Can You Trust This Source?

Can You Trust This Source? Worksheet (Grade 6 Science, TEKS 6.4B)

Teach grade 6 students to check information before they believe it. This one-page reading and activity sheet gives students four simple questions to judge the credibility and accuracy of a source, and explains what cost-effective means.

What's Inside

• A short reading on sources, credibility, accuracy, and cost-effectiveness, with a four-question checklist
• A Key Words note for quick review
• Activity 1: Students sort six sources as more reliable or less reliable
• Activity 2: Students compare claims and choices and circle the better one in three short cards
• A visual answer key with answers marked in red

How Teachers Use It

Use it before a research project, during a lesson on online information, or as practice for TEKS 6.4B. The sheet takes about 10 minutes and prints clearly in black and white.

This worksheet is part of the Reading in Science series for grade 6. It supports TEKS 6.4B: make informed decisions by evaluating evidence from multiple appropriate sources to assess the credibility, accuracy, cost-effectiveness, and methods used. Pair it with the other TEKS 6.4 sheets to build a short unit on science, society, and STEM careers.

Why It Works

Each sheet teaches the key terms in plain words first, then asks students to use only what the page taught. Activities stay at the circle, sort, match, and write-a-letter level, so students build confidence while the answer key lets teachers check work fast. The clean layout is also easy to project for a whole-class review.