In your final project, you are going to explore some common misconceptions many people have about biology in relation to humans. Some of these misconceptions you may have held yourself or it may be a topic that you aren’t quite sure about but think you should know. For example, you may want to find out more about how vaccines work. You will be interviewing people in order to see what people commonly think about a topic. Then you will be researching this topic to find out what the science is behind the topic. You will then write about why you think this topic is important and how these misconceptions affect people. Finally, you will propose a method to communicate the science to people that you feel is likely to be effective in changing minds and informing people about this topic. An explanation of the misconception as you understand it A survey to assess how common misconceptions is The results of a survey to see how prevalent this misconception is among the people around you.
