This activity, from the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, helps students to examine the claims to truthfulness of statements of different kinds. The aim is to become more critical of the use of language and to develop a constructive scepticism when assessing primary and secondary information. Students are given...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, in this activity students look at surveys as an important method of gathering and retrieving information. The activity allows students to evaluate the process of collecting data from short interviews with their peers. It consists of a speed survey game, which is...

These materials, from the Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, help students to consider the appropriate approach when communicating ideas and information to particular audiences. The activities encourage students to: * analyse information and resources for their level of difficulty, the audience, its reliability...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, in this activity students identify potentially misleading statistics and explain some of the issues involved in using data to inform policy making.

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Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity is a game which emphasises the specific nature of scientific vocabulary. The object of the game is to collect three cards with the same word. These must include the correct scientific definition, a correct but non-scientific definition and a...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, in this activity students study a short podcast from the National Geographic. The clip is intended to encourage members of the public to replace standard light bulbs with low-energy light bulbs. It presents science themes in a way that gets a message across. The...

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, helps students to refine their skills in summarising information in a presentation in a way that makes sense to them. In doing so, students are more able to assimilate the key points. The aim is to embed good practice that students can use every time...

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, helps students to develop skills in giving and receiving constructive criticism on their own and their peers' presentations. In doing so, students are encouraged to consider what makes a good presentation, identify the features of a good presenter and...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity helps students to improve their learning from listening. Podcasts, which can be downloaded onto a computer or portable audio player and listened to at any time, are revolutionising the way programmes and information are being disseminated. In this...

This activity, produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, is based on a popular game and helps students to develop skills of listening and communicating. Students have to understand and relay spoken information to their peers without losing its main content and meaning. This simple activity will help...

Produced by Gatsby Science Enhancement Programme, this activity helps students to critically evaluate scientific issues as they are portrayed in the media. Whilst in many cases little scientific evidence is presented in articles or television programmes, it does not necessarily follow that they are unreliable. This...