At the beginning of every school year I can bet that you review the scientific method. While there isn’t necessarily a specific set of steps that we follow in all branches of science, we want our students to be able to use inquiry and think through the scientific process. One great way to get our ... Read more
Use critical thinking with this CER bundle to assess student’s understanding of changes in ecosystem food webs due to imbalances caused by invasive species, human activity, increased populations of one species, etc. Students read a short story that ends with a leading question. Using the graphic organizers, they write a claim sentence and then gather three pieces of evidence from the story. They pull it all together with a reasoning paragraph. There are 10 stories in this resource with possible student answers included. Included in this resource: Teacher Notes Student Directions 10 Stories with CER Graphic Organizers. Set #1 and #2 Answer Sheets Check out my many other products on Food Webs, Food Chains, Biodiversity an Human Impact. CER Ecosystem STORIES Food Web Activities NGSS MS-LS2-4 and MS-ESS3-3 Mega Bundle of 6 ECOSYSTEMS ACTIVITIES FOOD WEB, CHAINS BIODIVERSITY FOOD WEB DICE ROLL GAME 6 Ecosystems Events Causing Changes in Populations Check out my blog posts on how I teach Food Webs How to Make Food Webs Interactive and Fun!
At the beginning of every school year I can bet that you review the scientific method. While there isn’t necessarily a specific set of steps that we follow in all branches of science, we want our students to be able to use inquiry and think through the scientific process. One great way to get our ... Read more
What is CER and how will it work in my classroom? Read to learn how to identify claim, evidence, reasoning with your grade 4, 5, 6 science students.
Today's graphic looks at science in general, rather than just chemistry. It's in a similar vein to the Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science posted last...
Download the free Claim Evidence Reasoning poster! The framework divides explanations into three logical, manageable, and teachable components for middle school students: Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning.
CER is an awesome format to teach science students, but CER examples are lacking. CER stands for Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. It is a great format for writing explanations is it serves to tie together findings, data, and scientific principles. I am beginning to use CER with my classes and I love it. Unfortunately, while…Read More →
This graphic is the first in a series I'm hoping to make on chemicals with potentially undeserved reputations. In it, I'll look at the evidence and...
Do your students struggle with the CER model (claim, evidence, and reasoning) in science class? Let me show you how to teach it like a pro!
Seafloor spreading is a geologic process where there is a gradual addition of new oceanic crust in the ocean floor through a volcanic activity while moving the older rocks away from the mid-oceanic ridge.
At the beginning of every school year I can bet that you review the scientific method. While there isn’t necessarily a specific set of steps that we follow in all branches of science, we want our students to be able to use inquiry and think through the scientific process. One great way to get our ... Read more
The use of evidence-based practice (EBP) and national guidelines improves the quality of patient care and closes the gap between research outcomes and practice. Are you familiar with these 6 steps?
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This article tells the story of Chris Ryan, a high school student who investigated the medicinal properties of kawakawa. Chris initially found there was no scientific evidence to support kawakawa as an antibacterial or antiviral agent. He found it odd that science did not back up the Māori practice of using kawakawa in rongoā – their traditional healing system.
This book investigates how problem-based learning can be implemented in language classes and how it can bring about a change in language learners understanding of the foreign language. Based on empirical evidence, it provides readers with the theoretical background of this interdisciplinary approach in education, discusses the challenges that language…
CER is an awesome format to teach science students, but CER examples are lacking. CER stands for Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning. It is a great format for writing explanations is it serves to tie together findings, data, and scientific principles. I am beginning to use CER with my classes and I love it. Unfortunately, while…Read More →
As teachers, we are always on a budget. Decorating classrooms can get pricey. When I first started teaching I was spending a fortune online and at teaching supply stores to buy science posters so my walls weren’t so drab. Since then, I’ve been creating my own science posters that the library will print for me ... Read more
Vitamins are an important part of our diet, but you probably haven't given a great deal of thought to their chemical structures. This graphic shows...
If the titles of my blog posts are any indication of how well I can focus on one specific task- that doesn't look very good. I never can focus on one thing in these blog posts- hence the extremely long and random combinations in my titles :) My kiddos were WIRED this week! They definitely have spring fever. My. goodness. It probably didn't help that it was Dr. Seuss day on Monday and we had a spirit week the rest of the days. Something about Wacky Wednesday doesn't exactly scream "concentration." :) Don't get me wrong- I love spirit week because I can wear jeans or comfy clothes. Plus the kiddos deserved some fun distractions. BUT. It was a complete battle between spirit/fun and testing/instruction all week. I finally had a "come to jesus" talk with the class on Friday. I actually think it helped. Last year, if I had a talk like that with my firsties, I wasn't always sure it got through, but with third graders this year, it was actually a mutual discussion. We'll see, that might just be my Saturday-induced optimism talking.... :) Speaking of spring fever, I just finished my newest "Spring Fling" and "Happy Snails" clipart sets and posted them to my store! I have used a lot of pastel colors in my spring sets, but I made a new color scheme for these sets (and some other spring sets I plan on making) because I needed some extra energizing sets after this week! Check out these little splashes of spring color.... If you want to check out these sets in my store, you can click on the links below. Happy Snails: $2.00 Spring Fling: $4.00 Onto the other part of my random blog title......If there was one word that would be tattooed across my forehead lately, it would be "EVIDENCE." If I had a dollar for every time I said that word ("Where's your evidence?" "Find evidence to support your claim" "Support your answers with evidence" "Find the evidence in the text" "Do you have evidence for that?" ETC), I could retire. Surprisingly, it doesn't bother my kiddos at all and they FEED off of showing evidence. For this reason, the most precious half piece of paper in my classroom is this little beauty: I made up my own version of a "Showing Evidence" reference sheet because I needed it to include a few more evidence stems than the ones I was finding on TpT or pinterest. In our reading lessons, we are focusing on the kiddos using text AND visual cues, so I wanted some stems specific to each. Also, we have discussed how to talk about poetry, so I wanted one in there with "stanza." My students have been using these little reference strips in pretty much every subject! They even started pulling them out in math and changing some of the wording around to work with their conclusions based on graphs, charts and word problems. God bless them and their evidence-eager hearts! One of my kids suggested that I laminate them for each student so they can "take it to fourth grade with them." I told him that I would make a special "Showing Evidence in Fourth Grade" strip....printed in COLOR....and laminated for everyone in the class if they found evidence to answer every reading comp question on the DCAS (state test). I hope I will be needing to buy lots of color ink soon! If you think your kiddos could use these same strips, you can snatch them up below from google docs. I just print them out and cut them down the middle. And, per my student's suggestion, you could laminate them so they last forever and ever :) {Snatch it HERE} Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead before bed tonight. Nothing like LOSING and hour of sleep- but at least it is more EVIDENCE that spring is on it's way......sorry I couldn't resist :)
How can third, fourth, and fifth grade students use a fair test in science? They compare and contrast variables in experiments.
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Justify the claims using evidence and reasoning in the middle and high school classrooms using our Claim Evidence Reasoning Templates. Feel free to download and print for free.
Claim Evidence and Reasoning is a method of formulating a written response that includes: A claim that answers the question. Evidence from students' data. Reasoning involves a rule or scientific principle that describes why the evidence supports the claim. Research from numerous reputable sources suggests that C.E.R can significantly improve students' science literacy and writing across courses. In this resource, students will learn about what C.E.R. is, the difference between Quantitative and Qualitative data, and the purpose of effective communication in science and research. What's included? 4 black and white student notebook pages 4 color copies of teacher answer keys for pages Powerpoint presentation (12 slides) to pair with the notebook pages and activities 4 scaffolded examples of utilizing C.E.R. in the classroom include modeling, color coding, identifying components, utilizing information from articles and graphs, writing C.E.R. responses, and peer reviewing using the C.E.R. rubric. Lesson plan and page guide to walk you through page by page what students should be achieving required/suggested resources, and suggested teaching tips.
This is the most in-depth guide on understanding noetic sciences while showing how it differes from convetional science and religion, and its goals, and major noetic research projects.
Readers of the article will be able to define a claim, identify appropriate student evidences, understand how students justify the evidence that supports the claim within their reasoning, and how to implement the CER strategy into classroom labs.
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