Copy of Research 4/27 (6/23/2025)

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13 questions

Domains

Credibility

Assessing Authors

Homework

Required

Part 2: Why did you choose these two authors? What makes them credible?

Required

Copy of Research 4/27 (6/23/2025)

Last updated 8 months ago

13 questions

Domains

www.noaa.gov
eps.berkeley.edu
Wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Life_Protection_Act
www.oceanfdn.org
www.mbgnet.net
www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2016/feb/15/save-uk-seas-from-governments-who-make-a-mockery-of-marine-conservation

Required

Is one type of domain extension more credible than another? Use evidence from the websites to explain your response to the class.

Credibility

https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ 

What are 3 things you learned from this website?

Explain the author's point of view. What evidence do you find convincing? What evidence do you find questionable? Explain why.

Assessing Authors

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outsiders_(novel)

https://www.jstor.org/stable/30047043searchText=the%20outsiders&searchUri=%2Faction%
2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dthe%2Boutsiders&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2
Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aac2874a7db67fd87ebe0f5f9547d75ca

Copy Link 1 from the board into a search window and quickly skim the article. You only need a sense of what the article is about. You don’t have to read every word. Fill in the information below.

Publication Name: _______ 
Publication Date: _______ 
Article's Author: _______ 

Does this author's background (qualifications, experience, and education) make him or her a credible source about this subject? Why?

Which of the two authors you have been researching is probably more knowledgeable and credible? Explain your thinking.

Homework

Required

Part 1: Imagine that you are writing a report about air pollution. Select the two most credible sources:

Required

Part 2: Why did you choose these two authors? What makes them credible?

Required

Read the list of website features. Drag two items that show a website is credible.
______________________________ ______________________________________________________________ 

	Yes	No
A 2017 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official report on the effects of pollution on marine life
A pet owner’s blog about her sick fish
A current article about illegal waste disposal, published by a middle school newspaper
An article in a recent issue of The New York Times about oil spills and bird life

	Yes	No
A 2017 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official report on the effects of pollution on marine life
A pet owner’s blog about her sick fish
A current article about illegal waste disposal, published by a middle school newspaper
An article in a recent issue of The New York Times about oil spills and bird life

	Yes	No
A 2017 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official report on the effects of pollution on marine life
A pet owner’s blog about her sick fish
A current article about illegal waste disposal, published by a middle school newspaper
An article in a recent issue of The New York Times about oil spills and bird life

	Yes	No
A 2017 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official report on the effects of pollution on marine life
A pet owner’s blog about her sick fish
A current article about illegal waste disposal, published by a middle school newspaper
An article in a recent issue of The New York Times about oil spills and bird life

Copy of Research 4/27 (6/23/2025)

Part 2: Why did you choose these two authors? What makes them credible?

Copy of Research 4/27 (6/23/2025)

Is one type of domain extension more credible than another? Use evidence from the websites to explain your response to the class.

What are 3 things you learned from this website?

Explain the author's point of view. What evidence do you find convincing? What evidence do you find questionable? Explain why.

Does this author's background (qualifications, experience, and education) make him or her a credible source about this subject? Why?

Which of the two authors you have been researching is probably more knowledgeable and credible? Explain your thinking.

Part 1: Imagine that you are writing a report about air pollution. Select the two most credible sources:

Part 2: Why did you choose these two authors? What makes them credible?

Is one type of domain extension more credible than another? Use evidence from the websites to explain your response to the class.

What are 3 things you learned from this website?

Explain the author's point of view. What evidence do you find convincing? What evidence do you find questionable? Explain why.

Consider the following points in your discussion:

Would a source like this be credible?

Would a source like this be credible?

Does this author's background (qualifications, experience, and education) make him or her a credible source about this subject? Why?

Which of the two authors you have been researching is probably more knowledgeable and credible? Explain your thinking.

Part 1: Imagine that you are writing a report about air pollution. Select the two most credible sources:

Consider the following points in your discussion:

Would a source like this be credible?

Would a source like this be credible?