Lesson 4  – Bizarre Facts: Assessing Reliability

1. Label the URL on the first sheet of CD Resource 4a as a class. Complete the second sheet, filling in the missing countries and identifying the domain types. Considering the URL (or website address) can help to assess the reliability of a website.

2. Look at CD Resource 4b on the Smartboard (or look at www.brookview.karoo.net/Stick_Insects/) What do you think about this information? Does it seem true?

3. Find three things on the page that might indicate reliability and three things that suggest unreliability.

If you finish the activities early, use a search engine to find at least two websites which give information on a favourite band or singer. Take screengrabs of the sites and annotate them (in pen/pencil) to show parts of the site that indicate reliability and parts that show unreliability.