Tox Town and Tox Mystery
Like it or not, we live in a toxic world. The more we know about the danger, however, the better we can avoid it. These games from the National Library of Medicine help teach children in grades 2-12 what chemical or environmental dangers might be lurking in their home or neighborhood. The age-appropriate lessons will get them started, and there’s an abundance of resources for parents, teachers, and older students who want to further the lesson.
Extreme Weather Map 2012
If you’re having a hard time visualizing just how extreme 2012's weather was, this interactive map from the Natural Resources Defense Council will do the trick. Visitors can view the record-breaking drought, high temperatures, and large-scale fires by month for the entire country or by state. And for those of you that aren’t wowed by nifty graphics, the site has a host of resources on the year’s extreme weather events and the mapping methodology.
Capturing the Range of Learning: Implications for Disaster Health in a Resource Constrained Environment
Like many resource-strapped professions, healthcare professionals have been increasingly hard pressed to obtain the disaster-related education necessary to respond to emergencies. A little strategic thinking about how to deliver lessons might go a long way towards getting them the training they need. This paper, published by the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, finds that by using informal ways to deliver information, healthcare workers can be knowledgeable during disasters, even on a shoestring.
Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center
It just got a little easier to dig through the trove of storm information collected by the Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center. The center’s recently updated Storm Risk website got more than a facelift—it now includes interactive timelines for catastrophic storm impact, global storm risk resources, and better tools for researching risk. Of course you’ll still find all the same great info on global, U.S., and Florida storm risk, you’ll just find it more easily.
Maritime Security Outlook
The seafaring sort may have had a hard time finding their Internet niche in the past— especially when they specialize in security—but no longer. Maritime Security Outlook was conceived as a way for maritime professionals to share information, opinions, and resources, as well as find industry services and technical advice. Created by the folks behind Homeland Security Outlook, this new targeted site includes invited and aggregated editorials, news, events, and training programs.