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Step 2: Fact check

Doing research

1 ⁄ Finding the information you need

Ex. 1

Do the quick research exercise your teacher will give you.

Finding the information you need

How quickly can you find information? 

Go to https://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus and answer these questions:

1. Where does the tree octopus live? (which part of the world)?
   
2. What is “tentaculation”?
3. True or false?

        • Tree octopuses have bad eye sight.

        • Tree octopuses can change colour.

        • "Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus" is the correct popular name for Octopus paxarbolis.

        • In Spanish a tree octopus is called: Arbapolpo

Where does the tree octopus live (which part of the world)?

What is "tentaculation"?

Tree octopuses have bad eye sight.

1. true
2. false

Tree octopuses can change colour.

1. true
2. false

"Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus" is the correct popular name for Octopus paxarbolis.

1. true
2. false

In Spanish a tree octopus is called: Arbapolpo

1. true
2. false

Were you able to find all the answers within the 3-minute time frame?

YES

NO

Is https://zapatopi.net a trustworthy website?

1. Yes
2. No

The website is a hoax. It was created was to demonstrate how easy it is to create a bogus website with believable information.

Ex. 2

Discuss these questions.

a Which website(s) do you access the most to find information?

b Do you believe all the information that is published (available) on the internet? Why (not)?

c What information do you not trust?

Ex. 3

You will get a research sheet. Your teacher will give you instructions.

Divide your class in two teams: A and B.

Look up the information listed on your handout.

You get 5 minutes.

student A

1. Look up the word of the year 2024 according to Oxford Dictionary. _____________________________________

2. Find the most recent article about OCD published on the website of The Guardian. Write down title + date of publication.

_____________________________________ (published on: _____________)

3. How many hits do you get when you look for Powerpoint presentations on mental health from 2025? ______________

4. How many hits do you get when you look for educational papers or articles about anxiety, published in the last month?

______________

student B

.Look up the word of the year 2024 according to Oxford Dictionary. Type in in Google: word of the year 2024 Oxford Dictionary _____________________________________
Find the most recent article about OCD published on www.theguardian.com. Write down title + date of publication. Type in in Google: site:theguardian.com OCD 2025.

 _____________________________________ (published on: _____________)

How many hits do you get when you look for Powerpoint presentations on mental health from 2025?
Type in in Google: "mental health" filetype:ppt 2025

______________

4. How many hits do you get when you look for educational papers or articles about anxiety, published in the last month?
Select 'Advanced search' in Google: 

Find pages with these words: anxiety

Site or domain: .edu

Last update: past week

______________

Students A: were you able to find everything within 5 minutes time?

Yes, no problem.

Almost

No, not even close!

Students B: were you able to find everything within 5 minutes time?

Yes, no problem.

Almost

No, not even close!

Students A: do you think you have found the exact information you were looking for?

Yes, absolutely.

I guess...

No, not even close!

Students B: do you think you have found the exact information you were looking for?

Yes, absolutely.

I guess...

No, not even close!

Ex. 3

a Compare your answers with a partner.

b What kind of keywords worked best when looking for answers?

c What should you do if you want to find an image?

d Did you learn any other tips?

1. Look up the word of the year 2024 according to Oxford Dictionary. brain rot

2. Find the most recent article about OCD published on the website of The Guardian. Write down title + date of publication.

Not lighthearted craziness, or a comic disorder of the mind: what it’s like living with OCD (published on: Sun 16 Feb 2025 )

3. How many hits do you get when you look for Powerpoint presentations on mental health from 2025? 48

4. How many hits do you get when you look for educational papers or articles about anxiety, published in the last month?

About 3.160

Summary

Ex. 5

Watch the video and answer the questions.

a What can you use the CRAAP test for? 

a What can you use the CRAAP test for? 

to figure out if a source is appropriate to use for what you need to do

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Why was this written?

c The video warns you that bias exists, but what exactly is bias? Look it up online and formulate a response using your own words.

2 ⁄ Structuring your information

We skip this part.