Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This lesson explores science denial, the refusal to accept well-supported scientific conclusions. Students play the game Cranky Uncle to learn the techniques of denial, as summarized by the acronym FLICC: Fake experts, logical fallacies, Impossible expectations, Cherry picking, and Conspiracy theories.

Lesson plan content background:  youtube.com/shorts/VMCAAkul7R4
Lesson plan link: thinkingispower.com/activity-science-denial-channel-your-inner-cranky-uncle or mentalimmunityproject.org/science-denial-lesson-plan

Based on the article "Give Science Denial the FLICC": https://thinkingispower.com/give...

For more visit ThinkingIsPower.com or www.MentalImmunityProject.org.
Cranky Uncle Game: CrankyUncle.com

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