Reference Material

Need Help Finding The Time and Date?

• The World Clock Time Zones

Need Help Finding Your Elevation or Latitude and Longitude?

• Geographic Name Server Includes mostly U.S. cities but some foreign cities
• NGA GEONet Names Server Search Use this for areas outside of the US. Enter the country and city name and then hit the "Search Databse" button. If the information for your city does not include elevation information, go back and try entering a neighboring city or the larger region. \
• How Far is It? Enter place name in "From" section. Will give latitude and longitude for most world wide locations; elevation mostly for U.S. cities.
• U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer   Gives latitude and longitude of U.S. cities in decimal format
• Understanding Maps and Latitude & Longitude
• FAQs: Latitude and Longitude
• Latitude and Longitude Conversion Information   Shows how to convert from degrees:minutes:seconds to decimals.
• World map showing major lines of latitude and longitude
• PCL Map Collection   Find online maps for any country or area in the world
• National Geographic Maps (Printable maps!)
• NY Time Latitude and Longitude Crossword Puzzle

Unit Conversion Calculators

• Online Conversions (conversions for just about everything)
• Unit Conversion Calculator (Length, area, volume, weight, temperature, pressure, force)
• Unit Conversion Calculator (Temperature)
• Unit Conversion Calculator (length, area, volume)

Temperature and Thermometer Resources

• Want to know more about temperature and thermometers? Look at the About Temperature web site.
• Want to do a virtual boiling water experiment ? (Need Shockwave plug-in)
• How Stuff Works - thermometers
• How Things Work - thermometers and thermostats
• How to Read a Thermometer
• Origins of the Fahrenheit Scale
• The Origin of the Celsius Temperature Scale A brief bit of Swedish history of science
• Make Your Own Thermometer
• Bizarre Boiling Sept 2001   & Bizarre Boiling May 2003 Ever wonder what a pot of boiling water would look like in space? Check this out to see how liquids boil in low gravity.
• The Heating Curve of Water   Flash demo showing phase changes

Mathematics Resources

• Investigating Linear Relationships: The Regression Line and Correlation
  • Part 1: The Regression Line
  • Part 2: The Effects of Outliers
  • Part 3: Correlation and the Regression Line
• Correlation Coefficient - Definition
• Correlation Coefficient Applet
• Another Correlation Coefficient Applet
• Guessing Correlations (click on new plots)
• Correlation - More than you ever want to know about correlation coefficients!
• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - Online interactive tools for data analysis (click on scatter plot)
• Learning about Rate of Change in Linear Functions
• Least Squares Fit Line - Practice drawing a line of best fit
• Ask Dr. Math: Statistics Q & A Archives - lots of questions and answers about regression lines, correlation, outliers, and other statistics topics
• Exploring Data
• The Math Forum - A must see for more math resources!

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