| Evaluating Websites Your AssignmentTogether, your teacher and your class will use the Website Evaluation Tool to analyze two websites. Then your teacher will divide your class into groups. The members of your group will work together to complete the following steps: DAY 1 Step 1: Print two copies of the Website Evaluation Tool. Step 2: Select a topic from the list below. Each group should select a different topic. Step 3: Go to sites for your topic. Complete a Website Evaluation Tool for each site. Some of the sites are real. Some are bogus. Some have a point-of-view. All of them were selected to make you think about what makes a good website. Step 4: Share with the class what your group thinks about the websites that you viewed..
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Boilerplate: Mechanical Marvel of the Nineteenth Century http://www.bigredhair.com/boilerplate/ NASA - Robot http://www.nasa.gov/worldbook/robot_worldbook.html
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Can Fish Climb Trees? http://homepage.mac.com/nmonks/mudskippers/natgeo.htm Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html
Anthrax Detection System http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2003/04/07/daily32.html McWhortle Enterprises http://www.mcwhortle.com/ Feline Reactions to Bearded Men http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html Scientific Research on Transcendental Meditation http://www.t-m.org.uk/research.shtml
6. Genetically Modified Food (GM Food) Today's Genetically-Engineered Food http://www.topics-mag.com/edition6/genetic-engineering.html
7. Global Warming GlobalWarming.org http://www.globalwarming.org The Climate Project http://www.theclimateproject.org/aboutus.php
DAY 2 Working individually, complete the following steps: Step 1: Print the Web Site Evaluation Tool Step 2: Find a web site that you might use for your current research project. Step 3: Evalute your site using the Web Site Evaluation Tool. Step 4: You may be asked to share your findings with the class. |