Friday's List: My Favorite Websites this Week

100 Milestone Documents

In keeping with Rowan University’s upcoming week-long celebration of the Constitution of the United States take a look at OurDocuments.gov. A cooperative effort of National History Day (NHD), the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), and the USA Freedom Corps, this is an excellent page for those interested in politics and history, and it is an especially valuable source for teachers and other educators.

Project Gutenberg

It has been around for years and is still one of the best sites on the Web, making available the full text of over 20,000 free books, and counting. There are over 100,000 titles available through Affiliates and Partners.

The Name Voyager on Babyname.wizard.com

This is a fun and interesting java application that lets you see, on a dynamic graph, the popularity of names from the 1880s to the present day in the United States. Click a box to select a gender and type the name by the flashing curser.

Eric Weisstein’s World of Science from Wolfram Research

This site claims to be the best resource for math and science on the Internet. It certainly is one of my favorites. Each area – math, physics, astronomy, chemistry – is very comprehensive and there is a great biography section as well.

Time Magazine’s Pictures of the Week

Pictures of the Week are selected from the Time collection of photographs. They are exceptional examples of the photographers’ art. Sometimes disturbing, sometimes sublime, always informative, this sight is well worth a look.