KS3 - Bias, Evidence and Peer-Reviewing

This is the last lesson in the Year 8 “Working as a Scientist 2” Topic.
It covers types of evidence, sources of bias in research and evidence, the process of peer-reviewing and what things we should look for when deciding whether evidence (and the conclusions drawn from it) is good.
This lesson is an interactive lesson filled with student activities and participation, including finger voting, class discussions/debates, and mini-whiteboard tasks.
This lesson is designed to be “click and teach” and will require very little planning by the teacher, and with teacher delivery notes and all answers built into the slides it is perfect for non-specialists and those a little uncertain about the lesson content.

Lesson Resources contain:

• Lesson powerpoint including class discussions, finger voting AFL tasks, whiteboard AFL tasks, discussion slides, careers links, plenary task, student summary questions, and full answers throughout

Lesson outcomes:

• Describe how to assess sources of evidence
• Identify possible sources of bias
• Describe what a peer-review is