Website+Evaluation

When doing research it is very important to get the right information. The Internet can help you find information quickly, but it is not always accurate. You need to be careful to evaluate (critically review) each website where you gather information.

If you are researching spiders you may find a site with great pictures and some good information, but it was created by Jimmy, the third grader down the street. You may find another site with more great pictures and good information. The second site is maintained by the International Society of Arachnology (Arachnology is the study of spiders). Yet another site is all about the Spiderman comic strip. Which website is going to be the most valuable to you?

Check out the following website by clicking on the purple link below. Do you think this is the real White House site? Click on the picture to find the answer after you look at the site.

|| [|The White House]

Check out the following website on European explorers by clicking on the purple link below. What do you think? Do you think the information is accurate?

[|All About Explorers]

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 * __ ﻿Pacific Tree Octopus Website __**

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 * __ National Geographic Kids Website __**

** Note: ** **Stamford Public Schools is not responsible for any information or content provided by Web sites beyond this site.**

**Last edited 1/7/2011.**