This document provides guidance on evaluating information found online. It discusses checking the domain and extension of URLs to determine reliability. It also recommends evaluating the content, checking for author information, and looking at links to and from the site. Tools like Whois and the Wayback Machine can be used to investigate ownership and past versions. Boolean operators and search commands like host: and url: can help narrow online searches.
53. All grades
All About Explorers: http://www.allaboutexplorers.com
California'sVelcro Crop under Challenge:
http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html
The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: http://www.zapatopi.net/treeoctopus
Dog Island Free Forever: http://www.thedogisland.com
Victorian Robots: http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html
Middle /HS School
Dihydrogen Monoxide: http://www.dhmo.org
Feline Reactions to Bearded Men:
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html
Clones R Us: http://www.d-b.net/dti/
Dehydrated Water: http://www.buydehydratedwater.com/
Petrol Direct: http://www.petroldirect.com/
For you only
Martin Luther King: http://www.martinlutherking.org (NOT for students)
81. You are looking for schools
in NJ.
1. www.altavista.com
2. In the search box, enter
host:k12.nj.us
(hint- No spaces)
82.
83. You are looking student
lessons from NASA
1. www.altavista.com
2. In the search box, enter
host:nasa.gov + “student
lessons’’
(hint- space around the + sign)
90. You are looking for schools with butterfly
gardens.
1. www.altavista.com
2. In the search box, enter
url:k12 + butterfly
Words in the url might include k12
91. Using url:k12 will include
all web addresses
including k12 (not just
using it as an extension)
Larger number of
responses