Citing: when and why?

 

Citing: basic introduction

ACCEPTABLE/UNACCEPTABLE

Poster Projects – Resources

HANDING IN THE ELECTRONIC POSTER – GUIDELINES:

  • Make sure your name is on the powerpoint (bottom right side).
  • Double check that you have the correct dimensions:  WIDTH = 60.96 cm, HEIGHT = 91.44 cm.  Adjust if necessary.  Other dimensions may not print.
  • Save the powerpoint slide as a PDF.
  • Bring your electronic poster to class on your flash drive by TBA.  DO NOT EMAIL.  Email does not always work and it will overwhelm and fill up my account.  Then NO ONE  will be able to hand in.  We have a firm deadline and need to work together to get the posters completed on time.
  • Hand in your sheet that includes the rubric for marking.

Primary vs. Secondary Sources – When researching, you should always try to get to the source of the information or as close as possible to it through reputable secondary sources.  Use the CRAAP test.

EASY BIB EXAMPLE of Works Cited – Instructions on how to do your “bibliography” using the MLA format.

POSTER PROJECT RESOURCES

LOOKING FOR PEER REVIEWED (PRIMARY) SOURCES?

TRY THESE:

Learning Cycle

 

Here are a few of my favorite sources of science news:

BBC Earth

Scientific American

NYTimes Science

STAT

Science Magazine’s ScienceShots

Choosing Good Research Sources

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What happens when false scientific data is published in a top medical Journal

Learn more about the MMR Vaccination scare:

Why did it take so long for the top medical journal is the UK, the Lancet, to withdraw an article by Dr. Wakefield?  Dr Wakefield, a bowel specialist,  suggested a link between MMR Vaccination and autism.  The original study was published in the Lancet in 1998.

Top five facts about the Lancet article and the Wakefield Study:

  1. the Wakefield investigation could not be repeated.  A valid science study must be able to be repeated.
  2. the study involved only 12 subjects.  While this might be fine if it was an early stage investigation, twelve is too small a sample to conclude that the MMR vaccination causes autism.  Twelve as a sample size is too small to be statistically valid.
  3. Eight (8) of the 12 mothers in the study suggested that Autism developed 2 weeks after their child was vaccination.  In fact the test subjects were exhibiting autism traits 24 months before the MMR vaccination was given.
  4. Dr. Wakefield contacted the 12 subjects two years before he did his investigation and recruited these families to participate in his “research”.
  5. Dr. Wakefield was paid by lawyers to promote the MMR Vaccination scare.

Are you smarter than a Grade 8?

Eighty percent of students are not able to spot the difference between a fake news story versus credible sources.  What are the best strategies to check whether or not web content is false?  

How can you become a fact checker?

FactCheck.org

Remember to ask the following 5 questions before you assume a fact is true:

  1. Who created this message and why are they sending it?
  2. What techniques are being used to attract my attention?
  3. What lifestyles, values and points of view are represented in the message?
  4. How might different people understand this message differently from me?
  5. What is omitted from this message?

 

Play the Fake News Game, Learn More…

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How does a scientific study differ from a research article?

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