Reliability, bias and fitness for purpose

Fact or opinion task 1

Students are given a list of statements. They should decide whether each statement is a fact or an opinion.

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Fact or opinion task 2

Students are asked to read a news story and highlight the statements which are fact and those which are an opinion.

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Fact and Opinion Quiz

A three level quiz which can be used to test your understanding of the differences between fact and opinion.

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Recognising bias

Students are asked to examine a few websites and answer questions about the effect that biased information might have on its usefulness.

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DMHO recommendation task

This task gives students a scenario and asks them to visit a website and compile an argument for or against the subject.

Note to teachers:

The website is a hoax site. Dihydrogen Monoxide is really H20 (Water). The main purpose of this task is to hold a discussion afterwards about how to determine if websites are reliable.

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Evaluating web sites checklist

Students are given a checklist of things to look for when evaluating a website. They should evaluate at least two different types of websites.

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