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Question Everything!

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Anna Yang

This activity is faciliated for biology 1A students as a science literacy activity but it can be adapted to any discipline. Students are given a brief presentation on authority and objectivety. The slides has my notes. You can review them to see how I steer the conversation but it's completely up to you how you want to discuss certain points. Make any changes you'd like or add anything that is missing!

After the presentation, students will be put into groups to work on an activity where they will have to evaluate the authority and objectivity of 3 different types of sources (scholarly article, news article, video). Students are instructed to input their answers on a Padlet but this can be done on a Google document or form.

*Updated 6/11/2024 @12:54 PM with downloadable PPT of the slides and sources*

Resource Statistics

Resource Type(s)
Lesson Plan
Information Literacy Frame(s) Addressed
Authority is Constructed and Contextual
Discipline(s)
Biology
Multidisciplinary
Type of Institution
Community or Junior College
College
University
Scope
Classroom-level
License Assigned
CC Attribution-ShareAlike License CC-BY-SA
Links
Example Padlet: Source 1 (scholarly article)
https://padlet.com/ayang33/source-1-evaluate-the-authority-and-objectivity-of-the-autho-dqkux77jgptrwsr3
Example Padlet: Source 2 (news article)
https://padlet.com/ayang33/source-2-evaluate-the-authority-and-objectivity-of-the-autho-pzlbgumdwz9ehif
Example Padlet: Source 3 (video)
https://padlet.com/ayang33/source-3-evaluate-the-authority-and-objectivity-of-the-speak-ovke6zbfdnl7iw7o
Example of Source 3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ktYbVwr90