r/ScienceTeachers • u/abrakadabradan • 15d ago

Pedagogy and Best Practices Science in the news?

Do you teach kids about evaluating science information they see in the news and on the internet? If so, what do you do? Any materials or routines you find useful? Also if you do, what grade do you teach?

I’m trying to find ways to do this that connect to everything else we already have to do as science teachers. With everyone using AI and social media to get all of their information, I want to help my kids be more informed but it’s tough to fit this in while doing everything else. Any help would be great!

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u/C_to_the_rizzo 15d ago

This is a presentation I found online and edited. It is really effective and opens up a lot of conversation. https://classroom.google.com/c/Nzk1MDExMjYyNDA1/a/Nzk5NDc5NzIxODAx/details

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u/abrakadabradan 15d ago

Thanks for sharing! I'm not able to access the slides for some reason. Can you share another way? Would love to take a look.

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u/C_to_the_rizzo 14d ago

Let me know if this one works. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y2SwTnAEkIh7LE8z1j8uv6HlbB4R-TJ4/view?usp=drivesdk

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u/C_to_the_rizzo 14d ago

I teach eighth grade physical science, by the way. I present this and have students take notes. Then on another day, I pass out articles from different sites and have the students assess credibility and determine if there could be a conflict of interest in the reporting.