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i did this activity with a year 7 group, extremely engaging pupils made models of the face, very interactive. many thanks
Ruta

Reviewer: Ruta Patki

found it very useful with lower ability year 9 group as a summary popint for their BTEC

Reviewer: colin white

The idea was nearly perfect and allowed students to discuss scientific ideas without realizing that they were in fact doing it.
The task allowed a number of concepts to be neatly tied together. Well worth using.
I used this task with a lower level group of students and found it worked really well.

Reviewer: mike mcnicholas

The class found the lesson endlessly fascinating, realising that in fact it is better to group the famous people in to two groups only, as most have not shown a lack of science knowledge- thought it better not to open the new age can of worms relating to the heir to the throne. i also had the issue with michael moore but circumvented it by using him in the starter - impling that the fact he looks behind the assumptions of society and looks for facts in the way a scientist looks for data. also this worked very well after a lesson on cold fusionthe students enjoyed to compare the responsibilities of each group.

Reviewer: mick turner

I used this activity with my bottom set Yr10 whilst on PGCE placement at an all boys school. It went down very well. The boys were engaged and participated throughout the lesson. They loved the fact that knew the all the people used in the illustrations and that they could make their own choices and then debate them with the rest of the group. Overall an excellent activity and one that i would use again.

Reviewer: naomi weysom

I thought this was an excellent activity and it went very well in my lesson. however, i have done some research about the group that authored the original leaflet and they are interesting to say the least. check this article for more information
http://www.theecologist.org/archive_detail.asp?content_id=713

Reviewer: Tom Inger

This activity was a good resource to make students aware of the dicotomy of global warming and ice eage effects. Through this activity they recognise that the gulf stream could get affected by the the melting of the ice caps. Running this activity with a clip of the block buster The day after tomoorow makes the concpets accessible to all types of learner.

Reviewer: Leonora Vincent

I used this for a job interview lesson where the topic was 'how scientific ideas change through time' to a higher ability Year 7 class. We talked about what scientific ideas are, and I asked the pupils to come up with some examples. I then introduced the idea of fact and opinion, and used the card sort part of the activity to help pupils decide whose opinion is best to trust on scientific ideas. It went down fantastically, with all the pupils engaged and discussing in groups where to categorise each card. Oh, and I got the job!

Reviewer: Hannah Hoon

I have just read up about the celeb science. I am currently putting together a programme to look at critical thinking for science with our Yr 9 students. This topic is going to be well suited for this joined with other items in which students can decipher what is fact and opinion, leading on to uncertainties. Hopefully this will get them to think more and understand better how science works. Looking forward to using it and will feedback in due course.

Reviewer: Maria Girardi

I used an article on misconceptions in nuclear chemistry (Nakiboğlu and Tekinas, Journal Chemical Education, Vol 83, No. 11, p1712, 2006) the basis of a short unit earlier this year. We also looked at th media (primarily internet) as a source of misconceptions. This activity will be a welcome addition to the revamped unit next year.

Reviewer: Jan Gentner

Jim Garrett, have you come across www.badscience.net It also tries to debunk misconceptions and pseudoscience and may also help with How Science Works topics.

Reviewer: John Pindar

Looks good and gives students a better idea about the nature of expertise. I have one quibble - the linking together of David Attenborough and Michael Moore. These are two very different creatures with very different methods and aims. Personally I would be more inclined to believe Attenborough than Moore.

Reviewer: Andrew Crysell

Haven't yet tried the activity but I am very pleased to have found out about the 'sense from science' website & information. Topical & relevant, I'm surprised I hadn't come across this before. It is to be recommended to all science teachers struggling with the new GCSE!

Reviewer: jim garrett