INQUIRY ACTIVITIES
Teasers
Fantastic Beasts 1 (Renaissance) [guessing game]
Fantastic Beasts 2 (Modern) [ [guessing game]
Credibility Awareness & Training
The Covid Conundrum
The Vaccine Skeptics of 1731
Expertise
"To Tell the Truth" [game]
"Who's the Expert?
Gatekeeping & Curation
"Editor for a Day"
Persuasive Tactics & Deceit
"Bluff the Class" [game] or download PDF
case studies: The Misinformation Playbook [Union of Concerned Scientists]
OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES & ACTIVITIES
Cranky Uncle (John Cook)
addressing climate change skepticism.
The Debunking Handbook (Lewandowsky et al., 2020)
"Go Viral" [game] (Social Decision Making Lab, University of Cambridge, 2020)
How to Spot COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories (2020)
MediaSmarts: Science & Health Information (Canada's Center for Digital and Media Literacy)
Merchants of Doubt® [film] (SONY Classic Pictures, 2005, trailer)
Resisting Science Misinformation [5-day lessons, with videos] (WGBH/NOVA, 2018)
ScienceUpFirst (Canadian Association of Science Centres)
Stories Behind the Science: Spotting Pseudoscience [12 historical case study narratives] (2022-23)
Stopping the Disinformation Playbook (Union of Concerned Scientists, 2018)
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HANDOUTS [click for PDF copies]
BACKGROUND READING
"Marginalizing Misinformation -- The Fast and Frugal Way" (The Science Teacher, 2023)
"Ten Competencies for the Science Misinformation Crisis"" (Science Education, 2022)
"Science Con Artists" (American Biology Teacher, 2012)
"Skepticism and the Social Architecture of Trust" (American Biology Teacher, 2012)
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