Reliable vs. Unreliable

Which source do you think is most reliable for a science project?

• history.com

• sciencemag.org

• Youtube.com

• sciencegeek.blogspot.com

Why are reliable sources important in research?

• So you can copy and paste it

• So that the information is biased

• So that the information included is accurate

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Why are blogs unreliable?

• They usually include the author's opinion

• They usually include facts

• The domain is usually .edu

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what should .com sites include to show reliability?

• The date and time written

• The author and bibliography

• Photographs

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What does it mean to be VERIFIED on Social Media

• You can trust the account belongs to the person it says

• You can believe anything the person says on that account

• It has a scholarly research is is peer reviewed

• It is not the person the account claims to be

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Reliable website sources have which of the following things:

• An author

• No author

• Many authors who can edit it whenever they want

• All of the above

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True or False: What you read on Facebook is always true.

• True

• False

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Information from a website about a current event should be:

• From the 1800s

• Recent and Up-to-date

• It doesn't matter

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A reliable source should not contain:

• Commercials

• Pop-up ads

• distracting advertising

• Any of the above

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Information from a reliable source is:

• Detailed

• Short

• General

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