Pseudoscience

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.

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