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What’s the
conclusion?
A skills development activity for GCSE
OBJECTIVES
● Analyse evidence in order to write
a conclusion and comment on how
confident you are with it.
● Explain how to make your conclusion
more secure.
● Describe the effects of alcohol and
caffeine on brain activity.
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Engage
Buzz is more
than an
alcoholic
drink.
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Engage
It keeps
your mind
and body in
top gear!
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Engage
Drink Buzz.
Keep partying.
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Later:
at the production meeting...
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Engage
Engage
Predict what results
you will get if the
hypothesis is correct
Claim
Drinking Buzz keeps you alert.
Hypothesis
The depressant effect of alcohol
is cancelled out by the stimulant
effect of caffeine.
What tests could
we do?
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Explore
We want viewers to believe our results.
So we’ll get professional
scientists to carry out
the tests.
When the results come back, YOU draw the
conclusions and write a storyboard for the
programme.
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Hand-eye coordination
Reaction times
The test
A computer shows you a picture, and
measures the time until you respond.
The lower the time, the faster are your
reactions.
The Online Reaction Time Test
Instructions.
When the
traffic light
turns green
click on the
big button –
quickly!
The traffic
light to watch
The button
to click
The test
You throw a tennis ball
against a wall using one
hand and catch the ball
using the other hand.
Your score is how many
times you can do this in
30 seconds.
Click
here to
start
Method (same for both tests)
120 people will take the test. They will be split into groups. Each person will be
given a drink that contains:
●A fixed amount of alcohol (same as Buzz)
●A different amount of caffeine (between 0-150mg). They will not be told what
is in their drink.
They
will wait 20 minutes and then do the test again.
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The results are back…
Does the evidence match
your prediction?
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Evaluate
Our results seem to suggest that
you can drink Buzz and drive safely.
Is this the message that we want
to give? What else should we do?
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