KristiJoy Fedorowicz

ITC 321
Web Evaluations
https://starchild.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/solar_system_level1/planets.html
This website was written by Joyce Dejoie and Elizabeth Truelove. The website
shares information about the authors. They both have college degrees and are
teachers. The organization that published this website is NASA. The goal of this
website is to inform students of different levels about the Planets and Dwarf Planets.
The domain of this website is .gov. There are no dead links on this website. The
information can be viewed properly.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/weight/index.html
This website was produced by the museum, Exploratorium. The website
shares contact information such as an address, a phone number, and multiple e-
mail addresses for different departments. The domain of this website is .edu. No
opinions are expressed by the author. If you put in a weight if something it will
calculate how much that object would weigh on a different planet, then there is
information on why. The website was updated in 2017 and the information can be
viewed properly.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm
This website was written by Bill Dunford. The organization that published this
website is NASA. The purpose of this website is for kids to explore and find out
information about the different planets. There are also games, DIY projects, and
information about NASA that is kid-friendly. There is a bibliography on each page
with correctly cited information. The domain of this website is .gov. There are
articles included in this website that were recently updated in 2016.The information
can be viewed properly.
http://kids.nineplanets.org/
This website was written by Angela Finer. This website is a revamped version
of Bill Arnetts version The Nine Planets that was created to be simple and keep
young students focused on learning about the solar system. There is an e-mail
address and the author encourages teachers to contact her with feedback. The
domain for this website is .org. The website was last updated in September of 2009
and the information can be viewed properly.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/space/what-is-a-planet/#planetary-
lineup.jpg
This website was published by National Geographic. It includes contact
information such as an address and multiple e-mail addresses. The purpose of this
website is to inform kids about planets in our solar system. The domain for this
website is .com, but the domain for the original National Geographic site is .org.
There are no opinions from the author because the website lists facts about
different planets. The website was last updated in 2016.