High School Activities to Celebrate

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 In this activity from Skeptoid Media, students will have the opportunity to watch the movie,  Science Friction, a documentary that examines how scientists and science communicators are edited, taken out of context, and misrepresented in the media.  The movie is free to download for educators and comes with free lesson plans.  This activity is designed for high school and college-age students.  

 This activity from Generation Skeptics looks at the story of the Cottingley Fairies, the photographs of alleged fairies captured in 1920.  This lesson explores some of the first manipulated photos in history. 

 This is a  10-15 minute activity from Generation Skeptics that promotes the concept of questioning our own  ideas and introduces students to optical illusions.  A free Powerpoint  is included along with a lesson plan! 

 This activity from Generation Skeptics introduces students to the idea of double-blind studies and the scientific method using a well-known internet experiment to see if how we speak to rice can affect how moldy rice gets.  The activity comes with a free Powerpoint and lesson plans! 

In this activity from Generation Skeptics, students will learn how to look for evidence and learn how an eBird reviewer relies on questioning when deciding if a public post is accurate.  This activity comes with a classroom presentation guide, lesson plans, and more. 

I Here are 56 Bellringer activities from Thinking is Power and  Generation Skeptics that promote critical thinking!  Included are videos  from Melanie Trecek-King from Thinking is Power!