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.
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Best Curriculum Fit
Grade 8
- [Math – Statistics and Probability] Collect, display, and analyze data to solve problems
- [Social] Develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking; develop skills of media literacy
- [ELA] Use strategies and cues; respond to texts; understand forms, elements, and techniques; create original text
- [Science – Cells and Systems] – Describe areas of scientific investigation leading to new knowledge about body systems and to new medical applications; describe ways in which research about cells, organs and systems has brought about improvements in human health and nutrition
Grade 9
- [Math – Statistics and Probability] Collect, display, and analyze data to solve problems
- [Social] Develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking; develop skills of media literacy
- [ELA] Use strategies and cues; respond to texts; understand forms, elements, and techniques; create original text
Grade 10
- [ELA] Construct meaning from text and context; respond to a variety of print and nonprint texts; determine inquiry or research requirements; follow a plan of inquiry
- [Math 10C – Relations and Functions] Interpret and explain the relationships among data, graphs, and situations.
Grade 11
- [ELA] Construct meaning from text and context; Respond to a variety of print and nonprint texts
- [Math 20-3 – Statistics] Solve problems that involve creating and interpreting graphs
- [Bio 20 – Human Systems] Asses the implications of technological advances that assist in maintaining internal equilibrium with respect to:
- Pathogens (vaccinations)
- [Social 20] Develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking; develop skills of media literacy
Grade 12
- [ELA] Construct meaning from text and context; Respond to a variety of print and nonprint texts
- [Math 30-3 – Probability] Analyze and interpret problems that involve probability.
- [Social 30] Develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking; develop skills of media literacy
In combination with our post session challenges, Media Sleuths meets a majority of requirements for high school courses COM 1005/1015.
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