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The video for the Chinese word "mianzi" I found particularly interesting: http://www.wordsoftheworld.co.uk/videos/face.html

This is from the Oakland Schools Nov 2012 Information Center Newsletter, by Judy Hauser: CultureGrams Do you know that you have free access to CultureGrams? All Michigan citizens have access to commercial resources and databases provided through MeL - the Michigan Electronic Library - via the Library of Michigan. CultureGrams from ProQuest is a resource that schools have used for years in all grades starting in upper elementary. And now… it is available to all educators, students and parents via MeL. To access CultureGrams go to: http://mel.org and click on "MeL Databases." Scroll down and click on "CultureGrams." At the top of the page and in the large boxes on the page you will see World Edition, 2 States Edition, Kid's Edition and Provinces Edition. If, for example, you click on the States Edition and click on any state on the map you have many choices for information.Everything from current information to history to recipes is included. This is a great resource for students to use when researching a state, province, country or culture.

Photos collected and shared by World Language Educators in Oakland County, Michigan, USA

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Animated interactive robotics demonstrations from Wolfram Alpha.

Interactive map about World Energy: Electricity, Oil and Gas.

Interactive animated graph of world's largest economies.

Interactive data visualization of World Bank data.

Interactive map showing members of International Organizations.

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Science news.

Google Translate is available free on the web. Apps for Android and iPad tablets are also available.

Gapminder offers interactive,animated data on world trends. This tool was created by Hans Rosling, who has a number of talks about data available at TED: http://www.ted.com/speakers/hans_rosling.html.

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Online tool to create infographics. Drag and drop interface.

Online graphing calculator.