CER

What is a Claim?

• Living things need water.
• The supporting details
• Fake news
• The writer's position or stance, it answers the question

Which of the following is an example of a "good" claim? 

• Yes, it is. 
• A sunflower seed is a living thing because it has four basic needs and six characteristics. 
• No way!
• Acorns are like seeds. 

Which of the following is NOT a strong piece of evidence? 

• A personal experience
• Statistic or measurement
• Data collected from a valid source
• Text from a scientific journal

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.5.8

Evidence is the....

• HOW you know
• Statistic or measurement
• WHY you know
• ANYTHING you know

The reasoning is... 

• EVERYTHING you know
• WHY you know
• WHAT you know
• HOW you know

The explanation that connects your position statement and the supporting evidence is called the... 

• Reasoning
• Claim
• Evidence
• CER

Air is matter. We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it. This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.
Which sentence is the claim?

• Air is matter.
• We found that the weight of the ball increases by .5lbs each time we pumped more air into it.
• This shows that air has weight, one of the characteristics of matter.

Which statement is relevant evidence?

• My family has a computer at home.
• My son loves Star Wars.
• In a recent study, 78% of students like community service.
• I believe that the steelers are the best football team in the NFL

Question – Does an object’s mass affect how quickly it falls?
No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls. In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall. Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls. 
What's the evidence?

• No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls
• In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall.
• Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls. 

Question – Does an object’s mass affect how quickly it falls?
No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls. In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall. Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls. 
What's the claim?

• No, mass does not affect how quickly an object falls
• In our experiment, the blocks had different masses, 20 g., 30 g., 44 g., 123 g and 142 g but the time for all five blocks to fall was about the same. It took between 1.5 and 1.8 seconds for them to fall.
• Since the blocks had different masses but took about the same time, I know that mass does not affect how quickly something falls.