Truth or Bad Science (1-22)

Truth or Bad Science (1) 2022

Lets check your Critical Thinking and Online Research skills

What is a claim?

• People and companies make claims all the time like "This product/idea is the best product/idea."

• However, it is important not to make a claim UNLESS there is enough EVIDENCE to support that claim.

• In science, we do experiments and collect data. We then look for patterns in the data to see if it supports a certain claim.

Can you tell the difference between TRUTH and BAD SCIENCE? For each of the following claims, go online to see what evidence you can find to support if it is true or false. After time is up, Vote to support the claim (true) or show the claim is bad science (false).

Practice Claim: Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing

Go online to see what you can find to support or disprove this claim.

Multiple Choice

Practice Claim: Flammable and inflammable mean the same thing

• Truth

• Bad Science

Claim #1 - Baby carrots were invented in 1986

Go online to see what you can find to support or disprove this claim.

Poll

Claim #1 - Baby carrots were invented in 1986

• Truth

• Bad Science

Claim #2 - The first American in space played golf on the moon

Go online to see what you can find to support or disprove this claim.

Multiple Choice

Claim #2 - The first American in space played golf on the moon

• Truth

• Bad Science

Claim #3: The Stegosaurus was around before grass existed.

Go online to see what you can find to support or disprove this claim.

Multiple Choice

Claim #3: The Stegosaurus was around before grass existed.

• Truth

• Bad Science

Claim #4: Camels are native to North America

Go online to see what you can find to support or disprove this claim.

Multiple Choice

Claim #4: Camels are native to North America

• Truth

• Bad Science

Answers will be coming tomorrow!

If I told you now, by the end of the day I would have students walking in knowing the answers from word-of-mouth. Where's the challenge in that?