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Grade: 3-5
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#4690. Evaluating on line sources

, level: 3-5
Posted 01/25/2013 by Melissa A LaChapelle (Melissa A LaChapelle).
Peekskill Middle School, Croton-on-Hudson
Materials Required: Smartboard
Activity Time: 30 mins
Concepts Taught: The stages of the water cycle

Evaluating on line sources
Topic: The Water Cycle

To learn more about the water cycle and to watch a video on it (teacher and student tool)
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/studyjams/water_cycle/

This website is an excellent source for both students and teachers. Its contents is aligned with the common core standards as well as academic standards. Scholastics has been around for 90 years delivering books, magazines, and educational programs directly to schools so the website can be considered a reliable source.

What is the water cycle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle

Wikipedia is not a reliable source. Anybody is able to edit this website. Millions of people use the internet, you cannot be sure who defined a water cycle and if they are a reliable source or not.

To learn more about the water cycle for adults.
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html

This website was developed by the U.S. Department of the Interior/U.S. Geological Survey. The author is Howard Perlman, the president at Environmental Design Group (LLC). The credentials are clear and the source is therefore reliable.