3 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.

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 website 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 website address calls for the abolition of Martin Luther King Day and promotes White Pride. Content is inappropriate for all ages.

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
A great site to use with all ages. It has even stumped historians. Have students truncate the Web address so they are just left with the domain name, www.bigredhair.com. This will give them some insight into the validity of this site.