Case 18 of 20 · Evidence & Research

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Investigate: Is Sugar Really That Bad?

🔎Case Brief #18

🏠 You're helping at home and you use applied research skills to solve a problem.

🎯 Your mission

Identify the real cause.

⚡ The twist

Trust the evidence, not the feeling.

What You'll Learn

🧠 Using multiple sources, investigate: How does sugar affect the body? Is it ALL bad? How much is okay? Practice gathering evidence and forming a balanced conclusion. Understanding applied research skills is one of the building blocks of strong thinking. Here's how to do it: 1. Look carefully at the problem. What do you see? 2. Think about what you already know. Does this remind you of something? 3. Try an answer! It's totally okay to be wrong — that's how we learn. 4. Check: did it work? If not, try something else! You're building your thinking muscles. The more you practice, the stronger they get!

Key Concept: Applied research skills

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Think About This

🏠 You're helping at home and you use applied research skills to solve a problem. What happened? How did you figure it out?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about applied research skills. What do you notice?

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🤔 What Do I Know?

What do you already know that could help? Have you seen something like this before?

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💡 What's My Idea?

Think of an answer. Can you think of a second one too?

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⭐ What Did I Learn?

Check your answer. Was it right? What did you figure out? Tell someone!

Key Points

Master applied research skills

Apply evidence & research in real situations

Build habits of evidence & research

Key Vocabulary

Proof

Something that shows an idea is right

Clue

Something that helps solve a mystery

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Why This Matters in Real Life

Grown-ups use evidence research every day in their jobs. The practice you're doing now builds skills that last a lifetime!

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you explain applied research skills to a friend using your own words?
2What was the most interesting thing you learned today?
3Draw a picture of what you learned and show it to someone!

Solve the Case

Case 1

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What is the main idea of applied research skills?

How sure are you going to be?😐 maybe

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Stretch Challenge

Try this in real life this week.

Ask: how does this person know what they're saying?

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For the dinner table

“How do you know when to trust what someone tells you?”

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