OnLit presents

Dino Party Patrol.

Six short levels. Help the dinosaur party guests figure out who is real, and who is trying to sneak in with bad info. Built for ages 7 to 12, free to play, no account required.

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The lineup

Six levels, six big skills.

Each level locks in specific media-literacy habits. Skills compound as kids work through the set.

Level 1

Party Patrol

Check dinosaur ID cards against a reference book. Decide who is a real guest, and who is trying to crash the party.

Checklist source-checking

Level 2

Spot the Fakes

An ID card has some sneaky fake details. Tap exactly which fields do not match, and watch out for red herrings.

Spotting false details

Level 3

Testimonial Detective

Read what other dinos are saying about each guest. Cross-reference their stories with the testimony book to figure out who is trustworthy.

Evaluating testimony

Level 4

Testimonial Detective II

Subtler inconsistencies, more imposters. The same mechanic from Level 3 gets harder. Wrong hobby, wrong eye color, wrong age, can you catch all of it?

Catching subtle inconsistencies

Level 5

Who Knows Best?

Three sources give different info: school records, a best friend, and a blog post. Which one should you actually believe?

Primary vs. secondary sources

Level 6

The Dino-ternet

Browse a simulated internet with six websites of varying trustworthiness. Can you tell the solid sources from the shady ones?

Lateral reading on the open web
How to win

Get five correct decisions in a row. Zero mistakes earns three stars, one or two mistakes earn two stars, three or more earn one. The streak resets on each wrong answer, so accuracy beats speed.

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Runs in your browser, takes ten minutes to try, and is free. No downloads. For now, no accounts — that will come.

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