Internet+Resources

The internet is an excellent research tool, full of information.The internet offers timely, well thought out ideas and opinions; it has amazing primary research that offers access to research that we previously could only find in peer-reviewed journals. The internet helps us find information. Without it, we could still find the required information, but our quest for the information would be severely hampered.

However, one must be cautious in using the internet for research. While the internet and new technology gives us unbounded access to ideas, thought, and research, it can also be misleading. Young children are often told by parents "not to believe everything you see on T.V." There is a reason for that: commercials can be manipulated by those that create the commercials. The internet also holds the same pitfalls. Ideas can be shifted to support an opinion or agenda. Research can be slighted, left out or even out right altered to support one person's ideas or philosophy. Web pages can even be linked to official, trusted sites to give them a sense of legitimacy.

Below are two links to web pages that are false. One is an article about a noxious chemical, Dihydrogen Monoxide and an effort to save the potentially endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus. You are to read and study the two web pages and answer the following questions concerning them:

Web Pages: Dihydrogen Monoxide: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/dhmo.htm Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus: http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/