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Jodi Hruska,
Vanessa Meyer, Ali Helgoth
Search Topic: Dinosaurs
Type of Search: Internet
Search Engine: Alta Vista
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Dinosaurs |
569759 |
Good |
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Dinosaur AND Teeth |
418276 |
A lot of Information |
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Jurassic Park |
339266 |
Broad |
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4. |
Dinosaur Lesson Plans |
69 |
Very Good |
www.rain.org/~philfear/download-a-dinosaur.html
Navigation and Usability
This website is a simple way to study dinosaurs. It is very colorful and has
great directions to different areas concerning dinosaurs.
Authorship
This website has little information about the author. The only thing that is
displayed is his name and a way to contact him. There really isn’t any
background information about the author.
Content Validity
This website does not have a whole lot of information. There is a huge
gallery of dinosaur pictures in which you can print off and fold. This website
would be useful to an art class of some sort.
Search Topic: Dinosaurs
Type of Search: Internet
Search Engine: Yahoo
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Quality of Hits The majority of hits in this search appear to be
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Dinosaurs |
329000 |
Good |
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2. |
Jurassic Park |
79700 |
Very Broad |
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3. |
Dinosaur AND Teeth |
17700 |
Broad |
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4. |
Dinosaur Lesson Plans |
2850 |
Resourceful |
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www.elko.k12.nv.us/northside/dinoles.htm
Navigation and Usability
This website is very easy to get to and east to get information on dinosaurs.
Authorship
The author is Claire Ann Baird. She doesn’t make it very easy to contact.
She does tell what her classroom accomplished. There is no background
information.
Validity
This website has a lot of great information about dinosaurs. This website has
many links to internet sites, books, videos, and other resources.
Search Topic: Dinosaurs
Type of Search: Internet
Search Engine: Netscape
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Quality of Hits The majority of hits in this search appear to be
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Dinosaurs |
301 |
Very Informative |
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2. |
Jurassic Park |
39 |
Very Fun |
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Dinosaur AND Teeth |
7 |
Not Specific to Purpose of Study |
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4. |
Dinosaur Lesson Plans |
1 |
Very Good |
www.worldbook.com/fun/dinosaurs/html/intro.htm
Navigation and Usefulness
This website has great navigation tools. It allows you to discover types of
dinosaurs.
Authorship
There is really no author. It is World Book so it was copyrighted.
Validity
There is a lot of information and useful in studying dinosaurs.
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