Scientific Argument Review

What is a claim?

• Answers a question or problem

• long and detailed paragraph

• Explains why something happened

What is evidence ?

• Answers a question

• Anything you see, hear or read or experience that causes you to believe something is true.

• Long and detailed paragraph

What is reasoning?

• Answers a question

• Explaining how evidence supports a claim

• Used to prove something true or false

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Why do we need evidence?

• To answer a question

• To show how and why

• To prove our claim is true

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Evidence is your __________________

• Proof

• Question

• Reasoning

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

According to the American Health Association, peanut butter is a great source of protein.

• Claim
• Evidence

Peanut butter is a terrific snack.

• Claim

• Evidence

What are good examples of Evidence to help support your claim?

• Research and survey results
• Statistics
• Expert opinions
• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is strong evidence? 

• Facts 
• Opinions 
• Counterclaims 
• Numbers 

Which piece of evidence could be used to BEST support this claim:
High school students should be required to wear uniforms.

• When adding everything up, a school uniform could end up costing more than $200.
• A student reported, "Allowing us to wear our own clothes gives us a chance to show our unique style and independence."
• At one school that recently required students to wear uniforms, attendence rates went up, and behavior incidents went down.
• School uniforms can be ordered online .