ep 49 - Disinformation & Science Education

From BU CARES Research Centre, this episode explores disinformation and science education with guests Dr. Ellen Watson and classroom science teacher Amy Lee. You will hear about current research, how teachers are dealing with disinformation in the classroom, and some good resource suggestions for educators to tackle these thorny issues.

The “dinosaur activity” discussed can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20180305223402/http://www.indiana.edu/~ensiweb/natsc.fs.html

The sad little fact can be accessed via youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1eZ3Wyn-ZI