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 |