Inventory and supplies

A master list of the classroom materials needed for each discussion section.

Estimates are for an [math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math]-student section. The sections are generally designed for [math]\displaystyle{ n=30 }[/math] students, but should generalize for any value of [math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] with little difficulty.

Lesson	Materials	Comments
1.1 Introduction and When Is Science Relevant	[math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] sheets of poster paper, [math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] sets of coloured markers
1.2 Shared Reality and Modeling	[math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] sheets of letter-sized paper
2.1 Senses and Instrumentation	[math]\displaystyle{ n+2 }[/math] pairs of diffraction grating glasses, gas lamps, [math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] slinkies, [math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] handouts	Gas lamps are borrowed from the physics demo office, arranged far ahead of time. Bring something that makes an interesting sound (e.g. musical instrument)
2.2 Systematic and Statistical Uncertainty
3.1 Probabilistic Reasoning	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] handouts
3.2 Calibration of Credence Levels	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] handouts
4.1 Signal and Noise	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] handouts
4.2 Finding Patterns in Random Noise	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] handouts, [math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] coins
5.1 False Positives and Negatives	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] sticky notes
5.2 Scientific Optimism	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] sets of Tangram puzzles, [math]\displaystyle{ n/4 }[/math] copies of optimistic puzzles, [math]\displaystyle{ n/4 }[/math] copies of pessimistic puzzles, [math]\displaystyle{ n/2 }[/math] sticky notes	Sticky notes are labelled integers 1 through [math]\displaystyle{ n/2 }[/math]
6.1 Correlation and Causation
6.2 Hill's Criteria
7.1 Causation, Blame, and Policy
7.2 Emergent Phenomena
8.1 Orders of Understanding	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] handouts
8.2 Fermi Problems	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] handouts
9.1 Heuristics
9.2 Biases	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] sticky notes
10.1 Confirmation Bias	3 copies of the confirmation bias cards PDF (cut), 8 envelopes	Each envelope is labelled with a question and YES/NO
10.2 Blinding	4[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] skewer sticks, [math]\displaystyle{ n/3 }[/math] rulers, [math]\displaystyle{ n/3 }[/math] copies of the worksheet
11.1 Pathological Science	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] handouts
11.2 When Is Science Suspect
12.1 Wisdom of Crowds and Herd Thinking
12.2 Grill the Guest
13.1 Denver Bullet Study	[math]\displaystyle{ n }[/math] handouts
13.2 Deliberative Polling	[math]\displaystyle{ n/10 }[/math] briefing booklets
14.1 Scenario Planning	[math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] sheets of poster paper, [math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] sets of coloured markers
14.2 Wrap Up	[math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] sheets of poster paper, [math]\displaystyle{ n/5 }[/math] sets of coloured markers, tape, posters from lesson 1.1

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