English 182 - Engineering Communications
Pre-class assignment(s)
Directions: PRINT the "Evaluation of Website Information Exercise" below and use the criteria on this page to critically evaluate the content found on these websites.
Bring your completed worksheet to your library research session, and be ready to discuss the questions on the assignment.
Evaluation of Website Information Exercise
For your convenience, here are "live" links to the 3 websites:
A. Columbia Accident Investigation Board
For discussion in class
Roger Boisjoly: From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
NASA History Division: Challenger STS 51-L Accident
The Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science at Case Western Reserve University
R. Boisjoly, 'Ethical Decisions - Morton Thiokol and the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster,' ASME, Winter Annual Meeting 1987, WA/TS-4, 1-13.
SKB 10/2/07