1. Examining the Evidence

2. P. T. Barnum and the Feejee Mermaid

3. The Balloon Boy

4. New Orleans Crocodile

5. BBC Spaghetti Tree broadcast

6. Loch Ness Monster

7. Bigfoot

8. Cottingley Fairies

9. Can you use a piece of evidence to try and fool the class? You will make a short (2-3 slide) presentation to show the class on Monday. Slide #1: The title of your article and your name. Slide #2: A summary of your story along with one photograph as evidence to support your story. Slide #3: (optional) Other pictures or information to support your story. But…are you really trying to fool them? Each of you will come up to the front of the room and draw a paper from the beaker. If it has an “R” you will be doing a real story that students might think is fake. If it has an “F” you will do a fake story to try and convince the class it is real. Email your presentations to kishjj@milwaukee.k12.wi.us BEFORE Monday!

10. In your notes, after the Cottingley Fairies questions… Reflect on the role of evidence in the process of science

11. Real science vs. pseudoscience Bad dataGood data The weather was worse in March than it is now. 1.Measurable data 2.Low scientific error 3.Scientific explanation 4.Low bias