Inventory and supplies: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:43, 28 October 2022

Estimates are for an n-student section.

Lesson	Materials	Comments
1.1 Introduction and When Is Science Relevant	n/5 sheets of poster paper, n/5 sets of coloured markers
1.2 Shared Reality and Modeling
1.3 Plenary
2.1 Senses and Instrumentation	n+2 pairs of diffraction grating glasses, gas lamps, n/5 slinkies	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
2.3 Plenary	CO₂ meter
3.1 Probabilistic Reasoning	n handouts
3.2 Calibration of Credence Levels	n handouts
3.3 Plenary
4.1 Signal and Noise	n handouts
4.2 Finding Patterns in Random Noise	n handouts
4.3 Plenary
5.1 False Positives and Negatives	n post-it notes
5.2 Scientific Optimism	n sets of Tangram puzzles, n/4 copies of optimistic puzzles, n/4 copies of pessimistic puzzles, n/2 sticky notes	Sticky notes are labelled integers 1 through n/2
5.3 Plenary
6.1 Correlation and Causation
6.2 Hill's Criteria
6.3 Plenary
7.1 Causation, Blame, and Policy
7.2 Emergent Phenomena
7.3 Plenary
8.1 Orders of Understanding	n handouts
8.2 Fermi Problems	n handouts
8.3 Plenary
9.1 Heuristics
9.2 Biases
9.3 Plenary
10.1 Confirmation Bias
10.2 Blinding
10.3 Plenary
11.1 Pathological Science
11.2 When Is Science Suspect
11.3 Plenary
12.1 Wisdom of Crowds and Herd Thinking
12.2 Grill the Guest
12.3 Plenary
13.1 Denver Bullet Study
13.2 Deliberative Polling
13.3 Plenary
14.1 Wrap Up	Poster paper, coloured markers, tape
14.2 Scenario Planning
14.3 Plenary

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-Estimates are for a 30-student section.
+Estimates are for an ''n''-student section.
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-| [[1.1 Introduction and When Is Science Relevant]] || 6 sheets of poster paper, 6 sets of coloured markers || &nbsp;
+| [[1.1 Introduction and When Is Science Relevant]] || ''n''/5 sheets of poster paper, ''n''/5 sets of coloured markers || &nbsp;
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 | [[1.2 Shared Reality and Modeling]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
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 | [[1.3 Plenary]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
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-| [[2.1 Senses and Instrumentation]] || 32 pairs of diffraction grating glasses, gas lamps, 6 slinkies || 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)
+| [[2.1 Senses and Instrumentation]] || ''n''+2 pairs of diffraction grating glasses, gas lamps, ''n''/5 slinkies || 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)
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 | [[2.2 Systematic and Statistical Uncertainty]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
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-| [[2.3 Plenary]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[2.3 Plenary]] || CO<sub>2</sub> meter || &nbsp;
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-| [[3.1 Probabilistic Reasoning]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[3.1 Probabilistic Reasoning]] || ''n'' handouts || &nbsp;
 |-
-| [[3.2 Calibration of Credence Levels]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[3.2 Calibration of Credence Levels]] || ''n'' handouts || &nbsp;
 |-
 | [[3.3 Plenary]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
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-| [[4.1 Signal and Noise]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[4.1 Signal and Noise]] || ''n'' handouts || &nbsp;
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-| [[4.2 Finding Patterns in Random Noise]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[4.2 Finding Patterns in Random Noise]] || ''n'' handouts || &nbsp;
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 | [[4.3 Plenary]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
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-| [[5.1 False Positives and Negatives]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[5.1 False Positives and Negatives]] || ''n'' post-it notes || &nbsp;
 |-
-| [[5.2 Scientific Optimism]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[5.2 Scientific Optimism]] || ''n'' sets of Tangram puzzles, ''n''/4 copies of optimistic puzzles, ''n''/4 copies of pessimistic puzzles, ''n''/2 sticky notes || Sticky notes are labelled integers 1 through ''n''/2
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 | [[5.3 Plenary]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
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 | [[7.3 Plenary]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
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-| [[8.1 Orders of Understanding]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[8.1 Orders of Understanding]] || ''n'' handouts || &nbsp;
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-| [[8.2 Fermi Problems]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;
+| [[8.2 Fermi Problems]] || ''n'' handouts || &nbsp;
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 | [[8.3 Plenary]] || &nbsp; || &nbsp;