Websites to Validate

All About Explorers: http://www.allaboutexplorers.com
If you teach anything about exploration, this site is a must. It’s smart, slick and cleverly done, plus has a host of great activities.

California’s Velcro Crop Under Challenge: http://home.inreach.com/kumbach/velcro.html
Did you know about the Velcro shortage in California? Use this fun site to help students separate fact from fiction on the web.

All about phone menus:  http://fonolo.com/

Hate phone menus?  You'll love Fonolo!

Dihydrogen Monoxide: http://www.dhmo.org
Who knew water could be so hazardous. A good site to use with middle school students. Have them click through the forward links on the site. Does the web site reference any other authors?

Dog Island Free Forever: http://www.thedogisland.com
A puppy dog paradise. Great site for all ages.

Feline Reactions to Bearded Men: http://improbable.com/airchives/classical/cat/cat.html
A fun site to use when teaching kids how to validate web resources. Science teachers take note! This site pokes fun at the scientific method.

Martin Luther King: http://www.martinlutherking.org
This seemingly innocent web site address calls for the abolition of Martin Luther King Day and promotes White Pride. Content is inappropriate for all ages

Newseum:  http://www.newseum.org/

Nice name for website that compiles the pages of newpapers around the country.

Stormfront: http://www.stormfront.org
The publishers of this site also host the Martin Luther King site. It may be blocked by an Internet filter.

The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus.html
Does the Octopus really exist? A great site to use with all ages. Have students click through the links and read web addresses carefully.

Victorian Robots: http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html

The Onion:  http://www.theonion.com/

*From NovemberLearning.com

REAL:

Read the URL

Examine the content.

Ask about the author & owner

Look at the Links