“Easy!” said Léo, pulling out the classroom tablet. “I’ll just ask the internet.”
Léo found a random forum where someone wrote: “Arctic foxes can fly for three seconds.” He laughed. “That doesn’t match anything else we’ve read. And there’s no proof. Fake!”
Léo proudly said: “It eats lemmings and fish. Not marshmallows. And we learned something else: how to tell if a website is lying.” évaluation internet cm2
They found a third site – a university science page – that also said the fox eats lemmings and fish. All three good sites agreed.
Chloé spotted another website called Old Tales of the North from 1999. It said the Arctic fox was endangered everywhere. But the National Geographic article (from this year) said their population was growing. “The 1999 info is old,” Chloé noted. “We need recent facts.” “Easy
They looked at the Super Cool Animal Facts blog. There was no author’s name, just a cartoon fox wearing sunglasses. “Red flag,” said Chloé. “No author means no one is responsible for this nonsense.”
Léo and Chloé were in a panic. Their CM2 teacher, Madame Berger, had given them a special mission: “Find three verified facts about the Arctic fox for our animal report. You have one hour.” And there’s no proof
Chloé added: “We checked the author, the date, and compared sources. That’s how you win at Évaluation Internet .”