.
10/12/19
PodBay
"The fastest and easiest way to listen to the best podcasts on the web."
10/13/19
Grafiti
"The first search engine for graphs, charts, infographics, facts, insights & more."
10/14/19
Scientific American: Bring Science Home
"As the old saying (almost) goes, science starts in the home. Try our fun science activities, which parents and their kids ages 6-12 can do together with household items in just a half hour or less. Teachers might like to incorporate them, too."
10/15/19
Vox: The risk of lead poisoning isn't just in Flint. So we mapped the risk in every neighborhood in America.
"Neighborhoods where kids face the highest risk of lead poisoning exist all across America.
10/16/19
Books to Borrow
"The Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, is building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Like a paper library, they provide free access to researchers, historians, scholars, the print disabled, and the general public. Their mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge."
10/17/19
Every Time Zone
"Easily find the exact time difference with the visual Time Zone Converter. Never warp your brain with time zone math again."
10/18/19
ER Inspector
"To get the best care possible, your choice of emergency room matters. Look up hospitals ahead of time so you can evaluate where to go in an emergency. Get data on hospital quality measures, such as wait times, patient ratings and citations for emergency room violations."
10/19/19
Direct-Flights
"Direct flights lists all non-stop flights departing from +3200 airports with +600 airlines and displays the route map in a 3D interactive visualization."
10/20/19
Crime Mapping: Building Safer Communities
"Crime mapping is dedicated to helping law enforcement agencies provide the public with valuable information about recent crime activity by neighborhood."
10/21/19
NationMaster
"Welcome to NationMaster, a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. Using the form above, you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease."
10/22/19
Medline Plus: Medical Encyclopedia
"The A.D.A.M. Medical Encyclopedia includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations."
10/23/19
Social Security Benefit Calculator
"Estimate your potential benefit amounts using different retirement dates and different levels of potential future earnings."
10/24/19
FindLaw
"Find a local lawyer and free legal information at FindLaw, the award-winning website."
10/25/19
National Geographic: Education
"Search National Geographic Education for online adventures, maps and geography, lesson plans, history activities, a teacher's store, and much more!"
10/26/19
KidsHealth
"KidsHealth is more than just the facts about health. As part of The Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media, KidsHealth also provides families with perspective, advice, and comfort about a wide range of physical, emotional, and behavioral issues that affect children and teens."
10/27/19
Lumen Student News
"A daily 5-minute subscription newscast for middle and high school students."
10/28/19
GenealogySpot
"Find the best free genealogy resources for beginners and experts alike at GenealogySpot.com. Search for ancestors, build your family tree and much more."
10/29/19
Food Timeline: Food History and Historic Recipes
"The Food Timeline was created by Lynne Olver, reference librarian and IACP member, in response to students, parents and teachers who frequently asked for help locating food history and period recipes at the Morris County Library (Whippany, NJ). This site is an independent research project."
10/30/19
Online Conversion
"Convert just about anything to anything else. Over 5,000 units, and 50,000 conversions."
10/31/19
US Census Bureau:Halloween: Oct. 31, 2019
"Halloween, which dates back to Celtic rituals thousands of years ago, has long been associated with images of witches, ghosts and vampires. Over the years, Halloween customs have changed dramatically. Today, Halloween is celebrated many different ways, including wearing costumes, children trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, and going to haunted houses and parties."
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