Evaluating Websites & News

• Reading News Online (Gr.3-5) Common Sense Education - Kids find online news in lots of different ways. But studies show they're not very good at interpreting what they see. How can we help them get better? One way to start is by teaching your students about how online news articles are structured.

• News & Media Literacy - Common Sense Education's YouTube channel that talks about topics like: Reading News Online; 5 Essential Media Literacy Questions for Kids; Essential Google Search Tricks for Research; Help Your Students Fact-Check the Web Like Professionals; How to Use Google Reverse Image Search to Fact Check Images

• Digital Hoaxes - Should we believe everything that's on the Internet?

• Spaghetti Harvest in Tinico

• Walking on water (Liquid Mountaineering)

• Fact or Fake Quiz - Can you tell the difference between a real headline and a fake one?  Take the quiz!

Here are some websites that you can evaluate.  Evaluate one even-numbered website & one odd-numbered website.

1. Dog Island

2. The United States Mint

3. Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

4. National Wildlife Federation

5. Dihydrogen Monoxide

6. Earth Facts

7. All About Explorers