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Preview of Do Smarties Make You Smarter?

Do Smarties Make You Smarter?

Students learn to identify the important components of a scientific study by reviewing the 4 simple, yet flawed studies presented in this lesson. This lesson can be presented as 6 separate bellringer activities (one study at a time, followed by lesson parts 2 and 3) or as a whole lesson. You can download the slides, student response sheet, lesson plan, and answer key here: Do Smarties Make You Smarter?For additional content on experimental design and the importance of the double-blind protocol,
Preview of Curve Your Thinking

Curve Your Thinking

In this Generations Skeptics bellringer, students cut out and compare a single curve, confidently judging whether it is longer or shorter than others as they move around the room. When they discover all curves are the same length, they confront how context distorts perception. The lesson uses this shared error to spark reflection on flawed thinking, misinformation, and the importance of intellectual humility across disciplines. For all free materials related to this lesson, click here: Curve Yo
Preview of Detective Activity: The 1854 Cholera Outbreak-Find the Source!!!!

Detective Activity: The 1854 Cholera Outbreak-Find the Source!!!!

This comprehensive lesson includes slides to teach the difference between theory, law, fact, and hypothesis. Then, students focus on a key moment inthe development of the Germ Theory by becoming the detectives, creating their own map of 1854 London to determine the source of the cholera epidemic! The lesson includes extension activites (research, skit, comic strip creation). You can find the slides and complete activity packet here: https://sciencesaves.org/2025/09/17/detective-activity-the-1854
Preview of Student Voiced Rubric Graphic Organizer

Student Voiced Rubric Graphic Organizer

Created by
Beth Seilonen
Student Voiced Rubric Throughout my years of teaching, I have discovered that when students develop their own measure of what achieving a standard is going to look like, they have a clearer picture of the expectations and understanding of the importance of the standard. This graphic organizer is to help develop a road map for how to get there through active discussions and as a group, decide upon how to chunk the lesson into achievable mini-goals. At the start of each lesson, the students bring
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