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Research and Develop a Topic

Learn to identify credible online sources and make an interactive research document with basic coding.

Example outcome

Lesson details

Learning objectives

By the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
  • Define a problem, research question, or goal
  • Collaborate with others to conduct research and develop digital artifacts
  • Discuss and perform basic and advanced internet search strategies
  • Evaluate the bias of digital information sources and select sources of information for credibility, accuracy, and relevance

Time to complete

3—4 hours

Audience

  • Key Stage 3
  • Key Stage 4
  • Post-16

Digital tools

  • Icon representing the Apps Script toolApps Script
  • Icon representing the Docs toolDocs
  • Icon representing the Search toolSearch

Skills

  • Internet search
  • Source evaluation
  • Coding
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