For those who don’t already know Bad Science is a book, a a guardian newspaper column and a website by Ben Goldacre, an award-winning writer and broadcaster who specialises in unpicking dodgy scientific claims made by scaremongering journalists, dodgy government reports, evil pharmaceutical corporations, PR companies and quacks. It promotes a healthy scepticism as a way of detecting powerful and effective uses of science and misuses and abuses.
Ed Walsh, Science Advisor for Cornwall Learning, has taken eight of the case studies from the book and turned them into lessons aimed at GCSE students. The lessons are designed to engage and excite students and encourage them to think for themselves.
The “Bad Science is good for school science” project is a partnership between Bad Science author Ben Goldacre, publishers Harper Collins and Cornwall Learning.
Three lesson plans are available on the website now, with more to follow, along with video resources.
Visit the Bad Science For Schools website now: http://www.collinsnewgcsescience.co.uk/badscience
