What's New on NOBLE Web

Added to the Art and Architecture Page:

• ArtBabble — This site developed by the Indianapolis Museum of Art shares high-quality art videos from its museum partners.
• Institute of Contemporary Art — Boston’s museum of modern art

Added to the Science and Math Page :

• Understanding Science: How Science Really Works — The mission of this site is “to provide a fun, accessible, and free resource that accurately communicates what science is and how it really works.” It is produced by the UC Museum of Paleontology of the University of California at Berkeley, funded by the National Science Foundation.
• Scitable — “Scitable is an open online teaching/learning portal combining high quality educational articles authored by editors at NPG with technology-based community features to fuel a global exchange of scientific insights, teaching practices, and study resources. Scitable currently contains articles in the field of genetics, and is intended for college undergraduate faculty and students.”
• Science News — News from the New Scientist journal
• Yahoo Science News — A collection of science news stories, videos and slideshows
• ScienceNOW — Science news from Science, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Science and Technology News — “News about science and technology, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.”

Added to the Women’s History Month page:

• Women of Influence — “21 notable American women who broke new ground, some by championing equal rights for all and others by their accomplishments in fields such as government, literature, and even in war.”

Added to the Martin Luther King, Jr., Day page :

• Martin Luther King Day — History, crafts, coloring pages and more for kids from the Kaboose website

Added to the Presidential Inauguration page :

• The Inauguration — A guide to the Inauguration from the Change.gov, the official website of the Office of the President-Elect
• The Presidential Inauguration — Coverage and resources from the New York Times
• U.S. Presidential Inauguration — News and features from CNN
• 2009 Presidential Inauguration — The District of Columbia government websites has essential information for anyone who hopes to be in the Capital for Inauguration Day
• A Brief History of Presidential Inaugurations — Learn more about past inaugurations at this White House Historical Society website
• U.S. Presidential Inaugurations: Firsts and Photos — Who was the first President inaugurated in Washington? Which President delivered the longest Inaugural Address? Which inauguration was the first to be televised? These are some of the facts you’ll find on this National Geographic site
• “I Do Solemnly Swear…” : Presidential Inaugurations — The Library of Congress put together this extensive collection of photographs, documents and other resources related to Presidential inaugurations from 1789 – 2001. These primary source materials are from their own collection and those of other institutions, and include tickets, programs, sheet music, letters, diaries and much more.

Added to the Science and Math Page :

• Public Library of Science — “PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.” The Public Library of Science publishes several peer-reviewed open access science journals.
• SciVee — This site describe itself : “As the first Web 2.0 site that enables researchers to combine video with documentation and data in a media rich format, we enable scientists to make their research more visible, shareable, and accessible throughout the research cycle.”
• JOVE : Journal of Visualized Experiments — “Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a peer reviewed, free access, online journal devoted to the publication of biological research in a video format.”

Added to the Environment Page :

• Green Living: Environmental News and Resources — News, features, forums, energy calculators and more from Boston.com
• Daily Environmental News — News stories, features and videos from National Geographic
• Environmental News Network — Daily feature stories, a free press release service, and publications of environmental news
• Green Building — Information and news from the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Buildings program

Added to the NOBLE for Kids page:

• America’s Story — Meet famous Americans, Jump back in time, explore the states and more at this fun site from the Library of Congress
• MathCats — This site really does make math fun, with quizzes, logic puzzles and more. Mouse over the magic blackboard to see the answers appear!
• Destination Modern Art — Explore some famous artworks at this interactive site from the Museum of Modern Art
• Time for Kids — Keep up with current events at this site from Time magazine. There are some games and homework links here, too!