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Fact, Opinion, and Bias Lab
Students sort fact from opinion, flag loaded words, rewrite slanted sentences, test evidence and name bias techniques.
Grades 4–12Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline
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Grade versions included
- Grades 4–5: Fact or opinion, opinion clue words, making sentences fair, finding proof and fair vs. one-sided texts
- Grades 6–8: Mixed statements, loaded language, neutral headlines, relevant and sufficient evidence and named bias techniques
- Grades 9–12: Verifiable, interpretive and evaluative claims, framing and hedging, calibrated claims, reasoning errors and sampling bias
What students practice
Fact vs. opinion, opinion clue words and loaded language, neutral word choice, relevant and sufficient evidence, identifying bias and one-sided writing
Standards
OAS Standard 3: Critical Reading and Writing; Standard 6: Research
Common Core: RI.6 · RI.8 · SL.3
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How it works
- Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
- The download has a separate file for each grade band. Open the one that fits your class.
- Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
- Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
- Each purchase includes the lab files and a one-page Quick Start guide.
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