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Spotting Mis/Disinformation Instructor Support Materials
Akin to scientists efforts to make sense of data, students often struggle to accurately comprehend what they experience. While information boxes and questions have been strategically placed in each project story to draw readers’ attention to key ideas, the materials below provide further assistance to instructors and students. Click on the links below for additional support materials that will further promote desired learning outcomes.
Misinformation-Disinformation Primer (for instructor-led classroom discussions)
Creationism
Mis/Disinformation and the Danger of Severing Reason and Faith
4 support files
DDT
The Rise and Fall of a "Miracle" Chemical
4 support files
Genetically Modified Organisms
From crop fields to science laboratories: The pseudoscience of GMOs
2 support file
Global Warming Denialism
Manufacturing a Climate of Uncertainty
6 support file
Hydraulic Fracturing
Accurately Representing Science-in-the-Making
6 support file
Leaded Gasoline
Poison Everywhere
4 support file
Lysenkoism
Permitting Ideology to Eclipse Reason
6 support file
Ozone Depletion
Fabricating a Hole in the Scientific Evidence
6 support file
Scientific Racism
The Disturbing Resilience of a Soundly Rejected Idea
6 support file
Smoking
The Sordid History of Manipulating Public Perceptions of Science
6 support file
Vaccine Hesitancy
Placing Everyone at Risk
6 support file
Water Fluoridation
Misuse of Valid Science to Create Doubt
6 support file
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