Directions: you will write a CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) paragraph that answers the following question: Which proposal will develop Flowergate in a way that is beneficial to the community and cause the least amount of habitat loss to the ecosystem? You must give a claim statement, two evidence reasoning, and a summary.
Possible Claim Statements: The proposal to (build 200 homes, expand the dairy farm, build a connecting highway, or create a recreational park) would be the most beneficial to the communities of Westgrove and Easthill and create the least negative impact on the environment.
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In an interview with students, MIT’s Kerry Emmanuel said, “At the end of the day, it’s just raw curiosity. I think almost everybody that gets seriously into science is driven by curiosity.” Curiosity—the desire to explain how the world works—drives the questions we ask and the investigations we conduct.
Let’s say we’re planning a unit on matter. By having students observe solids and liquids, we have helped them define matter as something that has mass (or weight—don’t worry about the difference with elementary kids) and takes up space. The next step is to start thinking about air: “I’m curious, is it matter? Or something else?” The students are now driven by a need to explain whether air is or is not matter. The question is clear: Is air matter?
Next, we can ask our students what data they need to answer the question, and how they can collect that data—how they can investigate. Students will need to determine if air has mass and/or takes up space. Perhaps they’ll suggest that they weigh a basketball multiple times as they use a pump to add more air. Once students conduct the investigation and have data, they can create an explanation. But what does a good explanation look like?
According to the Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (CER) model, an explanation consists of:
A claim that answers the question
Evidence from students’ data
Reasoning that involves a rule or scientific principle that describes why the evidence supports the claim
Explanation:
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