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Skill 1.3 Assessing Information Sources

This activity, from the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, helps students to develop their skills in assessing information. Students consider what they need to look for in an information source to be sure that it is reliable. Students consider the peer review process of a professional journal and compare this...

Skill 1.3 Finding Information in Books

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity focuses on using reference books in a library. It provides practice in locating information using a range of reference materials.

The students are challenged to find information from encyclopaedia and dictionaries as well as using a range of...

Skill 1.4 Believe It or Not: Classifying Statements

This activity, from the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, helps students to examine the claims to truthfulness of statements of different kinds. The aim is to become more critical of the use of language and to develop a constructive scepticism when assessing primary and secondary information. Students are given...

Skill 1.4 Choosing the Right Book

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to look at reference books and see if they contain suitable information.

Students are required to research a particular science topic and consider the sources of information they find. This includes looking at features such as...

Skill 1.5 Navigating a Reference Book

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity gives students practise in looking at the features of a reference book that will help them find information.

Students are challenged to consider the features that are useful when looking for information. They look at features such as the:

Skill 1.5 Speed Survey

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, in this activity students look at surveys as an important method of gathering and retrieving information. The activity allows students to evaluate the process of collecting data from short interviews with their peers. It consists of a speed survey game, which is...

Skill 1.6 Editing a Scientific Book

These activities, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to think about collecting and presenting information.

In this activity, students compile and edit a science book by collecting news items from print and internet sources. This allows students to think about the ways that...

Skill 1.6 Resources and Audiences

These materials, from the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to consider the appropriate approach when communicating ideas and information to particular audiences. The activities encourage students to: * analyse information and resources for their level of difficulty, the audience, its reliability...

Skill 1.7 Advertising a Scientific Journal

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity gives students experience of looking at a scientific or technological journal or magazine.

In looking at the journal, students consider:

* the name of the journal
* the subjects the journal deals with
* how the journal is...

Skill 1.7 Questioning Information

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, in this activity students identify potentially misleading statistics and explain some of the issues involved in using data to inform policy making.

The activity is...