Lesson 3 of 5 · Human Impacts on Earth

Experiment⭐ 30 XP🌿 Wild Jungle

Reading the Small Print on a Claim

🧪Lab Brief #3

Human Impacts on Earth.

🎯 Your mission

Set it up. Test it. Be amazed.

⚡ The twist

Every species solves the same problem differently.

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Mind = Blown

🐙 An octopus has 9 brains and 3 hearts.

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Make a hypothesis first

Before you watch: what do you think it'll do?

What You'll Learn

"Nine out of ten owners said their cats preferred it" hides the questions that matter: how many owners, chosen how, and preferred it to what? A claim without those details cannot be checked.

Key Words

Tap a word to see its definition.

Materials Needed

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Safety First

Have an adult check your set-up before you start, and tidy everything away afterwards.

Steps

Step 1 — Read

Read the explanation above and note the two key terms before you start.

Step 2 — Do

Collect four advertising claims and, for each, write the three questions you would need answered before believing it. Rank the four from most to least checkable.

Step 3 — Observe

Record what actually happened, including anything that did not match what you expected.

Step 4 — Record

Write a conclusion that answers the question this lesson opened with, and state your uncertainty.

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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The most important missing detail in most advertising claims is:

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Where you see this in real life

Your own body is doing this thousands of times every second.

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Find one thing about your body that's different from a friend's. Wonder why.

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For the dinner table

“Tell me something you noticed about your own body today.”

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