Teaching Skepticism: How to Get Kids to Think Critically Slide 2
Whats this all about, anyway? Teaching as an art & science Pick
your battles Keeping it fun humor helps! Combine wonder &
skepticism Stories are important! Make many resources available
Follow-up with curious students Dont expect educational miracles
Take what you can get Slide 3 Theres a Dragon in My Garage! Slide 4
Physics is Phun: Combine Wonder & Skepticism Slide 5 Pyramids
& Alien Builders Slide 6 The Haunted Physics Lab Slide 7 Randis
Secrets of the Psychics Slide 8 The Physics of Santa Claus In
conclusion -- If Santa ever DID deliver presents on Christmas eve,
hes now dead. Slide 9 Electromagnetism & EMFs Slide 10
Illusions & Pareidolia Slide 11 Large Hadron Collider &
Doomsday? Slide 12 Physical Feats: A Sacrifice for Science! Slide
13 Breaking Boards Slide 14 Walking on Broken Glass Slide 15 The
Bed of Nails Slide 16 When Good Demos Go Bad Slide 17 Critical
Thinking Education Group (CTEG) CTEG seeks to promote lifelong
critical thinking and learning, with an emphasis on teaching
critical thinking in all levels of education
http://www.criticalteaching.org The Skeptical Teacher My personal
musings on science, education & skepticism in an age of woo
http://skepticalteacher.org Shameless Plug
