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paige kneale replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

My website is www.sciencemadesimple.com/leaves.html. On this site you can find photosynthesis in the simplest way. I chose this site because it was very easy to understand. It stood out to me because it looked fun and bright. The site did a good job…

16 hours ago

Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Kay, You didn't link to your site, so I couldn't even check it out! I am interested in it, although I wondered why you chose because "it's called photosynthesis" What did you mean by that?

23 hours ago

Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Ha! Good post Sephy - I enjoyed reading "you" in it, meaning that I could tell you tried really hard to put everything into your own words. The only things I would like you to add to your post are how you would improve the site for you as a learner,…

23 hours ago

Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Lindsay, Your description is excellent! I just couldn't find the link to your site - did you post it earlier? With your description, I would definitely like to check it out!

23 hours ago

Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Erin, That is correct, and it is an important concept to learn - life as we know definitely could not exist without photosynthesis! Even though it is a .com site, it does have a bibliography, so this does help with the site's authority (which you d…

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

What did you learn from using this site Bronson? I have to admit, it was not one of my favorites due to a lack of pictures; in addition, it is just a simple link to a dictionary page. .Org sites do not carry the same weight as a .gov or a .edu For…

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Caleb, I do like your site quite a bit. All of the links really allow a person to get an in-depth learning experience just from exploring the site. What kind of information should it have? And - do all .org sites carry authority just because they ar…

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Riley, Yes, the site was definitely directed towards kids, but it also explained everything so it was easy to understand. It IS hard to take it seriously because of the ads - whoever designed the site is making money from posting ads on the site. E…

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Sami, Your response is excellent. This is exactly what I was looking for! Also, I agree that is a great site! The organization is good, and the information is challenging...but not too challenging. Nice job!

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Alyssa, This is actually a pretty good site - it is very easy to learn from! It actually is not a library site - it came from the library (collection) of a site called "ThinkQuest." Thinkquest is a platform students and teachers use to create learni…

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Emily, This is a really great collection of learning materials to help you with the concepts behind photosynthesis - I like this one a lot!! What did you feel about the authority of this site? What is Neo K-12, and how do you know that that group (…

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Also, don't forget to answer the questions about "authority" as well as criticisms and suggestions for improvement!

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Kenzlee, I really enjoyed how you incorporated a picture into your post. I thought the graphs on the site were great too, and I agree that the information was rather long, but it also went pretty in-depth. What do you think about site-authority, and…

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Kailey, You are right -that site did an excellent job of breaking photosynthesis down and making it simple. Did you explore the links on the left - there are a lot of subtopics within photosynthesis that this site taught about! You only answered ab…

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Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Ha! I enjoyed reading your" serious..maybe too serious" line. I agree that this is a good site, but I also wonder how many people would read the entire page? As far as the site authority goes, what do you think? Does this site carry a lot of author…

February 2

Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Do you know what year that video came out? Now that we have learned more about photosynthesis in class - what can you find that is "wrong" with this video? I do enjoy watching it; however, I also wonder if it could create misconceptions as well? W…

February 2

Erin Nash replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

Courtney, I agree with you that this is a really good site, and I also think it would be helpful if it did have some sort of glossary to explain the terminology. I had thought about using this one for class until I realized that some of the terminol…

February 2

katlyn skye george replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

never mind i didnt look before i picked the picture and video and to see if other people had them so heres a new video and picture never mind i didnt look to se if any one else had the picture or the video so here is a new one

January 27

katlyn skye george replied to Erin Nash's discussion 'Photosynthesis - A website review'

put in your car. also tought me about all the type of enery like solar energy, geothermal energy, and nuclear energy . I think that this website has stuck out to me because it has good information on if you want to learn more about what photosynthes…

January 27

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Photosynthesis Backchannel

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Created by Erin Nash Jan 20, 2010 at 11:25am. Last updated by Erin Nash Jan 20.

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In order to calculate your total number of calories that you require per day, travel to this website. First calculate your basal metabolic rate by using this calculator. Then, use that number to figure out how many calories you need per day.

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Photosynthesis - A website review 96 Replies

Use this forum to share a website you found particularly interesting or informative on the topic photosynthesis. After surveying the site, and seeing what it has to offer, come back into the forum, l…

Started by Erin Nash. Last reply by paige kneale 16 hours ago.

Photosynthesis 3 Replies

Started by Erin Nash. Last reply by Jessica James Jan 20.

Resources to help you with our upcoming benchmark and exam - Cells

Biologists, I have compiled a group of games that deal with the different topics we learned about this unit. Please work with them to review the various concepts we learned so you can do well on our…

Started by Erin Nash Dec. 11, 2009.

Today's Webquest 1 Reply

The assignment is attached below. You can open it so you can easily click on the links. I hope you are all doing well - I am home today with my sick daughter (who got sick from me). Mrs. Nash

Started by Erin Nash. Last reply by Courtney Dykes Dec. 1, 2009.

Unit 1 - The Nature of Science and the Characteristics of Life - A Reflection 84 Replies

Throughout this unit, you have learned many things, so before our first exam, it is an excellent idea to reflect about what you have truly learned, as well as what you still have questions about. Us…

Tagged: life, of, characteristics, biology, reflection

Started by Erin Nash. Last reply by Sharon Paige Ecord Nov. 21, 2009.