Key vocabulary: uncertainty Do Now: Look over the Stars and Stairs, form 4. After starting your conclusion in the last lesson, what stair have you reached? What do you still need to do to get to stair three? After completing this this activity, I will be able to… NGSS Level 1 Level 2: all of level 1 Level 3: all of level Level 4: all of Practice 7 and… 2 and… level 3 and… Engaging in Find some Identify factors that Explain why I still Pose questions argument parts of my might have impacted think my claim is or steps that I from argument my data or other correct and how I could take to evidence that I am still explanations of my ruled out other become more unsure about. data that aren’t in my possible confident in my claims, evidence and explanations. claim. reasoning. Once you have completed the activity, circle the highest level that you achieved. Dive into scientific Discussion Set the pile of question cards in the middle of the table Take turns drawing a card and reading it to the group. Go around in a circle with each person sharing his or her ideas for each question. The student who read the question is responsible for taking notes on the back of the question card on the group’s responses. Write your Discussion Keep your question cards close by so you can refer back to them. Use the outline and sentence starters to help you write your discussion. Add your discussion to the conclusions that you wrote in the previous lesson. Part I: Level of Certainty After examining my data I am (confident, not very confident, uncertain) about my results. The evidence that I have that is not so clear is… I am still unsure about…
Key vocabulary: uncertainty Do Now: Look over the Stars and Stairs, form 4. After starting your conclusion in the last lesson, what stair have you reached? What do you still need to do to get to stair three? After completing this this activity, I will be able to… NGSS Practice 7 Level 1 Level 2: all of level 1 and… Level 3: all of level 2 and… Level 4: all of level 3 and… Engaging in argument from evidence Find some parts of my argument that I am still unsure about. Identify factors that might have impacted my data or other explanations of my data that aren’t in my claims, evidence and reasoning. Explain why I still think my claim is correct and how I ruled out other possible explanations. Pose questions or steps that I could take to become more confident in my claim. Once you have completed the activity, circle the highest level that you achieved. Dive into scientific Discussion Set the pile of question cards in the middle of the table Take turns drawing a card and reading it to the group. Go around in a circle with each person sharing his or her ideas for each question. The student who read the question is responsible for taking notes on the back of the question card on the group’s responses. Write your Discussion Keep your question cards close by so you can refer back to them. Use the outline and sentence starters to help you write your discussion. Add your discussion to the conclusions that you wrote in the previous lesson. Part I: Level of Certainty After examining my data I am (confident, not very confident, uncertain) about my results. The evidence that I have that is not so clear is… I am still unsure about…
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