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Presenter view · How to Know What’s Real · Grades 3–4 · 30 minutes · General / Homeroom

Fact-Checkers

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Materials

  • Teacher-created fake social media post example (age-appropriate, obviously fictional)
  • Chart paper and markers for creating class “Fact-Checker Rules”
  • Mini Museum Perception Lab: minimuseumproject.org/exhibitions/seeing-is-deceiving/illusions
  • Recommended from Perception Lab: Checker Shadow (#1), Rotating Snakes (#8), Simultaneous Contrast (#2)

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MSeeing is DeceivingFact-Checkers

Lesson · How to Know What’s Real · Grades 3–4 · 30 minutes · General / Homeroom

Fact-Checkers

Students will understand that optical illusions demonstrate how easily our eyes and brains can be deceived, and will develop and apply five practical strategies for verifying information before believing or sharing it.

30minutes

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Hook 5 minIntroduction 5 minActivity 12 minPractice 5 minClosing 3 min

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Opening demonstration: Show the checkerboard shadow illusion (where two squares appear different colors but are identical).

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  • Green Level handout More Support (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  • Yellow Level handout Grade Level (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  • Red Level handout Go Deeper (PDF, opens in a new tab)
  • Poster 1 Projector mode (opens in a new tab)
  • Poster 2 Projector mode (opens in a new tab)
  • Lesson plan Teacher (PDF, opens in a new tab)

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