Checks Lab

Each team has an envelope containing a series of bank checks. A few are removed at a time, and the team attempts to construct a plausible scenario which involves those checks. With each subsequent removal of checks, appropriate revision of the scenario is done. Final scenarios are compared by the class. Class discussion is designed to show how human values and biases influence observation and interpretation, even in science. This is one of the few nature-of-science lessons which have a biological connection.

Resource ID#: 786 Type: Lesson Plan

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Direct Link: https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/teach/ensi/ensi_checks_lab.html

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Subject(s): Science

Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12

Intended Audience: Educators

Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s) 40 Minute(s)

Keywords: Nature of Science

Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan, Problem-Solving Task

Instructional Design Framework(s): Structured Inquiry (Level 2)

Resource Collection: General Collection

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