Website+Evaluations

reviewed by Patrick Webb This website will help me show students how to measure body fat outside of the classroom and on their own. There are alot of students who may feel uncomfortable using other methods (skinfold calipers) in the class so by providing this website students can try it out saving the embarrassment. I would handout the sheet with the url and have the students try out the chart, record their information and write an essay stating what they think of the results and what do they think the results mean. The website has a lot of good information. I feel that because it is a government sponsored website it is no big deal that it has no listed author. There is almost too much information to sort through, and felt discouraged when I tried to find my way around. On the plus side, the page loads extremely fast. There was no wait time at all. It has useful information with a practical application to the real world both in normal life and even the class room. Students should have an easy time using this site.
 * BMI** [|rubricWMerrill.doc]

reviewed by Patrick Webb This website would be useful because I could have the students go home and read about the ways to measure body fat. I would use this website's information to use the skinfold calipers on the students who felt comportable with it. I would have the students go to the site and explain to me which is the best way to measure body fat and why. I could not find this website, but it sounds like a helpful website.
 * 4 ways to measure body fat** [|rubricWMerrill.doc]

reviewed by Aaron Edmunds Evaluation file link:
 * Amendments**

This site list all twenty seven amendments and breaks each one of them down. This website gives you no other information besides what the twenty seven amendments are so if you want more information you would have to find it somewhere else. I could use this website in the classroom by showing it to my students. The root of this page is quite weird. It is quite unprofessional looking. On one of the pages, the author lists his pick for people that he would put into the Supreme Court. This is a kind of bias that could be easily missed as a student is looking up information. This information could easily be used to help create the essential information they need t create an in-depth understanding report of them. This webpage design is not to exciting, it is a basic easy to read off of color. The page also does not have any tabs to quickly skip to a part of the page. This page looked pretty boring, not much to it. There was alot of information on it.

reviewed by Aaron Edmunds Evaluation file link:
 * The Constitutions 27 Amendments: The Ways We Embrace Their Spirts Everyday**

This site also lists off all twenty seven amendments. It does not explain as much as the other website, but it is still a good one to use. This site has no links. This website is very simple. This site is from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette and gives a little more life to the Bill of Rights in particular. By clicking on the blue links to the right of the article students can find examples of real life stories that deal with the that particular article. The drawback is that the Post Gazette article containing the commentaries and examples could allow for bias.

reviewed by Michael Gilbert
 * ushistory.org**

Evaluation file link: [|web_pg_rubricWMerrill.doc]

This site is from the Independence Hall Association and contains a virtual textbook that highlights the history of the United States. There are many sections in this textbook that cover the subjects that this wiki is devoted to as well. The site is very user friendly and offers explanations of the materials and how they can be used. The site is somewhat busy in layout and the buttons for important resources do not really stick out, but with just a little bit of navigation skill and perceptability, a student should be able to find their way around the site. I would use this in a classroom by covering topics that are in the online textbook that might not be in the class textbook. Also, like wikipedia.org, this site would be a good starting point for students when conducting research.

reviewed by Michael Gilbert
 * American Experience**

Evaluation file link:[|railroadrubric.doc]

This site is a companion to the documentary on PBS about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad. The film and the site go much further in depth than just the construction of the railroad, but really gets at the cultural and economic aspects of the country at this time. The site has a lot of information and facts that are easy for students to grasp and the pictures help bring the era to life. A limitation of the site is that without actually seeing the documentary a student might not be able to utilize the site to the highest degree. I would use this in a classroom with the film ideally. After watching the film I would then use the teachers guide and try some of the activities suggested with my students and make note of the results and then maybe try a different activity with another class in order to see which one seems to give the students the best learning experience. You could use the timeline off the site to create an assignment.

reviewed by Patrick Meyer
 * Revolutionary War Time line**

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This website could be very helpful when making a lesson plan. Due to the fact that it is a time line, students can visually create a chronological order of events. This can help then lay out the major and minor battles the took place in the revolutionary war they can set them up in a cause and effect relationship. Also students can get some basic but important facts about the war. this helps them when taking notes. This website has a pretty basic layout. It is nothing special. I believe that a big limitation to the site is the lack of originality and excitement with the page design. I could use this to help my students understand the time that this war took. Also like i Said, it help with taking notes, they can get some of the important and basic points from this page. This site is supported by The National Park Service and all the links therein from this solid source as well. The timeline is a quick way of checking continuity for students and is a good jumping off point for research.

Sons of the Revolutionary War** reviewed by Patrick Meyer
 * Sons Of Liberty Chapter

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This website aims to sort out the information from about the revolutionary war. The site has plenty of information. I would not recommend this site for student activities. on the other hand, it provides plenty of goo facts for creating a lesson. The site itself is very plain. There is nothing exciting going on with the background. In addition there is a lot of text to sort through. It could be very hard for students to stay focused. I would not use this site directly in my class room or any other classroom. I would use the information it provided to create a lesson plan to teach the students.