SCIENCE OR HOAX

In the last few years, people have become increasingly interested in the paranormal. Television capitalizes on our desire to believe in the strange - everything from alien autopsies, to ESP, to psychic predictions. Through the centuries the hoaxer has also been noticed, sometimes even becoming a virtual hero (i.e. the Piltdown forgery in which an ape jaw was fit to a human skull to create a new caveman species). In this issue we'll look at famous hoaxes from the past, and explore how logic and skepticism separate science from fraud in the present.

Teacher's Guide

Paperback  48 pgs.  Full Color
Suggested for ages: 10-15
Product Code: ODY0012