Class 14, December 8
Readings/Videos for Class 14
- Watch: Why Trust Science? (19 min)
- Read: Trust & Mistrust of Scientific Experts Survey Results (~7 pages) [PDF]
- Read: The Fine Art of Baloney Detection by Carl Sagan (8 pages)
- “Read” (like a research paper): Hornsey & Fielding, 2017 (15 pages) [PDF]
Your poster should be submitted to the STEAM festival website by midnight on Tuesday, December 7.
Reading Response Questions: https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/rice21sf/2021/12/06/class-14-reading-response/
In Class Activities:
Discussion
Class Recording
Assignments for after Class 14
Explore the STEAM Festival Seminar 3 website and leave substantive comments on at least 3 entries from other Seminar 3 classes. Email links to the posters you commented on to Prof. Rice for credit.
Previous Weekly Assignment for AMNH visit: After you visit AMNH, email Prof. Rice with your favorite exhibit/show/display to receive credit. If you can’t go before December 15, explore the exhibits on the AMNH website and email me the one you are most interested in seeing.
Reminder: You should be working on Science in Our City – 15% of course grade
This category has three assignments: two blog posts, and comments on (at least) three other blog posts by your classmates. Each blog post requires attending an event or participating in an activity, and writing up a summary and reflection on your experience posted on the course website. One assignment requires contributing to a community (“citizen”/crowdsourced) science research project, and one assignment will require participating in a free science event of your choice (both can be done online). The third assignment is to leave substantive, thoughtful comments on at least three of your classmates’ blog posts (not just “sounds cool!”, but a specific comment or question). For full credit, blog posts should be guided by a series of questions posted on the course website, include at least one image (with caption and alt text), be tagged with at least five relevant terms, and should be well-written (clear, concise, complete, and correct). Find more information about this assignment here.
