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Science and Skepticism: Misconceptions, Bad Science, Religion & Paranormal Links

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• AFU & Urban Legends Archive
• Alien Autopsy (special effect debunking)
• A-Z Bilbiography of Articles (archive only)

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• Bad Astronomy(Misconceptions & Misuses Revealed, 2002 book by Philip Plait):
• Bad Science
  (Documents examples where the science textbooks are patently wrong)
• Barbara's Tales of Wooden Spoon (urban legends+)

C

• Carl Sagan's Baloney Dection Kit
  • http://www.carlsagan.com/
  • http://skepticreport.com/sr/?p=152
  • http://users.tpg.com.au/users/tps-seti/baloney.html
• Children's Ideas in Science (archive only)
• Children's Misconceptions about Science
• Committee for Scientific Investigations of Claims of the Paranormal (publish Skeptical Inquirer)

D

• Dharma Haven: A Harbor from the Storms of Panic and Confusion
• DiHydrogen MonOxide (DHMO) Hoax
  • http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_ban_dhmo.htm
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydrogen_monoxide
  • http://www.snopes.com/science/dhmo.asp
• Duit, Reinders. Free download March 2009 update ~ 7000 entries related to “misconceptions” Bibliography "STCSE" (Students’ and Teachers’ Conceptions & Science Education)

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E

• Earth Science Misconceptions
• Enemies of Reason: Part 1: Astrology: Richard Dawkins’ debunking investigation videocli
  • http://richarddawkins.net/article,1556,Enemies-of-Reason,Google-Links
• ERIC Digest K-6 Science Misconceptions
• Evolution & the Nature of Science lessons

F

• Flat Earth Society
  • http://theflatearthsociety.org/cms/
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth_Society
  • http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djublonskopf/FlatHome.htm

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H

• Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Education & Outreach: http://cfa-
      FICSS (Factors Influencing College Science Success)
      MOSART: Misconception -Oriented Standards-Based Assessment
• Resources for Teachers
         (free K-12 pre-post assessment instruments & video clips)
• Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions about the Real Nature of the Universe
  (1700 errors supplement book by same name)

I

• Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics (see also book)

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J

• James Randi Educational Foundation (sci.skepticism & critical thinking)
• Junk Science Home Page (pseudoscience in news)

K

• Kind, V. (2004/2nd ed.). Beyond Appearance: Students’ Misconceptions about Basic Chemical Ideas, 84 pages.

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M

• Meaningful Learning Research Group (Dr. Joe Novak: Misconceptions Conference Proceedings, Research articles, Concept Mapping research & software tools, etc.,)
• Meaningful Learning Research Group.  Misconceptions Conference Proceedings
• Museum of Hoaxes
• MOSART: Misconception Oriented Standards-based Assessment Resource
• MythBusters
• Myths in K-6 Textbooks & Pop Culture

N

• National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science at the SUNY-Buffalo
  • Extrasensory Perception: Pseudoscience? A Battle at the Edge of Science
  • The “Mozart Effect”: Psychological Research Methods
• NOVA: Secrets of the Psychics (video debunking of pseudoscience by the Amazing Randi)
  

O

Operation Physics (Children’s Misconceptions about Science)

P

• Penn&Teller Bullshit! (late nite Showtime cable TV series focused on debunking pseudoscience):
• Physical Science (under construction)
• Project ICAN: Nature of Science/Science Inquiry Activities & demos
• Project Look Sharp Media Literacy (See Media Literacy Handouts, Curriculum Kits and Research and Assessment)
  

Q

• QuackWatch (debunking medical fraud)

R

• Robert Park's Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science

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S

• Scientific American Michael Shermer's Essay's
• Science Hobbyist Weird Science
• Science Hobbyist Amateur Science (Science Myths in K-6 Textbooks & Popular Culture)
• Science Humor – It’s Alive (video clip spoofs of pseudoscience)
• Scientific American Frontiers Show 802: Beyond Science? (Nov.1997)
• Sci Tradebooks (K-6 books that address common misconceptions)
• Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
• Snopes.com (Urban Legends References Pages)
• Snopes.Com Rumor has it (Urban Legends)

T

• The Skeptic’s Dictionary (See pseudoscience and other entries)
• The Skeptics Society (A Skeptical Manifesto by Michael Shermer, Archices from the Skeptic Magazine, books & more)
• TruthorFiction.com ("reality check on www stories)
  

U

• Urban Legends References Pages

V

• Views On Science & Education Questionnaire
  
  

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Hotspots on the WWW For Science Educators
Compiled by Dr. Thomas O'Brien ( tobrien@binghamton.edu )

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