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Logic & Puzzles · Grade 6

Sources, Attribution and Responsible Research

Learners become careful, honest researchers. Following a fictional student's project on his town's old train station, they tell primary from secondary sources, judge credibility with five questions (who, why, what evidence, when, can it be confirmed), quote, paraphrase and give credit honestly, and learn the basics of using images and media (public domain, Creative Commons, asking permission) and of saying when an AI tool helped. They finish with an annotated source list entry.

  • 4 lessons
  • About 120 minutes
  • Sources check: 9 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, highlight a text, match pairs, sort into groups, arrange tiles and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Tell primary sources from secondary sources and explain what each is good for.
  • Judge a source's credibility by asking who made it, why, what evidence it uses, when it was made and whether it can be confirmed.
  • Quote and paraphrase accurately and give credit to every source used.
  • Use images and media responsibly (public domain, Creative Commons, asking permission) and say clearly when an AI tool helped.

Lessons

  1. Primary and secondary sources 4 steps2 practiceabout 28 min
  2. Can I trust this source? 5 steps3 practiceabout 30 min
  3. Quote, paraphrase and give credit 5 steps2 practiceabout 30 min
  4. Images, media and AI help 5 steps3 practiceabout 32 min
  5. Sources check 9 questions at the end

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  • SwitchworksFlip switches to light the lamps in the target pattern — in as few presses as you can.

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