Description
Need a solid resource for teaching bias to your students? Presented in this bundle is the perfect way for students to identify potential bias in various situations. Not only will they learn how to identify bias in its many forms, they will learn how to limit their bias as they work through these investigations. This bundle includes the Bias PowerPoint notes. The companion notebook, or guidebook, for the entire Science Process Skills unit is also included for free! It also contains two full gamified quests concerning bias in arguments, and bias seen in graphing. Finally it contains a modern mystery activity where students must identify bias in social media postings concerning a UFO in the skies above a tornado-damaged city. Each bias activity will engage your learners and promote discussion and debate, arming them with the valuable skill of bias detection and bias questioning.
Essential Vocabulary in this Bundle:
1. Bias
Learning Targets Covered in this Bundle:
1. I can identify bias and opinions in arguments.
2. I can reduce personal bias when sharing information.
Included in this Bundle:
Recognizing and Limiting Bias PowerPoint Notes
Student Guidebook Notes for the Science Process Skills Unit
Quest- Dihydrogen Monoxide, A Bias in Argument Activity
Quest- The Suspicious Cartographer, A Bias in Graphing Activity
What is in the Sky? A Nature of Science Modern Mystery of Social Media and Bias!
Product Description for Recognizing and Limiting Bias Notes
Presented here is a powerPoint (pptx file) set of notes consisting of 25 slides concerning recognizing and limiting bias. These notes include images and definitions for terms concerning bias found in language, advertising, news media, and science, and is linked to the Nature of Science Guidebook where students can record their findings. There is also a short activity where students examine a pair of words that mean the same thing but have different positive and negative implications included with this notes set!
Within this set of notes I have included an example concerning the advertisement of a "gravity defying ball" that was promoted to "float". Showing students this advertisement and having a sample of this actual product physically available for the class can also allow you to explore many of the facets for how to recognize bias in claims. There is a hyperlink in the "notes" section of the specific slide that allows you to view the original video commercial through YouTube.
This set of notes identifies how bias can be seen in:
1. The choice of words used in descriptions and explanations.
2. Advertisements.
3. News Media Reports.
4. Science Reports.
Within this download you will get a powerpoint (pptx) file containing 25 slides on Recognizing and Limiting Bias.
Product Description for Student Guidebook Notes for the Science Process Skills Unit
This is the student guidebook for Science Process Skills in our gamified classroom. Students use this guidebook for notes as we learn new content throughout the unit. This guidebook is a form of interactive notebook which includes a vocabulary glossary, learning target list for the unit, and more! The game world scenario has students working through the continent of Derenvald and they are greeted by Sir. Isaac Newton.
This guidebook notebook contains information for the following learning targets:
1. I can make observations and develop inferences based on evidence.
2. I can make qualitative and quantitative observations accurately.
3. I can make a model/prediction and then test the model/prediction
4. I can identify bias and opinions in arguments.
5. I can reduce personal bias when sharing information.
6. I can explain when to use bar graphs, line graphs, pie graphs, and scatter plots.
7. I can collect data and construct a scatter plot to determine if there is a relationship or trend between two sets of data.
8. I can explain the measurement of mass.
9. I can explain the measurement of length.
10. I can explain the measurement of volume.
11. I can explain density.
12. I can convert metric units by using the stair-step / ladder method.
13. I can use the metric prefixes kilo-, deka-, hecto-, deci-, centi-, and milli-.
14. I can identify the independent variable, the dependent variable, and control variables in an experiment.
15. I can explain the purpose of an experimental group and a control group.
16. I can use the engineering and design process to identify a problem, plan a solution, build and test a model, and reflect on the results.
This guidebook notebook contains entries for the following essential vocabulary:
1. Observation:
2. Quantitative Observation:
3. Qualitative Observation:
4. Inference:
5. Model:
6. Bias:
7. Bar Graph:
8. Line Graph:
9. Pie Graph:
10. Scatter plot:
11. Length:
12. Mass:
13. Volume:
14. Density:
15. Metric System:
16. Meter Stick:
17. Triple Beam Balance:
18. Graduated Cylinder:
19. Water Displacement:
20. Meniscus:
21. Independent Variable:
22. Dependent Variable:
23. Constant Variable:
24. Control Group:
25. Experimental Group:
26. Experimental Design:
27. Hypothesis:
28. Conclusion:
29. Engineering Design Process:
30. Prototype
Within this download you will get a PDF with the 12 page guidebook.
Product Description for Quest- Dihydrogen Monoxide, A Bias in Argument Activity
Ever want to include an example of a debate where bias drips in many forms with your Nature of Science unit? Do you need an activity where students evaluate the bias in two opposing arguments about a common chemical and are forced to make up their mind on whether or not that dangerous chemical should be banned? I present The Dihydrogen Monoxide Quest where students are challenged with the task of forming an opinion about the hazardous chemical after reading an argument from a doctor and an argument from a psychic. Not only do they seek examples of bias in the dueling opinions which include facts about this chemical, they also discover their own potential bias when they form their own opinion on whether or not the chemical should be banned! It is a perfect introductory or practice activity for bias concepts!
Within this download you will get a suggested lesson plan, the student lab handout, and an answer key.
Product Description for Quest- The Suspicious Cartographer, A Bias in Graphing Activity
Have your students embark on this small quest where they are challenged to identify examples of bias found in graphing! The game story presents them before a suspicious cartographer who is out to convince them that their journey will be hampered because rainfall this year has been dramatically higher than average. He claims to have a solution; a water-proof cloak! Furthermore, to persuade students he displays data in the form of graphs. There's more than meets the eye, however, and these graphs must be studied further before students can make a fair judgment about the cartographer and his cloaks!
This quest offers a look into bias seen in graphing at an introductory level. Students are presented with an example of how graphs can be distorted both intentionally and unintentionally by how the y-axis is created. Students then practice by making two graphs of the same data but they must make that data appear to be similar and drastically different by performing their own distortion on the y-axis. Finally, students return to the game challenge concerning whether or not the rainy season this year has indeed been wetter than average, and whether or not the cartographer's water-proof cloaks are indeed better at keeping people dryer than other cloaks!
Within this download you will get a suggested lesson plan, the student lab handout, and an answer key.
Have your students embark on this modern mystery where they are challenged to identify examples of bias found in social media! This activity, based on true events, begins when several people spot an unknown object in the sky above a tornado ravaged city in Ohio. Cell phone-armed citizens begin taking pictures of the object before sending them to the local weatherman for answers. Ten eyewitnesses debate their inferences regarding the object's identity until the sun sets and they are left with no answers. Students must then use these social media posts, the social media profiles of these eyewitnesses, and the pictures themselves to determine the bias found with each witness. They will also have to limit their own bias in how they interpret the seeming conflicting evidence.
This quest offers a look into bias seen in modern society. They interact with social media everyday and it is often difficult for them to spot bias and in some cases outright lies. This activity helps them identify and limit their own bias as they inspect the claims of others. Students are presented three evidence sets; first the social media message stream on a platform called "MYFace". These posts include the time stamp, the name of the person who posted, and pictures they have posted. These pictures are intentionally low quality to make it difficult to see exactly what was seen by the eyewitnesses. Students will likely fall into the bias of trusting eyewitnesses with important professions or titles, such as "doctor" or "lieutenant".
The second evidence set is of the eyewitnesses' social media profile pages where the eyewitnesses have posted information about themselves. Students must reexamine their inferences as they incorporate this new evidence and realize that social media platforms can be filled with distortions and lies. They encounter claims that were made with little to no evidence, claims made that would financially support the person making the claims, and more. They also discover that many of the eyewitnesses are not even in the same state as the unknown object!
The final evidence set has students look at larger examples of the posted pictures that have more detail along with other evidence that was provided by the eyewitnesses. After reviewing the evidence and identifying the bias found in themselves and in the eyewitnesses, they must make a decision about what they believe the unknown object was and provide their reasoning.
Within this download you will get a suggested lesson plan, the student lab handout, 12 pages containing the social media post stream, 5 pages with social media profile pages for the eyewitnesses, 15 pages containing the evidence supplied by the eyewitnesses, and an answer key.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel Hellmund
All rights reserved by author.
Permission to copy for classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to classroom use only.
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Hellmund Science offers a variety of gamified science labs, notes, projects and games with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Project-Based Learning in mind. Gamification allows for Positive Behavioral Intervention Support as well as differentiation. Using this format, students learn to work together and choose the path of their liking to learn various learning targets. Your students will play to learn!
Bias Bundle- PowerPoint Notes, Interactive Notebook/Guidebook, and 3 Activities!
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Description
Need a solid resource for teaching bias to your students? Presented in this bundle is the perfect way for students to identify potential bias in various situations. Not only will they learn how to identify bias in its many forms, they will learn how to limit their bias as they work through these investigations. This bundle includes the Bias PowerPoint notes. The companion notebook, or guidebook, for the entire Science Process Skills unit is also included for free! It also contains two full gamified quests concerning bias in arguments, and bias seen in graphing. Finally it contains a modern mystery activity where students must identify bias in social media postings concerning a UFO in the skies above a tornado-damaged city. Each bias activity will engage your learners and promote discussion and debate, arming them with the valuable skill of bias detection and bias questioning.
Essential Vocabulary in this Bundle:
1. Bias
Learning Targets Covered in this Bundle:
1. I can identify bias and opinions in arguments.
2. I can reduce personal bias when sharing information.
Included in this Bundle:
Recognizing and Limiting Bias PowerPoint Notes
Student Guidebook Notes for the Science Process Skills Unit
Quest- Dihydrogen Monoxide, A Bias in Argument Activity
Quest- The Suspicious Cartographer, A Bias in Graphing Activity
What is in the Sky? A Nature of Science Modern Mystery of Social Media and Bias!
Product Description for Recognizing and Limiting Bias Notes
Presented here is a powerPoint (pptx file) set of notes consisting of 25 slides concerning recognizing and limiting bias. These notes include images and definitions for terms concerning bias found in language, advertising, news media, and science, and is linked to the Nature of Science Guidebook where students can record their findings. There is also a short activity where students examine a pair of words that mean the same thing but have different positive and negative implications included with this notes set!
Within this set of notes I have included an example concerning the advertisement of a "gravity defying ball" that was promoted to "float". Showing students this advertisement and having a sample of this actual product physically available for the class can also allow you to explore many of the facets for how to recognize bias in claims. There is a hyperlink in the "notes" section of the specific slide that allows you to view the original video commercial through YouTube.
This set of notes identifies how bias can be seen in:
1. The choice of words used in descriptions and explanations.
2. Advertisements.
3. News Media Reports.
4. Science Reports.
Within this download you will get a powerpoint (pptx) file containing 25 slides on Recognizing and Limiting Bias.
Product Description for Student Guidebook Notes for the Science Process Skills Unit
This is the student guidebook for Science Process Skills in our gamified classroom. Students use this guidebook for notes as we learn new content throughout the unit. This guidebook is a form of interactive notebook which includes a vocabulary glossary, learning target list for the unit, and more! The game world scenario has students working through the continent of Derenvald and they are greeted by Sir. Isaac Newton.
This guidebook notebook contains information for the following learning targets:
1. I can make observations and develop inferences based on evidence.
2. I can make qualitative and quantitative observations accurately.
3. I can make a model/prediction and then test the model/prediction
4. I can identify bias and opinions in arguments.
5. I can reduce personal bias when sharing information.
6. I can explain when to use bar graphs, line graphs, pie graphs, and scatter plots.
7. I can collect data and construct a scatter plot to determine if there is a relationship or trend between two sets of data.
8. I can explain the measurement of mass.
9. I can explain the measurement of length.
10. I can explain the measurement of volume.
11. I can explain density.
12. I can convert metric units by using the stair-step / ladder method.
13. I can use the metric prefixes kilo-, deka-, hecto-, deci-, centi-, and milli-.
14. I can identify the independent variable, the dependent variable, and control variables in an experiment.
15. I can explain the purpose of an experimental group and a control group.
16. I can use the engineering and design process to identify a problem, plan a solution, build and test a model, and reflect on the results.
This guidebook notebook contains entries for the following essential vocabulary:
1. Observation:
2. Quantitative Observation:
3. Qualitative Observation:
4. Inference:
5. Model:
6. Bias:
7. Bar Graph:
8. Line Graph:
9. Pie Graph:
10. Scatter plot:
11. Length:
12. Mass:
13. Volume:
14. Density:
15. Metric System:
16. Meter Stick:
17. Triple Beam Balance:
18. Graduated Cylinder:
19. Water Displacement:
20. Meniscus:
21. Independent Variable:
22. Dependent Variable:
23. Constant Variable:
24. Control Group:
25. Experimental Group:
26. Experimental Design:
27. Hypothesis:
28. Conclusion:
29. Engineering Design Process:
30. Prototype
Within this download you will get a PDF with the 12 page guidebook.
Product Description for Quest- Dihydrogen Monoxide, A Bias in Argument Activity
Ever want to include an example of a debate where bias drips in many forms with your Nature of Science unit? Do you need an activity where students evaluate the bias in two opposing arguments about a common chemical and are forced to make up their mind on whether or not that dangerous chemical should be banned? I present The Dihydrogen Monoxide Quest where students are challenged with the task of forming an opinion about the hazardous chemical after reading an argument from a doctor and an argument from a psychic. Not only do they seek examples of bias in the dueling opinions which include facts about this chemical, they also discover their own potential bias when they form their own opinion on whether or not the chemical should be banned! It is a perfect introductory or practice activity for bias concepts!
Within this download you will get a suggested lesson plan, the student lab handout, and an answer key.
Product Description for Quest- The Suspicious Cartographer, A Bias in Graphing Activity
Have your students embark on this small quest where they are challenged to identify examples of bias found in graphing! The game story presents them before a suspicious cartographer who is out to convince them that their journey will be hampered because rainfall this year has been dramatically higher than average. He claims to have a solution; a water-proof cloak! Furthermore, to persuade students he displays data in the form of graphs. There's more than meets the eye, however, and these graphs must be studied further before students can make a fair judgment about the cartographer and his cloaks!
This quest offers a look into bias seen in graphing at an introductory level. Students are presented with an example of how graphs can be distorted both intentionally and unintentionally by how the y-axis is created. Students then practice by making two graphs of the same data but they must make that data appear to be similar and drastically different by performing their own distortion on the y-axis. Finally, students return to the game challenge concerning whether or not the rainy season this year has indeed been wetter than average, and whether or not the cartographer's water-proof cloaks are indeed better at keeping people dryer than other cloaks!
Within this download you will get a suggested lesson plan, the student lab handout, and an answer key.
Have your students embark on this modern mystery where they are challenged to identify examples of bias found in social media! This activity, based on true events, begins when several people spot an unknown object in the sky above a tornado ravaged city in Ohio. Cell phone-armed citizens begin taking pictures of the object before sending them to the local weatherman for answers. Ten eyewitnesses debate their inferences regarding the object's identity until the sun sets and they are left with no answers. Students must then use these social media posts, the social media profiles of these eyewitnesses, and the pictures themselves to determine the bias found with each witness. They will also have to limit their own bias in how they interpret the seeming conflicting evidence.
This quest offers a look into bias seen in modern society. They interact with social media everyday and it is often difficult for them to spot bias and in some cases outright lies. This activity helps them identify and limit their own bias as they inspect the claims of others. Students are presented three evidence sets; first the social media message stream on a platform called "MYFace". These posts include the time stamp, the name of the person who posted, and pictures they have posted. These pictures are intentionally low quality to make it difficult to see exactly what was seen by the eyewitnesses. Students will likely fall into the bias of trusting eyewitnesses with important professions or titles, such as "doctor" or "lieutenant".
The second evidence set is of the eyewitnesses' social media profile pages where the eyewitnesses have posted information about themselves. Students must reexamine their inferences as they incorporate this new evidence and realize that social media platforms can be filled with distortions and lies. They encounter claims that were made with little to no evidence, claims made that would financially support the person making the claims, and more. They also discover that many of the eyewitnesses are not even in the same state as the unknown object!
The final evidence set has students look at larger examples of the posted pictures that have more detail along with other evidence that was provided by the eyewitnesses. After reviewing the evidence and identifying the bias found in themselves and in the eyewitnesses, they must make a decision about what they believe the unknown object was and provide their reasoning.
Within this download you will get a suggested lesson plan, the student lab handout, 12 pages containing the social media post stream, 5 pages with social media profile pages for the eyewitnesses, 15 pages containing the evidence supplied by the eyewitnesses, and an answer key.
Copyright © 2019 Daniel Hellmund
All rights reserved by author.
Permission to copy for classroom use only.
Electronic distribution limited to classroom use only.
Don't forget to follow us by clicking the little green star under our store name!
Leaving feedback grants you TPT credits for future purchases!
Hellmund Science offers a variety of gamified science labs, notes, projects and games with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Project-Based Learning in mind. Gamification allows for Positive Behavioral Intervention Support as well as differentiation. Using this format, students learn to work together and choose the path of their liking to learn various learning targets. Your students will play to learn!
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