Your evaluation skills will be called upon to determine
the level of danger. Remember to think!
To Use This Site:
Complete the activities below in order. The link for
each activity is the underlined title above each activity.
Read the activity carefully and then complete it before
moving on to the next activity.
Use the BACK button in your internet browser to return
to this activity page when you have completed the assignment
at the remote link.
Dihydrogen Monoxide - It is a terrible substance!
Activity:
1. Go to the Ban
Dihydrogen Monoxide site and read it.
Directions:
Click on the underlined text to get to the site.
When you are finished reading the page, click on the
back button in your browser to return here.
Do you think Dihydrogen Monoxide should be banned?
2. Vote as a class on whether or not Dihydrogen Monoxide
should be banned. Record the results on paper.
Build a Bar Graph
Activity:
1. Go to the Create
a Graph Website and create a graph of the results
of the survey completed in the above activity.
Directions:
Click on the underlined text to get to the site.
Follow the directions there for creating a graph.
Show your completed chart to the teacher before proceeding.
Click on the Back button to return here.
Stats at Work. Is it true?
Activity:
1. Go to this Stats
at Work link and read some additional information
about Dihydrogen Monoxide.
Directions:
Click on the underlined text to get to the site.
Click on the Back button to return here.
2. Consider and then discuss with the class what you
have learned about information on the internet.
ICYouSee: T is for Thinking
Activity:
1. Go to the ICYouSee
site and review the suggestions for evaluating a website
for use as research. The good news is that you do not
need to do the homework assignment at the bottom of
the page. You can explore some links but will find others
out-dated.
2. Compile a written list of items you should check
before using a site as a source of information.
If you need more information before making your list,
check out these sites below:
Additional Sites for evaluation suggestions:
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/evalmidd.html
http://library.usm.maine.edu/guides/webeval.html
http://www.neutralbay-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/library/infoeval.htm
3. Use ClarisWorks or Microsoft Word to create a checklist
form for you to use each time you use internet sources
for school work. It should have at least 10 items to
check. Print and hand in this check sheet.
Experience Why It Is Important
Activity:
1. Extra Credit: Go to this site
and check out the links under the "Try assessing
the authenticity and integrity of these groups of web
sites:".You will see samples of both questionable
and valid resource sites for a series of topics.
2. Choose a different topic of interest to you and using
a search engine look for websites about it. Try to find
sites that are both questionable sources and good sources.
Bookmark both types of sources.
3. Copy and paste both the most reliable and the least
reliable web source into a ClarisWorks document. Explain
why you chose each. Print and hand in for extra credit.
You have witnessed first hand that just because it is
on the web doesn't make it true. When ever you venture
into the web looking for accurate information, be sure
to utilize the checklist you have created. It is dangerous
to believe all that you read.
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