[Music] grow big and strong my lovely milkweed plants the monarch butterflies are depending on you to keep their eggs hidden and to provide food for the caterpillars once the eggs hatch hello Scholars I'm media literacy Maddie you're here just in time to to help me water the milkweed that milked is called a weed for a reason just get rid of it get rid of it no way milkweed is the only food source for Monarch butterflies who are on the endangered species list this means the monarch butterfly is in danger of extinction or dying out we need to chat with Miss carara who's reading about monarch butterflies and milkweed she'll teach us to identify reliable sources and how to verify the expert of those interviewed I'm Miss Cara I heard media literacy Maddie say something about someone wanting to get rid of her milkweed I bet she needs to calm down for a few minutes let's take a look at this article to learn about what monarch butterflies need to survive research articles can be found digitally in newspapers and magazines the article we'll look closely at today is published on the PBS NewsHour website it its headline is monarch butterflies now classified as endangered the first clue the information is reliable or trusted is that it is written by the Associated Press or AP traditionally when the AP reports news it writes with very little bias or opinions when a news source doesn't have bias the goal is to report only facts why way to check for reliability of a digital article is to look for a.edu or.org in the URL if an article is from a.edu or.org the article is usually reliable here is an example of an article with a.org ending with good information about monarch butterflies this web page has an edu ending edu endings are used when an article is published by a college or university carlay university published this article the writer of this article discusses the monarch butterflies long migration to Mexico and gives us additional reliable information about our topic let's check on Maddie this article is about different types of milked and is written by the Associated Press I'm going to save it and read it later now we need to learn how to check if the people quoted in the article are reliable and trusted sources of information quotes show us exactly what an expert on a topic sets one way to check if someone is reliable is to research their background I learned Stewart Pim is an expert in present day extinctions given his background he's a reliable source on topics like the endangered monarch butterflies as an expert he can confirm that the only food source for Monarch butterflies is in fact milkweed Scholars who would you consider as a reliable source of information for an interview about the book collection in your school library I hope you understand why we cannot get rid of milkweed to keep monarch butterflies from becoming extinct we need to keep planting milkweed just like the plants you saw me watering earlier today we learn how to determine if what we are reading is from a reli source and if the person who was quoted can be trusted now use your knowledge to verify your sources when you are doing your own research thank you for joining us if you want more fun ways to practice literacy skills don't forget to subscribe to the Michigan Learning Channel and be sure to check the description below for links to activity guides resources and more [Music]