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Miller, Jocelyn; Rost, Linda; Bryant, Connor; Embry, Robyn; Iqbal, Shazia; Lannoye-Hall, Claire; Olson, Missie – Science Teacher, 2021
In March of 2020, the world of education was upended. Teachers and students across the globe abruptly left their classrooms. Once taught in abstraction, science concepts became national headlines, no longer relegated to textbooks. Misinformation began spreading faster than any virus, and for many science teachers, addressing scientific untruths…
Descriptors: Media Literacy, COVID-19, Pandemics, Climate
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Reed, William – Science Teacher, 2020
In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical information from multiple authoritative sources, assessing the evidence and usefulness of each source for answering their prioritized questions. This lesson consists of three segments: (1) connecting…
Descriptors: Science Education, Secondary School Science, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Herrick, Imogen R.; Sinatra, Gale M.; Lombardi, Doug – Science Teacher, 2023
There has never been a more pressing need for students to learn how to evaluate scientific information online than during the COVID-19 outbreak. Information, misinformation, and disinformation spread quickly across online news and social media platforms. This misleading or incorrect scientific information about infectious diseases could lead to…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, Information Sources