Start here
Claim Investigator Investigate a viral claim with lateral reading — leave the page and check what others say first. 
Spot the Tactic Name the misinformation trick — cherry-picking, fake experts, loaded framing, and more. 
Evaluate a Post Read a made-up social post and decide — can you trust it? Read the signals, not the vibes. 
Build an Investigation Chain the checks in the right order and reach an honest verdict on a claim. All activities
Investigate a claim
Claim Investigator Investigate a viral claim with lateral reading — leave the page and check what other sources say first. Every example is made-up. Spot the Tactic Name the misinformation trick — cherry-picking, fake experts, loaded framing, false balance, and more. Evaluate a Post Read a made-up social post and decide — can you trust it? Read the signals, not the vibes. Build an Investigation Chain the checks in the right order and reach an honest verdict on a claim — the order is the skill. Why Did This Spread? Two made-up posts, one topic — predict which spread farther, then see that reach is built from feelings and outrage, not from being true.
Practice & play
Mixed Practice A short round across the kits you have played — brought back to make it stick. Quick round — a calm sprint Quick recall of ideas you have mastered. Self-paced; turn on a timer only if you want one. Trick Questions Reasoning traps with a twist — spot why the obvious take does not hold up. Teach the Cast Teach a fact-checking move to a cast member still learning it — explaining it makes your own thinking clearer.
Play together
Truth Together 2–4 investigators take turns on one device — same questions, and a chance to compare how you read a claim. Truth Quest — the map A progression trail through every kit. Clear each stop of real practice, then move on. Progress Your levels, days active, and how each topic is coming along — saved on this device.
Concept Kits — 16 kits of media literacy
Kit 1: Media Literacy Basics Media Literacy · grades 4-5 · 25 questions Kit 2: Reliable Sources Source Evaluation · grades 4-5 · 25 questions Kit 3: Fact vs. Opinion Fact vs. Opinion · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 4: Digital Footprints & Privacy Digital Citizenship · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 5: Detecting Misinformation Misinformation · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 6: Bias in Media Media Bias · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 7: Evaluating Online Content Online Content Evaluation · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 8: Critical Media Analysis Critical Media Analysis · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 9: Logical Fallacies Critical Thinking & Media Literacy · grades 4-8 · 25 questions Kit 10: Source Evaluation Critical Thinking & Media Literacy · grades 4-8 · 25 questions Kit 11: Scientific Method and Evidence Critical Thinking & Media Literacy · grades 4-8 · 25 questions Kit 12: Bias Recognition Critical Thinking & Media Literacy · grades 4-8 · 25 questions Kit 13: Cross-Topic Connections Mixed Review: Privacy, Claims & Causation · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 14: Real-World Applications Mixed Review: Clickbait, Sources & Personal Information · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 15: Misconceptions & Reasoning Mixed Review: Evaluating Claims & Distortion · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 16: Advanced Synthesis Mixed Review: Reliability, Bias & Persuasion · grades 7-8 · 25 questions
More ways to play
😄 Brain break
Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
-
Claim Claim-identification -
Weigh Credibility-evaluation -
Trace Evidence-traceback -
Update Belief-revision -
Wonder Epistemic-humility -
Prove Falsifiability -
Vivid Anecdote vs. data -
Norm Base rates -
Yardstick Context -
Cull Cherry-picking / representativeness
Ensemble stories — the cast together
What next? Pick a door
- More like this NewsForge Is this claim true? How do you check? ResearchQuest Can you trust this source? PitchForge Which trick is this ad using?
- A bit harder EthosForge What would each moral lens say? FeedForge What does your feed leave out? QuizQuest Can you host the quiz?
- Something different SynaForge Which picture does this sound feel like? ShowMath Can you perform this math trick? CommandForge Which command builds the world you want?