Information, ethics and rights
Answers are for parents and teachers.
1
Write one example of data, one of information and one of knowledge about a school canteen. Use invented numbers.
Data: 40, 52, 47. Information: Tuesday had the most buyers (52). Knowledge: prepare more food on Tuesdays.
2
Match each case to a feature of information: (a) a joke reaches the whole school in one hour, (b) a copy of a song is as good as the original, (c) an old false story is still told.
(a) propagation, (b) reproducibility, (c) persistence.
3
A message claims that a famous park will be closed for a year. Write three checks you would make before forwarding it.
For example: find who wrote it and when; look for a second independent source such as the park office or a news report; ask a grown-up; do not forward until checked.
4
Sort into personal data (P) or not (N): (a) name + address, (b) the height of the Nile bridge, (c) name + class + birthday, (d) a recipe for tea.
(a) P, (b) N, (c) P, (d) N.
5
Salma wants a poem’s whole text on her class page. Say two reasons why this is not a quotation, and one correct way to refer to it.
It is not a small part, and her own words would not be the main text. Instead she can name the poem and the poet and say what the poem is about, or quote one short line with its source.