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=Web Evaluations=


 * Title**: Biology 4 Kids
 * URL**: @http://www.biology4kids.com/

 This is a very good website; it contains thorough information on many topics of biology. The way that it is set up with a quiz over each individual topic is excellent and would allow students to be focused while on the website. This website would work great to go along with lessons. The limitations to this site are all of the ads, the multitude of information, and the links to other free sites.- RG
 * Comments**: This website is designed for elementary or middle school level to learn about topics such as cells, plants and animal life cycles. There are several links to click on to go further into the education. Within the website, the font is large and easy to read for a child, words that are important to the topic are bolded so they stand out. At the end of each article there is a button to take a quiz over what information was just presented, or you can click a different button to continue reading. Pictures are presented often to give a better understanding of what is being talked about. A major downfall to the webpage are the several ads by google presented throughout the website which are irrelevant to the text. Also with so many links throughout the articles, could be easy to get lost in the text. In order to use this in a classroom I would consider having a clear, self-guided handout for students to follow, or go through the website as a class. - ON

URL: @http://www.worldwildlife.org/
 * Title: WWF

Comments:** This website is more for secondary students to learn about animals and ecosystems and dangers that are occurring around the world. Information, quizzes, videos, and picture galleries are all presented through the site. There are large navigation menus on the homepage to help guide you to what information you are looking for. This website is for an organization that is trying to protect wildlife, so several links talk about who they are and what they do. There are no pop-ups or advertisements on the website so the reader is not distracted by those. I would recommend using this website in the classroom if a presentation about endangered animals, animal lifestyles, or ecosystems were being talked about in class. - ON

I got on this site and I was very excited to see how much useful information was on it. It would be very easy for a teacher to use this website and show kids in their classes lots of different information about animals, habitats and plants. A class that this could be very useful for is for example, a freshman biology class. It was very neat and clean there were no ads or distractions. It also was updated and easy to navigate. This is a very good website and it would be quite easy to incorporate it into a class period or discussion.--KT


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