Scientific Claim: Find more about the claim

Do a rough draft of this before coming to lab. We will use it to work with lab. 

Original Publication of Claim: 

Find original publication of claim. If you read about the claim in a website or other news outlet, they will often give the name of the original researcher/author of the study.  You would then search for that author and the claim to see if they published the work in a peer reviewed journal. This might take some sleuthing!   Give the reference to the original publication and assess the reliability of the publication.  Use NoodleTools for formatting.

• Reference
• What type of publication is this?
• What is the quality or reliability of this publication? 
• Graph
• Verbal explanation of graph
• Problems with the graph 

Graphic or Visual

Find a graph that depicts the claim and insert it below. Then explain in your own words what the graph is saying. List any potential problems with the graph. 

Find 3 other articles about the topic

These could be directly pertaining to the claim or on the same topic. These articles should be high quality resources.

• At least one has to be primary literature
• one has to be secondary ( a review article) and
• the third a high quality tertiary source. 

For example, a well respected tertiary source for the hydroxychloroquine article would be the FDA or CDC. 

For each of these  articles, state the reference (use NoodleTools and write 1 paragraph summary . Make sure to include explanation as to whether support claim or refute claim

1. Original claim: Reference and 1 paragraph summary
2. Related article- primary literature : Reference and 1 paragraph summary
3. Related article- secondary literature: Reference and 1 paragraph summary
4. Related article- tertiary source: Reference and 1 paragraph summary