On-Line Research Sites

ClassZone: Web Research Guide
This tutorial to teach middle-school students to research,
evaluate and cite Web sites starts with a quiz to evaluate howmuch you already know about using the Internet. Next, you'll aind five lessons, starting with an exploration of the Internet versus the Library.  "Why use both? Because each has resources,benefits, and limitations that the other does not."  The TeacherGuide provides a short overview of the site, along with a single-page glossary of terms used throughout the tutorial.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators: Critical Evaluation Surveys
*****
To help even the youngest of students to think critically about
Web sites, Kathy Schrock has designed three grade-appropriate
site evaluation forms.  The first is for elementary grades ("Do
the pictures and photographs on the page help you learn?"); the
second for middle school ("Is the information on the page useful
for your project?"); and the third for high-school students
("Would it have been easier to get the information somewhere
else?")  All three are also available in Spanish and in Acrobat
Adobe PDF (for ease of printing.)

Noodle Quest
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlequest/
Wow! This amazing research tool actually answers the inevitable first question:  "Where do I start?"  Just answer the seven multiple-choice questions starting with "Are you a kid, prettynew to the Internet, or an Internet wizard?" and click "Show Me a Research Strategy."  This is my pick of the day because of the variety and quality of the research sites it unearths. Book mark Noodle Quest now.

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