Web Evaluation 5 Wildlife Conservation Society

1) Website: Wildlife Conservation Society

2) Website Address: http://www.wcs.org/

3) Copyright date and/or Last Update: ©2011 Wildlife Conservation Society

4) Author/Organization Credentials: 1. Copyright Notice - Copyright1998 - 2006; Wildlife Conservation Society. All rights reserved. Certain articles or materials contained on this web site are also separately copyrighted. Trademark Notice - Wildlife Conservation Society, Pablo Python, the WCS logo and associated trademarks are owned by the Wildlife Conservation Society. All rights reserved.

5) Web Site Design and Ease of Navigation: This site a very useful website which is very friendly and informational. The main home page is where you can get access to all the links. There is a sliding bulletin which always shows new conservation projects and issues that the WCS is dealing with. On the top are four links, saving wildlife, saving wild places, conservation challenges and a donation link and these are the sites main links. My favorite link is saving wild places because its gives the viewer a chance to see what places are being conserved around the world. The places which the WCS are dealing with are Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and the Oceans. When you click on the places you will see the different regions of Africa or Asia and see how each climate, natural resources, wildlife health, and local livelihoods are different from each region.

6) Response and Recommendation for Use: The WCS site is perfect for teachers and students when getting involved and excited for geography and wildlife. Teachers can use this site in their lesson plans and allow the students to visit the site and comeback with an evaluation assignment of the website. From there you can have projects that allow your students to form groups and come up with a presentation. An example would be a PowerPoint that explains a conservation challenge and in this presentation your students would have the chance to use the multimedia videos on the website to show their class what they have researched.
Another cool feature which gives your class a chance to locate what areas in the world that the WCS work in is this interactive map. This is a world map and to the left of the map are other stories that can be great topics and projects for the students to interact with.