Inventory and supplies
From Sense & Sensibility & Science
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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 | n/5 sheets of letter-sized paper | |
| 1.3 Plenary | Selected posters from section 1.1 | |
| 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, n coins | |
| 4.3 Plenary | ||
| 5.1 False Positives and Negatives | n sticky 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 | n sticky notes | |
| 9.3 Plenary | ||
| 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 | 4n skewer sticks, n/3 rulers, n/3 copies of the worksheet | |
| 10.3 Plenary | ||
| 11.1 Pathological Science | n handouts | |
| 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 | A jar of M&Ms | |
| 13.1 Denver Bullet Study | n handouts | |
| 13.2 Deliberative Polling | n/10 briefing booklets | |
| 13.3 Plenary | ||
| 14.1 Wrap Up | n/5 sheets of poster paper, n/5 sets of coloured markers, tape, posters from section 1.1 | |
| 14.2 Scenario Planning | n/5 sheets of poster paper, n/5 sets of coloured markers | |
| 14.3 Plenary | Selected posters from section 14.1 and 14.2 |