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Using Credible Sources Lesson Plan

This lesson plan aims to teach students how to evaluate the credibility of online sources for research. The lesson objectives are to determine what questions can be answered through science, how to evaluate source credibility, and practice credibility evaluation. Students will discuss questions that can and cannot be answered scientifically. They will then learn the CRAAP test for credibility and apply it to sample websites on autism. To assess understanding, students will evaluate the credibility of three websites using the CRAAP test criteria and submit their assessments.

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Using Credible Sources Lesson Plan

This lesson plan aims to teach students how to evaluate the credibility of online sources for research. The lesson objectives are to determine what questions can be answered through science, how to evaluate source credibility, and practice credibility evaluation. Students will discuss questions that can and cannot be answered scientifically. They will then learn the CRAAP test for credibility and apply it to sample websites on autism. To assess understanding, students will evaluate the credibility of three websites using the CRAAP test criteria and submit their assessments.

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February 28th, 2018 Lucia Mohadeb

Using Credible Online Sources Lesson Plan

Aspect of Social Media Kids used:


 Develop critical abilities to research the web

Lesson Objectives:

This lesson aims to prepare students to be able to use credible resources for their Genetic Dis-
orders research assignment

1. What questions can be answered using science and what questions can’t?
2. How do we evaluate credibility?
3. Practice how to evaluate credibility.

Activate:
 As a class, initiate a discussion by asking students? What is better – Coke or Pepsi? This
I as easy question to get immediate student engagement and break the ice
 Immediately ask them is this a question that can be answered through science?
o Follow-up with why or why not?
 Make a chart on the board with two headers one is “questions that can be answered
through science” and the other “questions that cannot be answered through science”
o In our Biology 40S class we will be focusing on obtaining credible sources to an-
swer questions that can be answered through science
o Specifically why and how genetic disorders occur (for the upcoming project)
 Brainstorm as a class about five of each category so students understand the idea.
 Discussion: why is it important for us to use credible sources in our research?

Acquire:
 Introduce the CRAAP test (created by Sarah Blakeslee at the University of California)
 CRAAP stands for Currency, Reliable source, Author, Accuracy and Purpose
 Students must examine what they think is a credible source and rate each component
for credibility
 Go over the chart and speak of why something might be not/somewhat/very reliable?
What are some good clues?
 This test is subjective, but students will learn how to use good judgement in identifying
if each component is appropriate

Apply:
 Go through two examples in class together.
 Example 1: https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd/in-
dex.shtml is this website a credible source for researching Autism Spectrum Disorder?
o Go through each component of the CRAAP test and determine whether or not
the website is credible
February 28th, 2018 Lucia Mohadeb

 Example 2: https://www.organicconsumers.org/news/vaccines-cause-autism-support-
ing-evidence-mike-adams is this website a credible source for the influence of vaccines
on Autism Spectrum Disorder?
o Go through each component of the CRAAP test and determine whether or not
the website is credible
Wrap up by giving them times to research sites on their topic of choice and identify whether
the site they are choosing is a credible one or not.

Assessment:
 Have students choose three websites and evaluate them on credibility using the CRAAP
test method and hand them in.
 Teacher should evaluate student understanding on using the CRAAP test.

CRAAP Method for Identifying Credible Sources


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Obtained from: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/mhccmajorsbio/chapter/using-credible-


sources/

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February 28th, 2018 Lucia Mohadeb

Bunyi, A. (2010, November 5). Identifying Reliable Sources and Citing Them. Retrieved Febru-
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Bartee, L. (n.d.). Using Credible Sources. Retrieved February 27, 2018, from https://openore-
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Coiro, J. (2014, April 7). Teaching Adolescents How to Evaluate the Quality of Online Infor-
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How to Search the Web. (n.d.). Retrieved February 27, 2018, from http://www.findingdul-
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Knutson, J. (2017, October 12). Turning Your Students into Web Detectives. Retrieved Febru-
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Library Guides: Evaluating resources: Home. (2018). Retrieved February 27, 2018, from
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