Thinking like a scientist with Jon (S2E12)

Mandyland

I reconnected with one of my favorite students from Ryerson. He was that super engaged student who asked good critical-thinking questions and really took things to another level. So when he contacted me to say he developed a game on scientific thinking, I was super excited to meet up and learn more about his game. And what he showed met my expectations. Jon is reflective, intelligent, a deep critical thinker, and a social justice advocate. All of these elements came out clearly in our conversation about his game “Think Like A Scientist!”. In an age where information is both a commodity and exploited, learning how to think like a scientist is even that much more important! It was a fun conversation where I decided to mostly keep my scientist hat on. I did challenge him a little bit on his bias against natural and the conflict of interest in science. We broached the topic but didn’t go to deep, because it was simply beyond the scope of this audio. ;)

Resources:

ASAPScience: http://www.asapscience.com/

Politifact: https://www.politifact.com/

Cash Flow: Game about investing: http://www.richdad.com/promotions/Cashflow-Classic-Evergreen

Get a pack of cards yourself: "Think Like A Scientist Set" is the first one listed, and comes in a pack of 2: https://www.printerstudio.ca/sell/designs/54-cards-total-two-sets-of-27-science-education-card-game-university-high-school-come-shrink-wrapped.html. The expansion pack is, as the name suggests, a longer version with more critical thinking cards and more situations. It's the most updated version, comes with instructions, and in the box.

There were a lot references for this conversation… if you want any, let us know. Jon has them!