Ride,+Sally

Summary:
After reviewing these five webpages on Sally Ride, I have definitely learned a few things about her. Of course, she was the first American woman in space in June of 1983 on the Challenger. She studied physics and English at Stanford University and ended up receiving her Ph.D. in both. After receiving all her degrees, she got into NASA, went through the training, and went into space as a mission specialist. After NASA in 1989, she became a professor and director of the California Space Institute at UC San Diego. She also founded Sally Ride Science, to help inspire girls to pursue interests in math and science. She has received many honors and awards, including the NASA Space Flight Medal and NCAA's Theodore Roosevelt Award. She is in the National Women's Hall of Fame and the Astronaut Hall of Fame.

NASA


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OVERVIEW
The NASA website has a page on Sally Ride titled "Who Was Sally Ride?" The purpose of this page is to give a general overview of Ride's life and experience as an astronaut. It gives a brief description of her early life, how she became an astronaut, what she did as an astronaut, and her life after NASA. The page includes pictures of Ride, as well as links to other articles about her on the NASA website.

AUTHOR
Heather R. Smith/ NASA Educational Technology Services

LAST UPDATED - IF KNOWN
September 16, 2015

DATE REVIEWED
11/4/2015

REVIEWED BY:
Dana Weigand

ACCURACY:
The information in the article on this webpage is accurate. The information does not contradict any information from other credible sources. Ride worked for NASA, so the information should be very accurate. The page was updated on September 16th of this year, so it is up to date. NASA is a credible source of information and is constantly adding and editing news and information on their website. They post information on current missions and findings on a daily basis.

READABILITY and CLARITY:
This website's audience ranges from students to people directly involved with astronomy and NASA. The page on Sally Ride is written appropriately for this audience. They make it easy enough for most people to read and understand without needing an education in astronomy. This page has links for different age groups so that students of different education levels can read about Sally Ride. This page is appropriate for grades 5 through 8.

EASE OF NAVIGATION:
The page is pretty easy to navigate. It is easy to learn more as there are many links to other pages about Sally Ride. There are also links to similar articles about other astronomers. They are part of the site.



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OVERVIEW
This page is similar to the last link on NASA. It is a biography of Sally Ride broken into sections, early life and education, NASA, later years, and death and legacy. It has a "quick facts" box as well as links to related videos and articles. There is also a three minute video about Ride that can be viewed easily without having to go to a different page. The purpose of this page is to give an insight to Ride's life and experience being the first woman in space.

AUTHOR
Biography.com Editors

LAST UPDATED - IF KNOWN
Not Known

DATE REVIEWED
11/23/2015

REVIEWED BY:
Dana Weigand

ACCURACY:
The information on this webpage is accurate. there is no information that contradicts anything I have seen on any other credible sources. For example, there is a section about her education with a good amount of information, all of which is correct. The page mentions that she received her bachelor's degree in physics and English at Stanford University in 1973. She went on to receive her master's in 1975 and her Ph.D. in 1978. This information is completely accurate.

READABILITY and CLARITY:
The audience of this webpage is anyone seeking information on Sally Ride, mainly students. It is clear and easy to read for students of most ages. It may not be the best page for students in elementary school, though. It mentions that she was a mission specialist and mentions the names of a few space shuttles and such. Elementary students will not be aware of what a mission specialist is and what the space shuttles are, for example. It is very readable and appropriate for students in grades six and up, though.

EASE OF NAVIGATION:'
The page is easy to navigate, as it is very simple. At the top of the page, you can click on a section of the biography, such as "Later Years" and it will take you to that section of the page. There are no links to other pages abut Sally Ride on this page. It is easy to learn more about other famous astronomers though, because there is a link that takes you to a page with a list of astronomers. You can click on one of the names and read a biography on them. They are internal links.


 * NY TIMES **

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/space/sally-ride-trailblazing-astronaut-dies-at-61.html?_r=0

OVERVIEW
This webpage is an article, "American Woman Who Shattered Space Ceiling" posted on NY Times. The article was written right after Ride's death. There is a short general biography in the beginning of the article. The main purpose of the article, though, is to give an insight to what it was really like to be the first American woman in space. This article gives information that we do not get from many other webpages on Ride. It includes quotes from Ride herself and even talks about questions and criticism she got from the press. It includes comments about Ride from people such as Obama and past teachers. It includes two photos, but mainly information. It is a wordy article.

AUTHOR
Denise Grady

LAST UPDATED - IF KNOWN
July 23, 2012

DATE REVIEWED
11/25/2015

REVIEWED BY:
Dana Weigand

ACCURACY:
It seems like the information is accurate. The NY Times is a well known and credible source of information. Since this is not just a basic bibliography, it is harder to check the accuracy of the information. The information that I have read on other sites does match this information, though. This article did refer incorrectly to the death of Roger Boisjoy, an engineer who testified about the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but had a correction added at the end of the article. This shows that the author and editors care about the accuracy of the article.

READABILITY and CLARITY:
The audience for this webpage is anyone who reads the news, especially NY Times readers. The webpage is fairly clear and easy to read. It would not be ideal for students, but it is readable for the intended audience. It is a long article, so the audience must be willing to read for a few minutes.

EASE OF NAVIGATION:
This page is not difficult to navigate, but there are a lot of links and advertisements on the page, which may become overwhelming or confusing for some. Since there are many links on the page, it is easy to learn more about related topics. Most of the links are not about Sally Ride, though. Other than the many advertisements, the links are internal.


 * Sally Ride Science **


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OVERVIEW
This is a page about Sally Ride on the Sally Ride Science website. Sally Ride Science is a program that Ride founded. This page includes information of her early life and such, but also includes a lot of information about her experience actually becoming an astronaut, the training, and the space missions she was involved in. There is a lot of interesting and useful information about Ride on this page that is not on other sites. There is also a large section about her experiences and awards after she retired. There are links to a lot of information about the program and Ride herself since this is the program's website.

AUTHOR
Sally Ride Science

LAST UPDATED - IF KNOWN
Exact date unknown, 2015.

DATE REVIEWED
11/30/2015

REVIEWED BY:
Dana Weigand

ACCURACY:
The information is up to date since it includes information about her most recent awards and such. Sally Ride founded the program, Sally Ride Science, so the information is detailed and accurate. There is nothing that contradicts anything credible I have read.

READABILITY and CLARITY:
This page and site has a wide range of audience members. It can be people researching Sally Ride, people working for or involved with Sally Ride Science, or people interested in Sally Ride Science. According to the reading level test, it is at about an eight to ten grade level. It is an appropriate level for the audience range, younger readers may struggle, but the audience is slightly older for this webpage so it is appropriate.

EASE OF NAVIGATION
There are many internal links on this webpage. There are a few to find out more about Sally Ride herself, but mainly to find out more about the program.


 * Harvard Business Review **


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OVERVIEW
This webpage is an interview with Sally Ride by Harvard Business Review. It was conducted near the end of her life, so it is pretty up to date. She answers questions about many things, such as being a role model, her experience being a woman in NASA, her work during NASA, life after NASA, and her views on science education.

AUTHOR
Alison Beard and Harvard Business Review editors

LAST UPDATED - IF KNOWN
September 2012.

DATE REVIEWED
12/8/2015

REVIEWED BY:
Dana Weigand

ACCURACY:
The information is accurate since it was an actual interview with Ride. It is fairly up to date, since the interview was conducted only a few weeks before her death.

READABILITY and CLARITY
This audience for this page may be usual readers and subscribers to Harvard Business Review, or people reading and researching about Ride. The average grade level for this webpage is seven. It should be easy for any of this page's audience members to read since this page would typically have older readers. The information is clear and straightforward.

EASE OF NAVIGATION
It is not easy to find out more about Ride from this page. There are a few links, but they lead to other articles not involving Ride. There are quite a few advertisements on this page. The links are internal, they lead to other articles from Harvard Business Review.