Middle School Activities to Celebrate

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 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 activity from Dr. Dad teaches students how to weigh evidence, look at what evidence is, and teaches them how to evaluate it. 

 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. 

 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!.