About this lesson
A closer look
In late 2012, a draft of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment report was leaked online before review was complete. Part of it was quickly misrepresented. This lesson uses the incident to explore how scientists express confidence, why peer review matters, and how taking a sentence out of context can distort what science actually says.
Suggested grade level
Grades 6–8 · Grades 9–12
Suggested teaching range based on the reading, scientific concepts, and classroom activity. Teachers can adapt the lesson for their students.
Source material
This curriculum draws on material from doi.org.
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