1. Is it true?

2. What do I trust on the Internet?
I consider the search engine I will use.
I know how to check the accuracy of website information.
I think critically about how to search the Internet.

3. Apply the TASC test Title Does the title look useful? Author
Can I tell who’s written the information? Is this a reliable source?
Summary
Does this sound useful?
Children
Is it for suitable for children to read? Can I understand it?

4. Who was Sir Francis Drake?
Apply the TASC test
Who was Sir Francis Drake?
Title
Does the title look useful?
Author
Can I tell who’s written the information? Is this a reliable source?
Summary
Does this sound useful?
Children
Is it for suitable for children to read? Can I understand it?

5. What do I know about John Cabot?
Answer on All about Explorers
Answer on Zoom Explorers
Answer on 3rd website
1. When and where was John Cabot born?
2. How many sons did Cabot have?
3. When did John Cabot die?

6. What can you tell about a web address?
www
World Wide Web: a selection of interlinked documents of content accessed through the Internet.
http
Hypertext transfer protocol: the method that browsers use to read webpages.
Domain name
The domain name is found after the and www. to the first forward slash /. For example in the URL bbc.co.uk is the domain name.
Domain extension
Part of the domain name e.g. .com or .net

7. What are your top tips for searching on the Internet?