Evaluating Scientific Content: Misinformation About Insects in a Popular Children's Movie

Heather Worsham; Lauren Diepenbrok

doi:10.1525/abt.2013.75.5.8

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Heather Worsham,¹ Lauren Diepenbrok²

¹Heather Worsham is a Graduate Student Science Education at the University of Missouri, 133 Forest Hill Ave., Jefferson City, MO 65109; e-mail: . hmw7a5@mail.missouri.edu
²Lauren Diepenbrok is a Ph.D. candidate in Entomology at the University of Missouri, 1–31 Agriculture Bldg., Columbia, MO 65211; e-mail: . lmhd74@mail.missouri.edu

Abstract

An evaluation of the scientific content in a popular children's movie about bees provides an opportunity for discussion about the sources and consequences of scientific misconceptions.

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Heather Worsham and Lauren Diepenbrok "Evaluating Scientific Content: Misinformation About Insects in a Popular Children's Movie," The American Biology Teacher 75(5), 341-343, (1 May 2013). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2013.75.5.8

Published: 1 May 2013