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The Trojan War Stonehenge Apollo Moon Landing
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The Holy Grai  l
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Faith Healing 
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Benny Hinn Fraud Unmasked |
Noah's Flood 
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Read: Problems with a Global Flood Response to "Problems" Read: Q&A Black Sea Flood |
Big Foot |
Research Site |
Loch Ness Monster  |
History & Background |
Roswell  |
Flying Saucer Myth |
Delphic Oracle |
Roanoke Lost Colony |
The Mayans: Lost? |
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Background & History Prophetic Gases? More Gas Last Word from Scientific American |
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Background DNA Project Can New Dig Solve the Mystery |
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Mystery of the Myans Myan Prophecies Theories |
| Bermuda Triangle | King Arthur | Who Wrote Shakespeare? | |||
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History and Background |
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Fact of Fiction Archeological Evidence Glastonbury |
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The Authorship
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| Jack The Ripper | Brown Mountain Lights | Easter Island | |||
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Summary of the Case |
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The
Legends A Video & Explanation The Lights Some Explanations D. Caton on the Lights Caton in The Observer |
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Faces
of Mystery Review of Theories |
Other issues for Projects:
1. Global Warming
2. Spontaneous Combustion: Background and History; Does it Happen?
3. The Shroud of Turin:
4. Urban Legends
5. Dracula: NPR interview ("The Many Faces of Dracula")
Quantum Touch Dr. Norman Shealy Holos University Saybrook
Troy: Aylward Was there a trojan war: Was there a trojan war legend v. fact
Roanoke: The Lost Colony: Background; DNA Project; Can New Dig Solve the Mystery (National Geographic)
Salem Witch Trials:
Overview (with links); Chronology
of Accusations;
Archives - Transcripts of Interrogations & Other Documents;
Ergot Poisoning
Theory (PBS documentary)
Stonehenge: Background; Basic Questions (Discovery Channel); Astrological Observatory?; Place of Execution?; Vagina Monoliths ?
Crop Circles:
Crop Circle
Connector Page; Crop Circle
Research;
The World's Foremost Crop Circle Site (go to "media frauds and hoaxes");
Theories about the
Creation of Crop Circles;
Crop Circles as Art;
Crop Circle Maker Confesses
New 3-D crop circle found (read here)
Brown Mountain Lights: History and Theories; Experiment on Brown Mountain; Dan Caton on Brown Mountain; More Caton; Brown Mountain Lights Festival
The Princes in the Tower:
The Apollo Moon Landing: Was It Fake?; Moon Hoax Theories are Wrong; Moon Rocks; Hoax Claims v. Science
Loch Ness Monster: History & Background
Big Foot: Research Site
Amityville Horror: Basic Information
Spontaneous Combustion: Background and History; Does it Happen?
The Great Fire of Rome: Why did Nero Torch Rome?
The Shroud of Turin: Information and Research
Who was Jack The Ripper
Lost World of Atlantis: Basic Information/Theories; Viewed from space
Faith Healing: Fraud Unmasked
Area 51 - Roswell NM
Abominable Snowman: Background Information
Who Wrote Shakespeare?
Noah's Flood:
Noah's Flood Noah's Flood:
Noah's Flood
Noah's Flood
King Arthur: Fact or Fiction?
What Happened to the Mayans?
The Delphic Oracle
Easter Island Monuments
Bermuda Triangle\
Quest for the Holy Grail
Looking for facts in all the wrong places
Faith healing entrance at Dollywood
www.trinityfi.org/
Aug 24 Introductions Tabloids & Truthiness
Aug 31 Reality vs. Fiction vs. The “in between”
Sep 7 Evaluating extraordinary claims
Sep 14 Causation vs. Correlation:
Homework Assignment. Also read
the material on Crop Circles.
Which do you
think is the best explanation for the cause of Crop Circles?
Check out this web page:
Crop Circle Research
Also, read these two articles from Tuesday's Charlotte Observer:
1. Humans Get Blame for More Powerful Hurricanes
2. Vote in Iraq Fed Sectarian Violence
How strong are the causal links in each instance?
Sep 21
Service Learning: Seigle Avenue Preschool. Re-visit the adventure
here with slides and
videos..
Sep 28
Arguments, Fallacies, and Pipedreams Read:
"Fallacies in the name of
Science"
also read about the Delphic Oracle (since you are reading "The Apology" in
Core).
Delphic Oracle:
Background &
History
Prophetic Gases?
More Gas
Last Word from Scientific American
Can you find fallacies in the Oracle's predictions? in the explanations of
the Oracle's "power"?
Daniel Caton on Astrology
Observer:
Letters to the Editor
Oct 5 Mid Term Examination.
Get the Study Guide here.
Oct 12 Fall Break
Oct 19 Explanations: The how, what, and why.
Read this for class: "Testing Explanations"
Read about the Brown Mountain Lights (and the various explanations)
here. Apply the reading on "Testing
Explanations" to the case
of the Brown Mountain Lights -- evaluate the explanations of the Lights.
Read this article from the Charlotte
Observer about the correlation between human personality and finger length.
How is a causal
link explained (i.e., what is the "causal mechanism")?
Find
your horoscope for yesterday (Wednesday, Oct 18). Read another
Astrological Forecast here.
How astrology works:
www.astrologycom.com/
http://www.astrologycom.com/zodiac.html - the zodiac
Astrological Charts and the Four Humors
Oct 26 Case Studies The Brown Mountain Lights
Nov 2 Case Studies Read about Stonehenge Read this about vampires
Nov 9 Case Studies
Read this about Brown Mtn Lights from
this Saturday's Charlotte Observer
The Elections:
Read: Push Polling
Read: Dowd on 2006 election
Nov 16 Student Presentations
Nov 23 Thanksgiving
Nov 30 Student Presentations:
Read about:
Atlantis, Bermuda Triangle, Holy Grail, Area
51, and Easter Island
Dec 7
Student Presentations
Read about:
Noah’s Flood, Jack The Ripper, Faith Healing, and Who Wrote Shakespeare
