Real vs Fake Articles

Instructions from professor: One the best lessons that learned while I was a student was how to figure out whether articles I read were real or not. Today this skill has become more important than ever. We are living in an age when you have more access to information either real or fake than any other time in history. Much has been made in the media about “fake news” and who is producing the stories. The good thing about all of this propaganda is that you have the opportunity to use science to figure out whether or not people are telling you the truth.

This assignment connects with our first discussion post that you completed this week. The assignment also gives you the tools to figure out if the stories you are reading are real or fake. Go over the handouts that I have attached, they will be key in assisting you in deciphering if the articles I attached are scientific or not. There are certain ways that you can detect if an article is presenting real facts or passing along an agenda. These agendas can be used to misinform people from a scientific understanding of our natural world.

Once you have reviewed all the information I have uploaded a worksheet that you need to complete by Sunday at 11:59pm. You can download the worksheet fill out your answers then upload it as a either a word of pdf document.

Here are the links to the articles:

Evolution;https://www.ucg.org/vertical-thought/prove-evolution-is-false-even-without-the-bible (

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7388/full/nature10842.html (Links to an external site.)

Climate Change;

http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

Here are some sources that will help you see if the articles are scholarly;

https://owl.purdue.edu/ (Owl Purdue)