Pseudoscience Task
Walt: Find and link information across a range of texts
Task
Work on this Doc together with a partner.
What was the author’s main message in pseudoscience
| pseudoscience-is-not-real-science.-It’s-science-but-not-backed-up-u-with-evidence-that-it’s-actually-true |
What are some of the differences between scientists and advertisers?
| Scientists | Advertisers |
| Real-evidence | No-evidence |
| tells-you-the-truth-with-proof | tells-you-stuff-with-no-backup-proof |
Write 3 sentences explaining something new you’ve learned from this reading.
| Pseudo-science-cannot-be-stated-as-true-unless-proven-by-actual-science.
Ribena-faked-their-vitamin-c-levels-and-were-fined-for-fraud. Chocolate-was-used-to-advertise-better-memory-to-get-more-sales |
True or False
| Statement | True/False | Slide/Page Number | Evidence |
| A pseudonym is a false name | True | It-says-in-the-text-pseudonym-is-a-fake-word-people-use. | |
| Blackcurrants have vitamin D | False | In-the-text-it-said-that-scientist-backed-it-up-with-real-science | |
| Flavanols help people remember things | True | It-said-in-the-text-that-the-thing-in-cocoa-beans-flavanols-give-better-memory,but-in-the-chocolate-process-it-burns-off. | |
| Scientists critique each other | True | They-do-it-true.-Its-to-make-things-better. | |
| Carrots have vitamin A | True | Yes-they-are-especially-rich-in-vitamin-a. | |
| Carrots help us see in the dark | False | Bruh-it-doesn’t-thats-a-childrens-story |
This-is-my-task-about-pseudo-science-its-ab0out-how-its-fake-and-to-not-trust-it.
Hope-you-enjoyed-and-please-leave-a-positive-comment-on-my-blog