{"id":269,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/chapter\/who-knows-what\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T19:39:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T19:39:50","slug":"who-knows-what","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blockswrdsb\/chapter\/who-knows-what\/","title":{"raw":"Who Knows What?","rendered":"Who Knows What?"},"content":{"raw":"Project the Course Presentation in the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/buildingblocks\/chapter\/who-knows-what-about-animals\/\">Who Knows What About Animals?<\/a> or have students access it.\n\nShow the first slide and ask: What does a farmer know about animals?\n\n<strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>A farmer knows... because they need to...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShow the second slide and ask: What does a zoo keeper know about animals?\n\n<strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>A zoo keeper knows... because they need to...\n\n&nbsp;\n\nShow the third slide and ask: What does a vet know about animals?\n\n<strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>A vet know knows... because they need to...\n\n&nbsp;\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMake sure students understand that while they all know things about animals, they know some <strong>different <\/strong>things:\n<ul>\n \t<li>A farmer knows how to look after farm animals, but will take their animals to a veterinarian if the animal is sick.<\/li>\n \t<li>A zoo keeper knows how to look after unusual animals like lions or bears.<\/li>\n \t<li>There are different veterinarians who look after farm animals, pets, and zoo animals!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n&nbsp;\n\nExplain to students that people who know a lot about something are called [pb_glossary id=\"386\"]experts[\/pb_glossary] .\n\nAsk students: What are <strong>you<\/strong> an expert on?\n\n<strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>I'm an expert on... because I know a lot about...\n<ul>\n \t<li>Tell students that no matter what else they know, each of them is an expert on themselves. Nobody else knows them or their own lives as well as they do!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n&nbsp;\n\nNow ask: How do we know that what we learned on the National Geographic website is true?\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\"><strong>Explain that we know National Geographic is a reliable source of information on animals because<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n\n&nbsp;\n\nthey are <strong>experts <\/strong>- the people who work there have learned a lot about animals and nature; and\n\nthey are <strong>reliable <\/strong>- they have been giving good information about animals and nature for a long time.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>Project the Course Presentation in the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/buildingblocks\/chapter\/who-knows-what-about-animals\/\">Who Knows What About Animals?<\/a> or have students access it.<\/p>\n<p>Show the first slide and ask: What does a farmer know about animals?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>A farmer knows&#8230; because they need to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Show the second slide and ask: What does a zoo keeper know about animals?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>A zoo keeper knows&#8230; because they need to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Show the third slide and ask: What does a vet know about animals?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>A vet know knows&#8230; because they need to&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make sure students understand that while they all know things about animals, they know some <strong>different <\/strong>things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A farmer knows how to look after farm animals, but will take their animals to a veterinarian if the animal is sick.<\/li>\n<li>A zoo keeper knows how to look after unusual animals like lions or bears.<\/li>\n<li>There are different veterinarians who look after farm animals, pets, and zoo animals!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Explain to students that people who know a lot about something are called <a class=\"glossary-term\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-describedby=\"definition\" href=\"#term_269_386\">experts<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Ask students: What are <strong>you<\/strong> an expert on?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sentence starter: <\/strong>I&#8217;m an expert on&#8230; because I know a lot about&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tell students that no matter what else they know, each of them is an expert on themselves. 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