Task - How do you decide if a web site can be trusted?
For a modest amount of money, anyone can put a nice looking web page on the Internet using a computer, an Internet provider and a web authoring program. There are groups that publish legitimate information, and there are those that produce elaborate lies. It's often hard to tell them apart, but this WebQuest will tell you exactly how to do that. Then you can decide if there is such a thing as a tree octopus!Process - To answer this question do the following:
Conclusion - What have you learned?
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