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The
activities
in
this
lesson
provide
students
with
an
understanding
of
the
diversity
of
the
scientific
enterprise,
and
the
people
engaged
in
the
work.
Teachers
should
emphasize
the
diversity
to
be
found
in
the
scientific
community:
different
kinds
of
people
(in
terms
of
race,
sex,
age,
nationality)
pursuing
different
sciences
and
working
in
different
places
(from
isolated
field
sites
to
labs
to
offices).
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The
Guide
to
the
History
of
Science
is
a
search
tool
provided
by
the
History
of
Science
Society.
The
database
can
be
used
to
learn
about
people,
institutions,
organizations,
and
publications
pursuing
science
history.
Graduate
programs
and
more
than
5000
scholars
of
science
from
around
the
world
are
included.
The
guide
also
provides
a
link
to
a
list
of
good
places
to
start
reading
about
the
history
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In
this
lesson,
students
are
exposed
to
a
compelling
idea:
the
Earth
really
IS
flat!
They
are
challenged
to
provide
evidence
for
a
spherical
earth,
then
present
evidence
(experiences)
for
a
flat
Earth,
discuss
the
relative
strengths
of
the
evidence,
and
reach
conclusions.
They
look
at
the
nature
of
science
and
pseudoscience
and
examine
the
flat
Earth
idea
in
that
context.
The
social
context
of
science
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This lesson is a vehicle to address natural illusions and how science can effectively reveal them. The hooey stick is a piece of notched wooden dowling, with a smaller dowling propellor at one end. When it is rubbed with a small stick, the propellor rotates. On the command of hooey, the propellor stops and reverses direction, magically.
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This lesson explores the realm and limits of science. It engages students to give examples of topics that can be studied by science and those that cannot. It also takes a look at descriptive terms which reflect the true nature of modern science and those which do not, especially those which do not fit the popular perceptions of science.
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This lesson explores six criteria of science (Consistent, Observable, Natural, Predictable, Testable, and Tentative (CONPTT)), with definitions and self-check questions. It compares emerging science, non-science, and pseudoscience, with definitions and examples. The activity engages students in analyzing a collection of paragraphs to decide which category each fits into.
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This
lesson
teaches
students
that
scientific
hypotheses
are
subject
to
being
tested.
A
closed
box
is
shown
to
the
class.
It
can
be
seen
that
three
wires
run
through
the
box
lengthwise
and
three
more
run
through
it
widthwise,
creating
a
grid
of
six
crossed
wires.
The
class
is
told
that
there
is
a
metal
washer
somewhere
on
one
or
two
of
the
wires
inside
the
box.
The
challenge
is
to
propose
a
series
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This lesson probes a discrepant event to help students become familiar with the process of science. A plastic bottle with three holes covered with tape is filled with water and capped. Students predict what may happen as the tape is removed from each hole in turn, and hypothesize about the cause of the observed results.
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This lesson uses a discrepant event to pique curiosity and provide an excellent metaphor for a problem in science that can be addressed in a scientific way. Water is poured into a magic box, and out comes a much larger volume of water (or other liquid). Students will learn that science is uncertain because scientists can make more than one workable model to explain their observations.
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This
lesson
teaches
students
that
scientific
knowledge
is
fundamentally
uncertain.
Students
manipulate
sealed
mystery
boxes
and
attempt
to
determine
the
inner
structure
of
the
boxes
which
contain
a
moving
ball
and
a
fixed
barrier
or
two.
The
nature
and
sources
of
uncertainty
inherent
in
the
process
of
problem-solving
are
experienced.
The
uncertainty
of
the
conclusions
is
reduced
by
student
collaboration.
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