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Every anticipating mother or father can't just delay to see their child for the first time. Though there is no obvious cut way to really figure out the actual due time frame of a Pregnancy Calculator, there are certain ways that are said to estimate or determine the time frame with closeness. One of the techniques used by most anticipating mother or father and doctors to figure out the due time frame of a maternity is the so known as maternity finance calculator.

From National Geographic, mouse over figures in the rainforest scene and create a little spotlight and then click on the figures to get more information. Looks great on an IWB.

"If you're a digital native, you should be aware that the internet may have partially rewired your brain in such a way that when you meet people face to face, you're less capable of figuring out what they're thinking."

After plans to make a film about Adolf Hitler drew widespread protest and resulted in the withdrawal of the project lead actor, the film industry in India is now set to produce a feature for another polarizing figure, Osama bin Laden.

"A lengthy 6,000 pixels long infographic takes you though the key events of the last five years and then breaks out the biggest channels, advertisers (they are monetizing over a billion video views per week), top videos of all time and some great demographic data. "

Virsona is a social media service for people who want to achieve digital immortality, interact with figures and icons from the past, and build relationships with characters and brands never before thought possible through the use of real-time, online chats.

This site provides current U.S. and regional economic data, such as unemployment and earnings figures. It also includes links to news releases and other publications. There's also a link for resources for teachers and students.

Some of the programs you find on this page are targetted as lecture tools (interactive figures), others are intended for use as homework supplements.

The History Channel's collection of video & audio clips: world history, historical figures, great speeches, U.S. history, military & war, etc.

An interactive page where students can figure out the probabilities of particular phenotypes and genotypes.

Yoga is the Sanskrit world. Its refer to the mental and physical discipline. India is believed to be the true origin of yoga. Yoga discipline is also found in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. it also refers to one of the six orthodox several seals discovered at Indus Valley Civilization (c. 3300-1700 B.C.) sites in Pakistan depict figures in positions resembling a common yoga or meditation pose, showing "a form of ritual discipline, suggesting a precursor of yoga", according to archaeologist Gregory Possehl Some type of connection between the Indus Valley seals and later yoga and meditation practices is speculated upon by many scholars, though there is no conclusive evidence.

Interactive exploration of the civil war figures, actions, etc. in PA

The projects profiled here are full-figured creations by teams of teachers at schools whose cultures and schedules support grand ideas. Take a deep breath -- it didn't happen in one big swoop. Article on how to plan the PBL process in a classroom/school/district. I think this article is useful for any educator hesitant about the project-based learning approach. It's a lot of time and work, and then a struggle with how it is assessed. In my personal experience, project-based learning makes for an amazing classroom, but there is a lot of work done on the front-end to get students to buy-in to this model, and then to work within this model.

As Twitter surges toward an estimated 12 million registered users by year's end (though some new stats may disagree), some of us are starting to deal with what we recently dubbed "followholism." You've followed so many people, it's hard to keep up, and it's probably time to do a little housekeeping. But where do you begin? Twitter's own tools for managing followers are subpar. It's nearly impossible to figure out who among your followers are following you back, and the interface for paging through followers is clumsy and difficult to use. Fortunately, Twitter's API has given rise to a vast universe of amazing third party apps. So we've assembled a toolkit below of 10 services that can help you take control of Twitter and organize your followers. If you know any other tools that would be helpful for organizing tweeps, add them in the comments.

"Browse local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, based on samples from 2005 to 2009. Because these figures are based on samples, they are subject to a margin of error, particularly in places with a low population, and are best regarded as estimates. "

Check out the More maps and see income, education, and more

"I recently figured out a way to turn the iPad into an interactive whiteboard. Now, I'm not talking about just drawing on your iPad and projecting that drawing in front of the class, and I'm not talking about using the iPad2 to connect directly into a projector and show what's on the iPad. "

Shared today by David Warlick on Twitter. OUTSTANDING visualization about unemployment figures.

Students of the past spent most of their academic time in the library, pouring over encyclopedias, and sifting through pages of data. It's easy to get lost in a text-heavy reference book, amidst numbers and figures; this is especially true for science majors, whose art and skill revolves around specific numbers and very precise information. Fortunately for today's scientist, much of the information that was once found only inside the walls of a library is now available online. These awesome science search engines will help you find what exactly what you're looking for, as well as remind you how much fun research can really be.

The Pan-American Highway is the largest obtainable road in the global and figures about 19,000 miles (30,000 km). The road runs from the south highest population in the foreign in Ushuaia, Argentina to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, USA.