CER General

What is a claim?

• Answers a question or problem

• long and detailed paragraph

• Explains why something happened

What is an example of reasoning?

• Honey is stored in hives.

• Honeybees store their honey in hives.

• Honeybees use hexagons to store the honey and pollen they bring to the hive.

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.

What does CER stand for?

• Create Evaluate Respond

• Consider Evidence Relevant

• Claim Evidence Reasoning

• Cause Examine Real-life

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Ties evidence to claim. 

• Claim
• Evidence 
• Reasoning
• All

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Has specific data, numbers, values, or qualitative descriptions. 

• Claim
• Evidence 
• Reasoning
• All

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

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.

Reasoning shows ______________ and _______________

• Questions and problems

• How and why

• Evidence and reasoning

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NGSS.MS-LS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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 reasoning?

• 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.

Tags

NGSS.5-PS1-3