Resource of the Week - All About Explorers

All About Explorers was designed by teachers as a way to teach students how to navigate the Internet and conduct research. The site provides detailed lesson plans designed to teach students how to find useful information and recognize inconsistencies.

The introductory lesson takes students on an Internet Treasure Hunt, where they look at two sites to find out about an explorer and answer questions. One set of information is factual while the other contains a mixture of facts and misinformation. Students learn that just because information is available, it is not always factual. Additional lessons teach students how to find factual information, use search engines, and determine the quality of a site.

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