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In this activity you will look at several different
websites that relate to forests. Your task is to choose one
of the sites from the list below or find your own and write
a website review. The written review should include the
following:
- The name and URL of the website reviewed.
- A one paragraph overview of the site; what are the
highlights, what is the main topic covered, who would
find this site most useful.
- A critical review of the overall quality and value of
the site; page design, ease of navigatation within the
site, quality of information posted, value of the site to
high school students.
- An outline of the site. Start at the site home page
and explore all links. Write a flow chart showing how the
various sub pages of the site are linked together.
(Here's an example from the Rachel Carson Home Page:
HomePage links to: Staff, Calendar, Greenhouse,
Curriculum, Community, resources, Students, Lessons;
Staff links to: Helen and Tim; Calendar links to: monthly
calendar pages, etc.)
The Sites:
Oregon Forest
Resources Institute
Explore
the Fantastic Forest
Oregon Dept. of
Forestry
Old
Growth Forests in the U.S.
U.S. Forest
Service
Forests
Forever
Write your review in paragraph form using a word
processor, save it to a disk, and then copy, cut, and paste
it into the text box below.
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