Peer Review
"Peer review means friends check your work."
Three other animals (a fox, a bear, a rabbit) reading the paper and nodding.
About this page
Three new faces appear, a fox, a bear, and a rabbit, all reading the squad's paper and nodding. This is the book's gentle introduction to one of science's most important ideas, that before a discovery is trusted, other researchers read it and check it. If you have ever wondered what peer review really means, this page is the whole answer in one picture, friends checking your work. For children, the lesson lands simply, sharing your work with others is not scary, it is how ideas get stronger and how strangers become colleagues.
Talk about it while you color
- Which reader would you want to hear from first, the fox, the bear, or the rabbit, and why?
- How do you think the squad feels watching others read their paper?
- Who would you ask to check your work, and what would you want them to look for?