Classes 8–10 · Class 8
Class 8
Check a message before you share it, catch a graph that exaggerates, measure chance, and test confident claims, from adverts and from AI.
This year's focus: Checking sources, misleading graphs and uncertainty.
Six experiences and a project
- 1Check a forwarded message before you shareLanguage and expression · About 40 minutes
- 2Spot a misleading graphMathematics and money · About 40 minutes
- 3How likely? Chance with coins and diceMathematics and money · About 40 minutes
- 4Is clear water safe to drink?Science and environment · About 35 minutes
- 5Read an advert like a detectiveSociety and design · About 35 minutes
- 6When an AI answer sounds sure but is wrongComputing and AI literacy · About 40 minutes
- ★Class project: Two charts from one datasetLong project: 2 sessions · uses all five areas
The five areas this year
- Language and expression: Check a forwarded message before you share
- Mathematics and money: Spot a misleading graph, How likely? Chance with coins and dice
- Science and environment: Is clear water safe to drink?
- Society and design: Read an advert like a detective
- Computing and AI literacy: When an AI answer sounds sure but is wrong
Each experience has a curiosity question, a story scene, a short explanation, a worked example, safe steps, something to make on paper, five questions with a reason for every option, and notes for grown-ups and teachers.