Free Technology for Teachers: New Visualization Charts in Google Docs

Google Forms and Google Spreadsheets are great tools for collecting and manipulating data sets. Today, Google announced some new enhancements to Google Docs that will allow you to do even more with your data sets. As a history teacher, I’m particularly excited to try out the new timeline slider function available in the motion chart. Other additions include more chart colors, font gauges, and organizational charts. Learn more about the new features in the video below.

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Cool Infographics – Cool Infographics – Subway Science: 500 Years of Great Scientists

Crispian Jago created this great subway map of the top scientists in the last 500 years.  Subway Science plots the science celebrities by discipline (subway track), connections where appropriate and the shaded rings in the background show the timeline by century (the outer ring is the 20th century).  Sir Isaac Newton crosses 5 lines…either a great multi-tasker or ADHD.

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Bias Called Persistent Hurdle for Women in Sciences – NYTimes.com

A report on the underrepresentation of women in science and math by the American Association of University Women, to be released Monday, found that although women have made gains, stereotypes and cultural biases still impede their success.Dima Gavrysh/Associated PressMae C. Jemison says she encountered bias in her studies for chemical engineering.RSS FeedRSS Get Science News From The New York Times »The report, “Why So Few?,” supported by the National Science Foundation, examined decades of research to cull recommendations for drawing more women into science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the so-called STEM fields.

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