How do scholars determine if a scientific claim is true? Learners investigate scientific misinformation by watching video clips and reading false advertising claims. They engage in discussion in both class and small group settings to determine what is fake news. Then, they research the scientific process and learn about the importance of peer review to understand how scientists report their findings.

Concepts

scientific research, the scientific method, evaluating sources, advertising, evaluating claims, conflicting information, information literacy

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Provide examples of false scientific information in advertising
• Use to introduce the scientific process

Classroom Considerations

• Instructors must download the videos ahead of time
• Contains some individual and group work

Pros

• Very comprehensive teacher instructions and student handouts
• Gives a detailed pacing guide

Cons

• Focuses more on advertising than scientific research

Common Core

SL.7.2 SL.8.2 SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3