Web Searching Evaluation

In my opinion, the link "http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/bottled-water.htm"

is the most useful. Compared to enjoybottledwater.org and tappening.com, it has the most useful and credible information. To begin with, tappening.com hasnt been updated since 2008, making it a pretty out of date website to cite. Especially in science, it is most important to have current information as things are being discovered every day. Science.howstuffworks.com is the most credible source in my opinion mostly becuase of its abundant supply of information and currency. The website is obviously being updated frequently since it has its own search bar in it.

The worst website out of the three would be tappening.com. This website was last updated in 2008, and some of the links dont even bring you anywhere. This shows the site has either been left alone, or just isnt kept together well.

As of reading all these atricles, I am probably more prone to drinking bottled water. Mostly because like howstuffworks.com says, water is an "8 billion dollar industry". To think that one will completely stop drinking bottled water is a pretty big statement, seeing as you aren't going to find tap everywhere. Bottled water is popular, and I have a feeling it will stay like that for a while.

College

AVID Weekly's article on college admission to selective colleges suggests that the game may change a bit. Michael N. Bastedo of Michigan and Ozan Jaquette of Arizona claim that although low-income students have showed progress in acceptance to selective colleges, the more privileged ones are only getting better.

Acceptance into college is a tough thing, yet three things I would want schools to know about me is that I have much perseverance, I am determined, and I am curious. Hopefully, these will be enough for schools in the next few years. I believe being curious should stand out the most however, because in my opinion, inquiry is important in learning.

POGILS

What I find most useful about POGIL activities is that it gives us students a chance to teach ourselves. Usually on the front of the POGIL packets is a series of bullet points with information. These few bullet points usually help solve the problems on the next page. What's truly cool about it is that as a group, you and your classmates can ask questions to each other and try and figure it out as a team.

Personally, I believe that the POGIL packets we're given in class are completely useful. There is a clear topic, explanation of why one is studying it, and information about it to help you solve the following questions. The only thing I think would truly improve these packets is if there was more information on the topic. This way the kids would be learning even more.