Science and Society

Session One :Reading and other Class Activities / Assignments

The Demon-Haunted World

Chapters 1 & 2 Scientific Method & Technology

Science and Hope

The Four Disciplines

Class Presentation Subjects  

Sample student PowerPoint presentation (Warning, this is a long download - about four megabytes)

Class Presentation Evaluation form

Video – Best Mind Since Einstein

Quiz

 

Session Two: 

The Demon-Haunted World,

Chapter 3 & 4 Observation and Perception

Science of Physics

Alien Life

Video: Tesla, Master of the Universe 

Quiz

 

Session Three

The Demon-Haunted World,

Chapter 5, 6, 7 UFOs & Alien Abductions

Science of Chemistry

Research Topic Due

Video: The Brain Eaters Video Review

 

Session Four Wednesday  Mid Term Examination

The Demon-Haunted World,

Chapter 10 & 12 Health and Medical Charlatans

Video: Phantom Quest

 

Session Five  Smithsonian Field Trip 10:00AM - 3:00 PM

Cosmic Voyage

 

Session Six

The Demon-Haunted World,

Chapter 14 & 15

Search of Extraterrestrial Intelligence Program (SETI)

Detecting Scientific Fraud

Science & the Media

The Science of Biology

Video: The Web of Life or Life Beyond Earth Part One and Two

Presentations

Quiz

 

Session Seven 

The Demon-Haunted World,

Chapter 16, 17 & 18, 

Skepticism and Wonder

Astrology and Astronomy

Presentations

Video: The World Within

Quiz

 

Session Eight 

The Demon-Haunted World,

Chapter 24, 25 Science & Witchcraft Science Education

Earth Science,

Presentations

Video: Secrets of the Psychics 

Quiz

 

Session Nine   Final Examination

All Previous references

Presentations

 

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