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The Checks Lab

Author/Source: ENSI
Overview:Students construct plausible scenarios using bank checks to learn how human values and biases influence observation and interpretation.
Concepts:This lesson covers the following concepts:
  • Scientists pose, test, and revise multiple hypotheses to explain what they observe.
  • Scientific ideas are developed through reasoning.
  • Science does not prove or conclude; science is always a work in progress.
  • Science is a human endeavor.
Grade Level:9-12
Time:One class period.
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