http://content.library.arizona.edu/collections/asdo/

Telling the story of the Sonora region through primary documents has often vexed researchers because many of these documents are held in three separate institutions. Recently, these three institutions teamed up to create a digital archive which contains key documents from these collections. The project was supported by a grant to the University of Arizona Library from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The documents cover a wide range of themes, including mining, land grants, border crime, and anti-Chinese movements. Visitors can search the entire collection, or they may wish to begin by browsing through the collections. The collection documents are organized by contributing institution, and visitors will find everything from Arizona territorial correspondence to the papers of José Maria Arana. Arana was a well-known businessman in Magdalena, Sonora, and he also happened to be the leader of several anti-Chinese campaigns. Overall, the collection is quite fascinating, and it's a great example of the fine results that can be obtained through collaborative partnerships. [KMG]

http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Outreach/framework.html

Reaching out to a volcano can be a precarious enterprise. Reaching out to teach young people about volcanoes and related geological matters is less precarious, particularly after discovering this site. Created by staff members at the United States Geological Survey’s Cascades Volcano Observatory, this site brings together educational materials such as short videos, printable posters, and fact sheets. Teachers may wish to start at the “Learn About Volcanoes” area. Here they will find resources that will help them teach students about volcano terminology, eruption histories, and the answer to the question “Can Lava Be Diverted?” Moving along, the “Special Features and Useful Pages” includes interactive photo tours of Mount Rainier and an excellent timetable of the Cascade Range. [KMG]

http://www.csun.edu/science/ref/laboratory/safety/safety.html

Before entering the world of pipettes and Geiger counters, budding scientists will need to know about lab safety. Science educators will benefit from this laboratory safety site, developed by Professor Norman Herr, who teaches at California State University, Northridge. On his site, Professor Herr provides topically organized links that fall into the areas of safety standards, chemical hazards, chemical storage, and five other relevant topics. Within each section, visitors will find links to state safety standards, sample laboratory safety contracts, and fact sheets on chemical hazards. One potentially delightful classroom activity is the laboratory safety “scavenger hunt”. Through this activity, students will learn about storage requirements, chemical risks, and other potential delicate matters. [KMG]

http://www.who.int/quantifying_ehimpacts/en/

The World Health Organization works in a number of public health areas, and their work on quantifying environmental health impacts has been receiving praise from many quarters. This site provides materials on their work in this area and visitors with a penchant for international health relief efforts and policy analysis will find the site invaluable. Along the left-hand side of the site, visitors will find topical sections that include "Methods", "Assessment at national level", "Global estimates", and "Publications". In the "Methods" area, visitors will learn about how the World Health Organization's methodology for studying environmental health impacts has been developed and they can also read a detailed report on the subject. The "Global Estimates" area is worth a look as well, and users can look at their complete report, "Preventing Disease Through Healthy Environments: Towards An Estimate Of the Global Burden Of Disease". [KMG]

http://www.physics.brown.edu/physics/demopages/demo/

The elegance and beauty of physics can elude students initially, so physics educators will be glad to learn that this site provides some nice video demonstrations that will be useful in the classroom. This site is part of the Physics Instructional Resource Association, and is maintained by Gerald Zani at Brown University. The short video demonstrations on the site are divided into sections that include “fluids”, “optics”, “waves”, and “thermo”. Visitors can also take a look at the "Effective Demonstration Techniques" area, which provides some nice guidelines for creating compelling in-class demonstrations. Additionally, the "Presenting Demos" area contains a list of seven guiding principles that serve as a good complement to the other section regarding in-class demonstrations. [KMG]

http://asiadhrra.org/wordpress/

The Asian Partnership for the Development of Human Resources in Rural Asia (AsiaDHRRA) traces its roots to a workshop held in Thailand in 1974. This is a regional partnership of eleven different social development networks and organizations in ten Asian countries "that envisions Asian rural communities that are just, free, prosperous, living in peace and working in solidarity towards self-reliance." As part of a sustained effort to achieve these goals, they work on mobilizing expertise and opportunities for said rural communities and they also assist with human resource development programs. On this site, visitors can learn more about their work through sections that include "Publications", "The Network", and "Programs". Before diving into these areas, visitors may wish to start by looking over some of the topical posts organized on the right-hand side of the page. After that, visitors should look to the "Publications" area for works dealing with solidarity building among rural communities and primers on the rice industry in Asia. The site is rounded out by a selection of photographs and a link where visitors can learn about supporting their efforts. [KMG]

http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/3/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=322

Flavius Josephus was a Jewish historian living in the first century when he and his comrades found themselves trapped in a cave. Surrounded by Roman centurions, this band chose suicide over capture, and they elected to form a circle and then start killing themselves. From this rather traumatic situation came the well-known Josephus Problem, a classic problem of recreational mathematics. This educational resource offered by Doug Ensley of Shippensburg University will help math teachers teach their charges about this fabled problem. This site includes an interactive demonstration of the problem, complete with a historical background essay. Additionally, the site also contains information about making the best use of this resource in the classroom. [KMG]

http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/archives/search.aspx?area=basic

From Beloit to Rhinelander, the Wisconsin Magazine of History has the Badger State well covered. The Wisconsin Historical Society has done historians and the general public a great service by digitizing all of the magazine's issues back to 1917, and this site contains access to over 2000 feature articles. Visitors can begin by performing a basic search, or they can just type in some basic terms like "Green Bay", "farm implements", or "urban renewal". Of course, the chronologically-minded may wish to just browse the contents of this archive by volume number. The 1932-1933 volume is a fine place to start, as it contains the articles "The influence of Wisconsin on federal politics: 1880-1907" and "Fond du Lac, its sawmills and freedman—a sketch". [KMG]