Teachers Toolkit: Scientific Explanations and Arguments: Accessible Experiences Through Exploratory Arguments

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This column provides how-to strategies and practical advice for the science teacher. This month’s issue focuses on activities that use a puzzling but accessible phenomenon to engage and familiarize students with fundamental aspects of explanation and argumentation early in a unit.

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Analyzing data Asking questions Communicating ENCdl Hypothesizing Interpreting data Predicting Science and Engineering Practices Science as Inquiry Science Focus Science process skills SEP6: Constructing Explanations and Designing Solutions SEP7: Engaging in Argument from Evidence Three Dimensions of the Framework and/or NGSS

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2014Stock # ss14_037_05_10Volume 037Issue 05

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Argumentation & Explanation

The authors’ of this article state that argumentation is an excellent way to start off a new unit. Give the students an experience, a picture or a video to watch and ask them to explain a p... See More

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