Recommended for: Grades 7-12
What is “fake news”? How about peer review? Can you identify bias in a source? Students will use critical thinking skills to examine the spread of misinformation and to evaluate the credibility of content they encounter online. Understand how to apply copyright laws and discuss the ethics of copyright with respect to new machine learning technology. Learn about scientific research methods, how statistics can be misleading, and why a graph isn’t always what it seems. This program explores health, vaccines and more.