misrepresent or misuse quantum physics, science homework help
Find two articles which somehow misrepresent or misuse quantum physics. For each article, explain in detail
– what are the concepts that the articles are misusing?
– how are they being misinterpreted or misused?
– what is the correct version of the concepts?
The more reputable, and widely-read, the site the articles come from, the better!
As a conclusion, based on the two articles you’re discussing, what general advice would you give to your own students when browsing the internet and discovering articles that make some quantum physics-based claims? What are the red flags you would look for? How would you go about fact-checking the article?
Cite your sources (including discussion posts) fully.
This project should be about 4-5 pages (single spaced, 12pt font), and be succinct but complete. That amounts to 1-1.5 pages per article, and 1-1.5 pages for the summary and conclusions, and 0.5-1 page for the references.
Project Rubric
Criteria | Unacceptable(0) | Poor (1) | Good (2) | Excellent (3) | |
Source of articles | Source completely obscure with no reputation. | Articles from niche, poorly read sources with poor-average reputations | Articles from more niche but still reasonably popular sources that have average-reasonable reputations | Articles from widely read sources that have good reputations | |
Identification of Quantum concepts misused | All misused concepts incorrectly identified | Most misused concepts incorrectly identified | Most misused concepts correctly identified | All misused concepts correctly identified | |
Accuracy of description of quantum concepts | Concept descriptions are entirely wrong | Concepts are inaccurately described with many mistakes | Concepts are reasonably accurately described with few mistakes | Concepts are completely accurately described | |
Conclusion | Poorly argued with no points supported by evidence, an of no use for students wishing to fact-check an article | Poorly argued with few points supported by evidence, with little useful information for students wishing to fact-check an article | Reasonably argued with most points supported by evidence, with some useful information for students wishing to fact-check an article | Well argued with all points supported by evidence, and useful for students wishing to fact-check an article | |
Organization and quality of writing | Unacceptable quality of writing; very many spelling and grammatical errors. Essay is unacceptably organized. | Poor quality of writing; quite a few spelling, grammatical errors. Essay is poorly organized. | Good quality of writing; almost no spelling or grammatical errors. Essay is reasonably organized. | Excellent writing quality; no spelling or grammatical errors. Essay is well organized. | |
Citations | No appropriate citations | A significant number of arguments, quotes and data are notbacked up by appropriate citations. | The large majority of arguments, quotes and data are backed up by appropriate citations. | All arguments, quotes, and data are backed up by appropriate citations. |
