Engaging in Argument from Evidence
Level 3
Presenting Arguments
Practice Slides (Google Slides) (PDF)
Student Worksheet (Google Doc) (PDF)
Mini-lesson Cards: Scale Effectiveness (Google Doc) (PDF); Skew Dice (Google Doc) (PDF);
Vacuum Quality (Google Doc) (PDF); Newton’s Cradle (Google Doc) (PDF)
Construct an oral and written argument supported by empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support or refute an explanation or a model for a phenomenon or a solution to a problem
TERMS
Argument - a process for reaching agreements about explanations or solutions
Claim - an answer to a scientific question
Evidence - anything presented to support a claim
Question - a sentence that asks for information
Reasoning - the action of thinking about something in a logical way
Reliable - consistently good in quality
Sufficiency - having enough evidence to make a claim
Valid - having a sound basis in logic
STANDARDS
MS-PS2-4 / MS-PS3-5 / MS-LS1-3 / MS-LS1-4 / MS-LS2-4 / MS-LS2-5 / MS-ESS3-4 / HS-PS4-3 / HS-LS2-6 / HS-LS2-8 / HS-LS3-2 / HS-LS4-5 / HS-ESS1-5 / HS-ESS2-7 / HS-ESS3-2