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Activity 1 Fake Sites Resources


Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus

https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ 

All About Explorers

https://www.allaboutexplorers.com/ 

Dihydrogen Monoxide Research Division (DMRD)

https://www.dhmo.org/ 

Petrol Direct

http://www.petroldirect.com/ 

Ninja Burger

https://www.ninjaburger.com/index.shtml 

Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie

https://zapatopi.net/afdb/ 

Burmese Mountain Dog

http://descy.50megs.com/akcj3/bmd.html 

Mankato, MN

http://descy.50megs.com/Emankato/mankato.html 

Ova Prima Foundation

https://www.ovaprima.org/ 

Fredericton

http://descy.50megs.com/descy/webcred/webcred/Fredericton.html 

Dog Island

https://www.thedogisland.com/ 

Dehydrated Water

https://buydehydratedwatercom.weebly.com/ 

House Hippo Foundation

https://www.househippofoundation.org/ 

Male Pregnancy

https://malepregnancy.com/archives/2001/ 

Blondes to die out in 200 years

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2284783.stm 

Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency

https://www.fvza.org/ 

Mechanical Marvels of the 19th Century

http://timetunnel.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html 

Activity 3 Activities Resources


Evaluating Online Sources: All About Explorers   - Hyperdoc (Padlet and Flipgrid links are not live)

Evaluating Online Sources: Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus - Hyperdoc (Padlet and Flipgrid links are not live)

 Evaluating Online Sources: Grade 8Hyperdoc (Padlet link is not live)

Tree Octopus Worksheet   - Students fill out the activity sheet, and then the teacher questions students about the information found and tells them the website is fake.

Website Evaluation Checklist 5Ws  

TRAAP Website Evaluation  

Answer Key: TRAAP Website Evaluation

How to Evaluate Sites with REAL 

Become an Online Sleuth

Media literacy lesson collection featuring teen video reporters

Break the Fake: What’s real online?

Hoax or No Hoax? 


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