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Scientific Research
High schoolers examine the process of scientific inquiry. They develop twenty questions, categorize the questions, develop a research proposal, analyze data, draw conclusions, and explain how their research connects to the state standards.
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What Kind Of Research Should Our Government Support?
Learners are assigned to research review groups, which have to decide which of the proposals to fund. The teacher then leads a discussion focusing on the ethical issues raised in the reasons given for each group's decisions.
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Honesty In Reporting Research
Students view and discuss a video on dishonesty. Then they have a homework assignment to apply this discussion to household products that have resulted from scientific research which was falsified in order to get the product approved for...
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Global Warming Part 4: The Science Behind the Climate Change Story: Ozone
Middle schoolers consider various scientific research in order to arrive at their own conclusions as to whether global warming is occurring and if it constitutes a problem.