Making claims (often called conclusions) and providing evidence are at the heart of the practice of science. Any simple activity that has students focus on making a claim and supporting it with evidence can be used as a starting point for introducing claims and evidence. This chapter provides two possible approaches and provides a rubric that can be used to assess the claims that students make in these activities and also serve as a springboard for a class discussion about what makes an effective claim.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 2/1/2010Stock # PB275X_3