Activity 1: Learn About the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus!
1. Click on the link above to research the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. I'm sure you will find some fascinating information throughout your research!
2. Before you decide to use information from a Web site to support a claim or write a paper, you must determine whether or not the Web site is trustworthy. Check out the following tutorial: Credible Sources Count!
3. Use these Web sites to learn more about evaluating sources of information on the Web:
4. Check out the following list of Web sites. Which ones are reliable? How can you tell? Which ones are unreliable? How do you know this? Choose one of the following Web sites to evaluate. Complete the "Is This a Hoax?" worksheet to guide your evaluation of the site.
5. As you begin to conduct your own research on the Web, use the Online Comprehension Strategies Diagram to help guide your research.
Happy researching!
3. Use these Web sites to learn more about evaluating sources of information on the Web:
4. Check out the following list of Web sites. Which ones are reliable? How can you tell? Which ones are unreliable? How do you know this? Choose one of the following Web sites to evaluate. Complete the "Is This a Hoax?" worksheet to guide your evaluation of the site.
- Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie
- Buy Dehydrated Water
- Nova: Dogs and More Dogs
- Dog Island
- Ripley's Believe It or Not
- Mike the Headless Chicken
- The Republic of Cascadia
5. As you begin to conduct your own research on the Web, use the Online Comprehension Strategies Diagram to help guide your research.
Happy researching!