Grade Level: 2-4

Using the checklist below, evaluate the web site you want to use to see if it is reliable. Put an X in the "yes" or "no" column for each question.

What is the name of the web site? ____________________________________________________

Part 1: Content on the Web Site	Yes	No
Are there any dates on the web site to tell you when the information was updated?	___	___
Are there any links on the page that lead you to more information?	___	___
Does the page have correct and accurate information?	___	___
Do you believe the information the author is telling you?	___	___
Is the inforamtion on this website useful for what you want to know?	___	___
Would you have gotten better information from a different site?	___	___

Part 2: Authority of the Web Site	Yes	No
Do you know where the author got the information on the web site?	___	___
Is the author an expert on the information that he/she wrote? ("About Us" page)	___	___
Is there contact information with an email address, mailing address, and phone number?	___	___

Part 3: Design and Functionality of the Web Site	Yes	No
Is the web site easy to read and navigate through?	___	___
Does the web site take a long time to load?	___	___
Is the page organized so you can read everything without clutter?	___	___

Part 4: Is the web site worth visiting? After checking the boxes above, explain whether or not this web site is worth visiting.

________________________________________________________________________________________   ________________________________________________________________________________________   ________________________________________________________________________________________   ________________________________________________________________________________________   ________________________________________________________________________________________

1. Halloween Poison Candy: This web site is not reliable. There is no author. The article is just sharing a myth, so I guess it's not really true, but it doesn't have any reliable information. 

2. Hearseworks: This web site looks unreliable. There is no information about the authors other than an email (that looks fake) and some 800 numbers. It says you can buy vehicles but you can only get a quote online. It doesn't even say where this place is located.

3. Halloween on the Web: Even though the graphics and sounds are very realistic on this web site, it seems unreliable. The copyright is in 2015 which tells me it has been updated recently. However, there is no way to contact anyone from this website and there are no authors or ways they got the information. The web site it also slow between links.

4. Darkside Parlour: This article and web site seems unrelaible. There is no author or way of contacting anyone other than an email address. There are very limited features and there are no additional links to other web sites.

5. RYT Hospital: This website is unreliable. When you click on the tabs, you can't open anything. 

6. Dihydrogen Monoxide: This web site seems unreliable. There is an author for the entire website and he includes links to other sites where he found the information, but I don't think he's an expert on it. At the bottom of the page, it says Note: content veracity not implied which I've never seen on a reliable website.

7. Save the Tree Octopus: This web site is not reliable. There is an author and there are many additional links to visit other web sites, but I'm not sure who the author is or how he knows about this information. 

8. The Onion: Although this web site looks like a real news site, I think it is unreliable. There are a lot of authors and contacts on the "About Us" page, but the information in the articles sounds fake and made up for humor. 

9. The Ova Prima Foundation: I think this web site is trying to discover what came first, the chicken or the egg. Not reliable! It also has a copyright of 2008 which would mean that if the information was true, it is now old.

10. The Holocaust: This is not reliable. It is a lot of opinions from people who may not be experts on this topic.

11. The Flat Earth Society: I think everyone knows that the world is round at this point. This site is unreliable. The copyright is 1998. 

12. Havidol: I've never heard of this disorder and there is not much information on this site. I think it's a joke? Definitely unreliable.

13. Save the Guinea Worm: I don't think this site is reliable. There is no author or way to validate the information. There is also no way to contact anyone. 

14. Museum of Jurassic Technology: Although this website seems real, the copyright is 2008, which is 7 years old. I would think that a museum would update their website for people to visit. I think it's unreliable.

15. Mankato, MN: This site is not reliable. At the top, it says it was hijacked. 

16. Hetracil: This is not reliable. Homosexuality is not a disease.

17. Bonsai Kittens: This web site is not realiable. It would be illegal to stuff kittens into a container to shape them.

18. Burmese Mountain Dog: It should be Burnese Mountain Dog, so this site is unreliable.

19. Music Faun: There are a lot of spelling mistakes on this web site. It was also copyrighted in 2007 and there are no authors. The phone number looks fake as well. It's not reliable.

20. Bureau of Sasquatch Affairs: This is the same people who are affiliated with the Tree Octopus site. There is even an article about both of them. There are pictures of both together. Unreliable. 

21. Dog Island: There is no island with just dogs on it.. This is unreliable.  

22. Flying Penguins: People commented at the bottom that this was an April Fools joke. This is not reliable. 

23. Dehydrated Water: I don't believe that there is such a thing as dehydrated water. I guess that would just be air? I dont see any where that this website got any reliable facts. 

24. Funky Shoes: This web site is actually scary because there is a place to put in your credit card number. I don't believe anyone refurbishes shoes and then sells them. And there is only one picture and no authors. 

25. Republic of Molossia: The bottom of the page says, "The Republic of Molossia bears no relation of any kind to the ancient Greek nation of the same name. All text and images on these webpages are copyright." Definitely not reliable.