Students answer nine fill-ins about online research: who the author is, what "https" signals, the commercial purpose behind .com sites, search engines, the "About Us" page, last-updated dates, library databases, and quotation marks for exact-phrase searches. Part B matches sources to verdicts — a .gov site and a librarian-reviewed database are likely reliable, while ad-heavy .com pages and unedited fan wikis are not.
Reading a website like a detective — checking author, domain, date, and purpose — is how a fifth grader decides whether a page belongs in a report or in the trash.
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Research & Citing Sources
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A website's author tells you who is responsible for the information on the site.
2. The letters "https" in a web address show that the site uses a secure connection.
3. A website that is trying to persuade you to buy something has a commercial purpose.
4. A search engine is a tool like Google or Bing that helps you find websites on the internet.
5. A website that ends in .com is usually a commercial website and may be trying to sell products.
6. The "About Us" page of a website can help you learn about the organization's mission and goals.
7. When a website was last updated is shown by the date at the bottom of the page.
8. A library database is a collection of articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals that a library provides.
9. Putting quotation marks around a phrase in a search engine finds pages with that exact phrase.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
A website ending in .gov
→ Likely reliable — run by a government agency
Likely unreliable — anyone can edit without review
A website ending in .com with many pop-up ads
→ Likely unreliable — focused on advertising revenue
Likely reliable — run by a government agency
A school library's online database
→ Likely reliable — articles reviewed by librarians
Likely unreliable — focused on advertising revenue
A fan-made wiki with no listed editors
→ Likely unreliable — anyone can edit without review
Likely reliable — articles reviewed by librarians
Research & Citing Sources
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A website's author tells you who is responsible for the information on the site.
2) The letters "https" in a web address show that the site uses a secure connection.
3) A website that is trying to persuade you to buy something has a commercial purpose.
4) A search engine is a tool like Google or Bing that helps you find websites on the internet.
5) A website that ends in .com is usually a commercial website and may be trying to sell products.
6) The "About Us" page of a website can help you learn about the organization's mission and goals.
7) When a website was last updated is shown by the date at the bottom of the page.
8) A library database is a collection of articles from newspapers, magazines, and journals that a library provides.
9) Putting quotation marks around a phrase in a search engine finds pages with that exact phrase.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
A website ending in .gov
→ Likely reliable — run by a government agency
Likely unreliable — anyone can edit without review
A website ending in .com with many pop-up ads
→ Likely unreliable — focused on advertising revenue
Likely reliable — run by a government agency
A school library's online database
→ Likely reliable — articles reviewed by librarians
Likely unreliable — focused on advertising revenue
A fan-made wiki with no listed editors
→ Likely unreliable — anyone can edit without review
Likely reliable — articles reviewed by librarians
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