CER Revisited

C.E.R. stands for

• Claim Evidence Reasoning

• Cause Effect Results

• Conclusion Endnotes Reference

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What is a claim?

• Answers a question or problem

• long and detailed paragraph

• Explains why something happened

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What is an example of a claim?

• Mr. Brunt likes Star Wars

• In the fall, because of changes in the length of daylight and changes in temperature, the leaves stop their food-making process.

• The data shows that when leaves are taken away from sunlight, they change colors.

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What is an example of evidence?

• Football players are 33% more likely to get injured than baseball players.

• Football is more dangerous than baseball.

• Baseball is a fun sport.

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Why do we need evidence?

• To answer a question

• To show how and why

• To prove our claim is true

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Evidence is your __________________

• Proof

• Question

• Reasoning

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What is a Claim?

• Living things need water.

• Data that supports

• tThe how and why the evidence supports

• A statement or stance that answers a scientific question or problem

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

• Reasoning
• Claim
• Evidence
• CER

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A framework for writing scientific explanations is called

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