Blackrock Elementary School: Website Evaluation
Website Evaluation Tutorial
Week #1
Essential Question: How can I choose trustworthy websites for my research?
Looking into Authority
Questions to ask:
Who is in charge of the website?
Who wrote it?
Directions:
We just watched the "Evaluation Websites Tutorial" and reviewed where to find the "About Us" section.
Look at the website below and practice finding the author of the webpage/article and who is in charge of the website. Hint: The "About Us" section (found at the top or the bottom of the page) is a good place to start!
https://www.worldwildlife.org/blogs/good-nature-travel/posts/ten-interesting-facts-about-gray-wolves
Record your answers in your website evaluation packet!
Week 2
Essential Question: How can I choose trustworthy websites for my research?
Score Your Site
Last week, we practiced finding the Author of a webpage as well as the company/organization that owns the website. This week, we are going to rate websites using all of TRAAP's indicators: Timeliness, Relevance, Accuracy, Author, and Purpose.
Directions:
Use the first "Score Your Site" page in your research packet (front and back!) to decide whether or not the website below is trustworthy:
https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/giant-antarctic-sea-spiders-breathe-really-strangely
**Don't forget! The About Us section is found at the top or the bottom of the page. It holds all the website's secrets!
Week 3
Essential Question: How can you know FOR SURE whether your website is trustworthy or not?
DOUBLE CHECKING INFORMATION
Sometimes a website can look trustworthy, but it is not.
In order to know FOR SURE whether the information found on a site is correct, check another website to see if it has similar information.
Directions:
Use the second "Score Your Site" paper to decide if this website is trustworthy or not:
http://www.thedogisland.com/index.html
Week 4
THE FINAL TEST!
Directions: Go to the website below and "score your site!" Then, ON THE BACK, answer the question: "Is this a trustworthy website? How do you know?