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Pam Bracken

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K20 Center

Nanakuli Wai’anae Complex Area, Hawaii

Oklahoma Young Scholars/Javits

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Is This for Real?

Evaluating Sources

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 4th - 5th

In this lesson students learn the key elements for critically evaluating sources to determine if they are real or fake. The terms "source," "reliable" and "unreliable," "expertise," "credibility," and "verified" are introduced, defined, and reinforced. Students work with a group and then individually... Read more »

Lesson 5E Lesson
Is This for Real?

Evaluating Sources

Subject Subject

  • Computer Science, English/Language Arts

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 4th - 5th

Course Course

  • Oklahoma Young Scholars/Javits

Tag Sponsor

  • Javits

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 4.3.R.5, 4.6.R.3, ISTE3b
More 3 days
Time Frame 150 minutes
Why Are Books Written?

Exploring Creativity

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 2nd Grade

Students are introduced to several reasons books are written, identifying the purpose of a series of different books. Students watch a video interview of a child author. Through a series of pictographs, students then discover the many ways people have made books, from pictures to words on tablets, stones,... Read more »

Lesson 5E Lesson
Why Are Books Written?

Exploring Creativity

Grade Level Grade Level

  • 2nd Grade

Subject Subject

  • English/Language Arts

Course Course

  • Oklahoma Young Scholars/Javits

Tag Sponsor

  • Javits

Copied To Clipboard Standards

  • 2.PC, 2.3.R.1, 2.3.W.1
More 2-3 Class Periods
Time Frame