ICT at key stage 3 (Year 8)
Unit 10: Information - reliability, validity and bias
Section 1: Activity 1
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Objectives |
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- that a web address is a unique location and gives information about origin
- that search engines use different search techniques
- (biased) opinions can be expressed as factual information
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Children: |
- Pupils should revise searching the internet. Ask the pupils to use a variety of search engines to search on a given topic,
eg genetically modified foods. Without opening the sites, discuss with the pupils the results of their searches,
eg which sites look useful, what the title tells us, what information we can get from a URL, if the site appears more than once on a list. Explain what a search engine does and how it handles vast amounts of data. Discuss which search engines produce different top 20 hits and why.
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- search the internet systematically to find information
- understand that a URL can give information about a source
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Points to note |
- Homework could involve pupils planning a search for items relating to food.
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This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of
activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by
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