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"Potential" Pseudoscientific Topics:
psychokinesis, ESP, health magnets, lunar effect, magical levitation, healing crystals, astrology, tarot cards, herbal medicines, touch therapy, acupuncture, UFOs, crop formations, ghosts, (lots of advertisement claims), irradiated meat, etc.

The following table provides:
    (1) the title of the teaching strategy/activity (as descriptive as possible in one sentence)
    (2) the subject matter to which the teaching strategy predominantly relates, and
    (3) the estimated grade level of the students targeted

General science or physical science teaching strategies are the ones with the most subjects marked.

The quality of the teaching strategy is the responsibility of the listed author.


Grade Level
Subject
(Predominant)
Teaching Strategy
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X X X X X Egg Toss
(Evaluating claims made in an advertisement for a shoe insole.)
                 
    X     X X X X Is This Claim All Soaked Up?
X X       X X X X The Magic Celt?
    X X   X X     Building Six Pack Abs Without Exercise
      X   X X     Was the Apollo Moon Landing a Hoax?
    X     X X X   Colder Than Ice?
  X X         X   Cinda’s Constructivist Approach to Crazy Cranberry Claims
      X   X X X X Evaluating Unusual Claims
      X   X       Can Pests Hear?
    X X       X   IgorX ­ Is it Safe?
    X X   X X     What Do Energy Drinks Do and Are They Safe?
    X X   X X     Do TPFE Oil Treatment Products Work?
                 
    X X   X       How Cool Is It?
  X X X   X X X   Magnetic Therapy -- Pseudo Science?
      X       X   Astrology-Horoscope:  Believable or Not?
    X     X X X   CREATING A BETTER CAN COOLER
    X X       X   Do antibacterial hand soaps kill bacteria equally?
    X X     X X   Tobacco Products-advertising of and ingredient listing
    X X   X X X   Which Bleach is the Most Effective Germ Killer for the Dollar.
      X       X   Dolly, BST, Bt corn and much more
(Agricultural Sciences)
    X X       X   Do antibacterial hand soaps kill bacteria equally?
      X   X       “Free Electricity” is it legitimate?
                 
      X   X     X Flag Waving?
      X   X   X   Biomagnets and Physics
    X X   X   X   Repelling Mosquitos
    X X   X X X X Colorgenics Profile
    X X   X X X X Product Claim Testing Lab
      X     X     Are you a “Healthy Skeptic?”
      X   X       Deer in the Headlights
      X       X   Does Sugar Sap Your Strength?
    X X       X   Pounds Away
    X X   X X X   Debating A Health Claim
    X X   X     X Correlation between killing frost and full moon?
                 
    X X   X   X X DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE: THE WORST TOXIN EVER!!!
X X       X X X X Is it Magic?
X X       X X X X Are Those Ads True?
    X X       X X “A Nuclear Power Plant in My Backyard?”
    X X     X   X Mid-Evil Magic
      X   X X     Cold Fusion
  X X X   X X X X Pink is Best?
X X         X     Stained Eggs
    X X   X X X X Magic Bottles
  X X X   X X X X Magic Numbers
    X X   X X X X Analyzing Science Related Articles
  X X         X   Evaluating Health Related Claims
    X X   X X X X Testing the Effectiveness of a Magnetic Water Softener
                 
    X     X X X X Factors That Invalidate
      X   X X X   TNJ – True, Not or Just the Best Option
      X   X X X X So Much Hot Air?
    X X X X X X   Let’s Put Some Pressure on This! Nausea reducing wristbands.
    X X   X X X   ESP Or Careful Observation?
  X X X     X X   Your Nose Knows
    X     X X     Magnetic Therapy: Fact or Fiction
      X       X   Antiseptic Testing
                 
X X X X Introduction of Bernouli's Principle
X X X X Using Scientific Method to Study the Mozart Effect (or Singing the Blues?)
X X X X X Graphology: Its use in profiling criminals
X X X Do Germ Killing Products Really Work?
X X X X X X "Are We Alone?"
X X X Trial by Jury…..Does "all natural" mean safe?
X X X The Truth Behind Acne and Acne Treatments
X X The Moon and Lunar Effects
X X X X Hypnosis?
X X X X X X Project to investigate claims made by Pseudo-science, paranormal, and junk science sources in newspapers, periodicals, books, and on the Internet.
X X X Bad Coriolis and the Location of the Equator
X X X Sluggers or druggers?
X X X Vitamin Absorption Rate
X X X X X X Magic: Truth or Fallacy?
X X X X X X The Big $ell
(Tobacco advertising)
X X X X X Using the Scientific Method to look at male versus female reaction times/ "false"advertising
X X X X X X FORE!!! Is There a Difference Between Frisbee Golf Discs?
X X X Forever Young? Anti-Aging Claims.
X X X THE EVOLUTION OF CREATION SCIENCE
X X X X X X Influence of Simply Holding Nutritional Foods on Muscle Strength
X X X Do Movies Have Good Scientific Information?
X X X X Dissolving rate of vitamin/mineral supplements
X X X How effective is your hand cleaner?
X X Effectiveness of Anti-bacterial Gel
X X X X X Super Oxygenated Water: New performance technology or scam?
X X X X Pop, Pop, Popcorn - Testing Advertisers Claims
X X X X X X Are All Breakfast Cereals Healthy?
X X X X X Coke or Pepsi (Or Mug or A&W, etc.), Which is the REAL thing? (For you?)
X X X X X X Testing Psychokinesis – Swinging a Pendulum
X X X Mr. Frye, Are There Really Aliens Visiting Us?

For questions or comments regarding these pages contact Dr. Alan Scott / scotta@uwstout.edu / this page was last updated on August 01, 2002.