Eisenhower Middle School

Wyckoff, New Jersey

Data Analysis and Presentation

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5. Website Review

Students will work in groups of two or three. Each group will be assigned a website to review using the checklist. Students will then report on the website to the class.

Possible Websites to be Evaluated:

1. Aluminum Foil Detector Beanie

2. Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide

3. Boilerplate, the Victorian Era Robot

4. American Revolution

5. Buy An Ancestor Online

6. Click Monkeys

7. California Velcro Crop

8. Dog Island

9. Funky Shoes

10. Jackalope Conspiracy

11. McWhortle Enterprises, Inc.

12. Miskatonic University

13. What came first - the chicken or the egg?

14. The Republic of Cascadia

15. Tree Octopus

16. RYT Hospital

17. Varicella Vaccine
18. Hurricane Myths and Tips
19. Tornado Myths and Tips

20. Missle Mail

21. Rabbit Pests

22. iSaw

23. Manhattan Airport

24. Fisher Price Airplane

25. Sellafield Zoo

26. The Pony Express

27. Google Technology

28. Save the Guinea Worm

29. Petrol Direct
30. Dehydrated Water
31. Mothers Against Videogame Addiction and Violence
32. Music Faun
33. Google TiSP
34. Google Gulp
35. Dinosaurs  
36. World Trade Organization
37. Travel Guides
38. Rolltop computer
39. Google Multitask 
40. What's a Dinosaur? 

Option #1 - Class Evaluation - each student is assigned one website to review.  Each student completes one slide in the presentations below.

Mr D's Period 2 Go Here

Mr D's Period 8 Go Here

Option #2 - Individual Presentations - each student creates a presentation about the website they reviewed.

1. Evaluating a website Presentation - Presentation from the Springfield Township Virtual Library

2. Evaluating a Website Review Checklist

3. Use a printed copy of this document to evaluate a website.

4. Student Website Presentation Template - Each group must download this file and use it as the template for their website evaluation presentation.

Or use the Google Docs Presentation Templateby Going to Google Docs Templates and selecting the Website Evaluation Template.

5. Website Evaluation Rubric.doc

6.   Use the Website Evaluation Checklist to make sure you have completed the requirements.

7. Students Presentation Evaluation Rubric

• To find the sites that link to a website go to Google and type "link to: and the url of the website you are checking", for example link to: www.wyckoffschools.org
• To find out who owns a web site or has published the material, go to http://www.networksolutions.com/whois/index.jsp

Option #3

Small Group Website Evaluation

In groups of 3 or 4 - students will evaluate 3-4 sites and create a presentation with the following info.  The students will "jigsaw" and presentations will be shared in small groups in the classroom.

See a Sample Slide

     1. Title Slide with the student names.

     2. Create one slide for each of the websites that you review.  Each slide should contain:

          A. Title of Website (turn the title into a hyperlink to the site)

          B. What is the purpose of the site? 

          C. What makes the site seem reliable?

          D. What makes the site seem unreliable?

          E. Put one image related to the site on the slide.