Website Number 1: Global Warming- BrainPoP video
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2. Authority of Web Documents
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
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5. Coverage of the Web Documents
The documents link are all up to date and relevant to today's education standards.
1. Accuracy of Web Document:
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2. Authority of Web Documents
- © 1999-2013 BrainPOP and BrainPOP's Licensees. All rights reserved.
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3. Objectivity of Web Documents
- The video I have chosen from brain pop is a environmental science video on global warming. The video gives a explanation of Global Warming and the effects on the environment.The information is detailed ,but brief good for 4th grade comprehension level.
- The information provided is geared to children to give them a better understand of global warming; giving good everyday examples and visuals to help kids understand the effects of green house gasses on the environment.
4. Currency of Web Documents
- When was it produced?1990
- When was it updated?2013
- How up-to-date are the links (if any)? 2013
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
The documents link are all up to date and relevant to today's education standards.
Website Number 2: National Institute of Environmental Health Science: Rivers and Stream pollution
1. Accuracy of Web Document.
Christine Bruske Flowers, M.P.A.
Director, Office of Communications & Public Liaison
Tel (919) 541-3665
Fax (919) 541-2260
[email protected] P.O. Box 12233
Mail Drop B2-02
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Christine Bruske Flowers joined the NIEHS in 2004. Previously she led communications and outreach activities for other federal government programs including the U.S. Department of the Interior International Affairs Program, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers environmental restoration programs. Flowers also served as Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs for the North Carolina House of Representatives, and Director of Public Relations for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District. Flowers is a veteran of the U.S. Army Medical Specialty Corps. She holds an M.A. in Public Affairs Journalism from Regent University and a B.S. in Biology from North Carolina State University.
2. Authority of Web Document
NIEHS Kids' Pages are supported by the NIEHS Office of Communications and Public Liaison.111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 the webmaster and the published document are the same.
3. Objectivity of Web Document
The goals that the pages meets is a kid friendly article on the pollution that is involved with rivers and streams. The article is great for a 4th grade reading level. The information is detailed and to the point so that 4th graders and younger kids can understand.
Objectivity
4. Currency of Web Documents
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
The information provided is cited correctly with a link to all the resources they gathered there information from.
Christine Bruske Flowers, M.P.A.
Director, Office of Communications & Public Liaison
Tel (919) 541-3665
Fax (919) 541-2260
[email protected] P.O. Box 12233
Mail Drop B2-02
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
Christine Bruske Flowers joined the NIEHS in 2004. Previously she led communications and outreach activities for other federal government programs including the U.S. Department of the Interior International Affairs Program, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers environmental restoration programs. Flowers also served as Director of Communications and Legislative Affairs for the North Carolina House of Representatives, and Director of Public Relations for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District. Flowers is a veteran of the U.S. Army Medical Specialty Corps. She holds an M.A. in Public Affairs Journalism from Regent University and a B.S. in Biology from North Carolina State University.
2. Authority of Web Document
NIEHS Kids' Pages are supported by the NIEHS Office of Communications and Public Liaison.111 T.W. Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 the webmaster and the published document are the same.
3. Objectivity of Web Document
The goals that the pages meets is a kid friendly article on the pollution that is involved with rivers and streams. The article is great for a 4th grade reading level. The information is detailed and to the point so that 4th graders and younger kids can understand.
Objectivity
4. Currency of Web Documents
- Links are up to date as current as January 28,2013
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
- The links provided complement the documents' theme of environmental science
The information provided is cited correctly with a link to all the resources they gathered there information from.
Website Number 3: Zero Foot Print youth calculator
1. Accuracy of Web Document
2. Authority of Web Documents
I earn is it's own published document not associated with webmaster, Zerofootprint is it own company website.
Zerofootprint is a .net
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
The goals of the page is to allow it's users to gain prospective on there carbon foot print and gives ideas on who to lower there foot print to better the environment.
Objectivity
4. Currency of Web Documents
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
The information presented is cited correctly or study produced by the company.
- Who wrote the page and can you contact him or her? VELO is a company that educates schools and business more effective energy use there are hundreds of branches around the world
- Contact information:
Canada Toronto Office
Zerofootprint Software Inc.
197 Spadina Avenue, Suite 400
Toronto, ON M5T 2C8
Telephone: +1 416 365 7557
Fax: +1 416 365 3247
[email protected]
United States New York Office
Zerofootprint Inc.
817 Broadway, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
Telephone: +1 646 278 9911
- Dr. Ron Dembo: Creator of Zerofootprint
2. Authority of Web Documents
I earn is it's own published document not associated with webmaster, Zerofootprint is it own company website.
- Michael Meehan As a CEO, CTO, director, and senior executive for over 16 years, Michael has experience building new businesses in many areas including energy performance management technologies, carbon/sustainability management systems, application performance management, and HR software systems. He is a recognized leader in cleantech and has advised the White House, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC), and the California Senate regarding cleantech issues, and participated in the UN talks in Copenhagen in 2009.
- Micheal has many other qualifications that can be found on his website along with others who work on the website and research.
Zerofootprint is a .net
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
The goals of the page is to allow it's users to gain prospective on there carbon foot print and gives ideas on who to lower there foot print to better the environment.
Objectivity
4. Currency of Web Documents
- updated 2013- All the information on the page is relevant to today. The people who work on the document are constantly researching and are updated on the latest information.
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
The information presented is cited correctly or study produced by the company.
Website Number 4: National Institute of Environmental Health Science: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
1. Accuracy of Web Document.
Christine Bruske Flowers, M.P.A.
Director, Office of Communications & Public Liaison
Tel (919) 541-3665
Fax (919) 541-2260
[email protected] P.O. Box 12233
Mail Drop B2-02
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709
- The documents are written by those who work for the National institute of environmental science. http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ the link provided will allow you to see all of NIH for other research and qualifications the institute has. Which is updated regularly. Articles are as new as April 1, 2013. All the links on the site are up to date and working.
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
- The documents purpose is to educate kids in particularly about the environmental and what they can do help purpose the environmental. The document I have chosen for the web quest gives children an understanding of why recycling and reducing your waste is important.
- The document is a government bias, it is written for children to understand reducing waste and why it is important.
- The information given is up to date and all links are relevant and working.The documents producer has a website that is regularly updated given above.
Are the links (if any) evaluated and do they complement the documents' themes?
- The documents are relevant to the environmental theme and are great for kids!
Website Number 5: A Students Guide to Global Climate Change.
1. Accuracy of Web Document
In developing this website, A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change, EPA tried to use the most accurate, up–to–date information available. The facts and figures that appear throughout this website come from high–quality publications such as peer–reviewed scientific journals, international scientific assessments, and government research reports. EPA has also cited several examples of innovative technologies featured in the news media.
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
The objective of the document is to give children a prospective of the worlds environmental issues, It also gives other background information regarding environmental issues in the particular region.
4. Currency of Web Documents
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
The websites links are all working and up to date. The website is geared towards kids and has a good amount of text and images. All the images are relevant and help give a better understanding of the information given.
- The website I have will send students on a virtual tour to explore environmental issues that are specific to one region. The website allows children to explore beyond the walls of the class room with out even leave the classroom. At the bottom of the website you can contact the producers of the document. As well as a link to contact a person more specifically to there area of knowledge and study.
In developing this website, A Student’s Guide to Global Climate Change, EPA tried to use the most accurate, up–to–date information available. The facts and figures that appear throughout this website come from high–quality publications such as peer–reviewed scientific journals, international scientific assessments, and government research reports. EPA has also cited several examples of innovative technologies featured in the news media.
3. Objectivity of Web Documents
The objective of the document is to give children a prospective of the worlds environmental issues, It also gives other background information regarding environmental issues in the particular region.
4. Currency of Web Documents
- All information of the document is relevant and up to date. links that are giving more information are relveant to enviormental scieance. The website also gives a teachers guide to help create lessons plans to go along with the information. The information reflects education standards.
- last updated: 10/30/2012
5. Coverage of the Web Documents
The websites links are all working and up to date. The website is geared towards kids and has a good amount of text and images. All the images are relevant and help give a better understanding of the information given.