2026 CSUN NGSS Summer Institute
Summer of Debunking
July 6-10
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CSLC Summer 2026 Institute
CSLC Summer 2026 Institute
Important information:
Important information:
Dates: July 6-10 (5 days of workshop: Mon -Fri )
Times and Location: 8:30 am-3:30 pm at CSUN: 1227 Live Oak Hall
Links
Links
Summer NGSS Workshop2026sm.pdfSchedule
Schedule
Pre workshop
Introductions/Ice breaker
Intro to Debunking
Why science matters
What is pseudoscience? Junk science?
Is this water good for you?
Exploring questionable claims
Media literacy
CERs for questionable claims
Evaluating evidence
Whats a vaccine?
Merchants of Doubt
How flat is the earth?
Science Consensus
Testing claims - Sunscreen
Designing your debunk
Assessing learning
Lesson Presentations/microteaching
Potluck Lunch
Final debrief
back to summer
Contact information
Contact information
Matthew d'Alessio Email: matthew.dalessio@csun.edu
Brian Foley Email: brian.foley@csun.edu
Norm Herr Email: norm.herr@csun.edu
Esmeralda Para Email:
Irene Maliwan Email: irene.maliwan@polyhigh.org
Dorothy Nguyen-Graff Email: dorothy.nguyengraff@csun.edu
Gini Vandergon Email:virginia.vandergon@csun.edu
Li Ye Email: li.ye@csun.edu
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