Research and Source Credibility Lab

Grade versions included

• Grades 6–8: A pet-health research question: relevance, source inspection and note repair
• Grades 9–12: An urban tree cover inquiry: study abstracts, lateral reading and an annotated bibliography

What students practice

Relevance to a research question, source reliability, author, date and purpose, lateral reading, credibility signals, avoiding plagiarism, citing and ranking sources

Standards

OAS Standard 6: Research

Common Core: W.7 · W.8

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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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