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Do your students struggle with Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) writing? Sometimes they need some solid examples of what is claim, evidence, and reasoning. These worksheets were designed to give students examples and non-examples of each of these three parts of CER. Included in this resource are: - Scientific Claims- 1 worksheet- non-scientific claims vs. scientific claims - Scientific Evidence- 3 worksheets- matching scientific evidence to a claim - Scientific Reasoning- 3 workshe

Writing claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) statements is an important, but often difficult task for students. This engaging digital escape challenge, made as a Google Form, offers students a chance to practice skills in recognizing scientific claims, evidence, and reasoning. It provides models for writing CER arguments that will help when your students complete these tasks on their own. This escape challenge has 4 puzzles and was designed for a 40-minute class period. The 4 puzzles addres

These eight, self-grading, Google Forms quizzes on skills in claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) provide great formative assessment. These quizzes can easily be assigned for warm-ups or exit tickets. Each quiz has three questions about a specific skill. There are two unique quizzes of each type, including the following topics: - Recognizing a claim, evidence, and reasoning statement - Identifying a scientific claim statement - Matching scientific evidence to support a claim statement -

Assess if your students can differentiate between observations and inferences. Two worksheets are available in PDF, PowerPoint, or Google Doc forms for digital and print use. Related Products⭐ Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in Science Google Form Quizzes - Exit Tickets⭐ Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in Science Lesson- PowerPoint⭐ Conclusions Writing-Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning in Science (CER)⭐ Hypothesis Writing Worksheet⭐ Hypothesis Worksheets- Digital and Print Versions⭐ Scientific

This game about intraspecific competition allows students to explore the need for territory and how intraspecific competition influences predators. Without space, or territory, a predator will not be able to obtain the resources it needs. The game is to be played before any notes or readings are given about competition or resource partitioning. Students are to use the “data” they obtained from the game to arrive at possible conclusions. Their conclusions and questions are then a basis for fur

This activity models how the atoms of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are conserved and flow from the process of photosynthesis to cellular respiration. This cut and paste activity includes a student activity guide and models of water, carbon dioxide, glucose, and oxygen molecules. A teacher's guide also provides you with suggestions to make this a successful activity in your classroom. This activity can be completed through the traditional cut and paste method on paper or as a digital activit

Studying human body systems in October? Are your students ready for a fun filled Halloween review of human body systems? This Google Form Escape Room is ready to use with no prep. Plus, its self grading and provides immediate feedback to your students. This activity is best used as a review after your students have studied the human body systems and their representative organs, homeostasis in the human body, and levels of organization within the human body. If you wish to omit one or more o

These twenty, self-grading, Google Forms quizzes on scientific method skills provide great formative assessment. These quizzes can easily be assigned for warm-ups or exit tickets. Each quiz has three questions about a specific skill. There are two unique quizzes of each type, including the following topics: - Scientific Method Vocabulary- Scientific Observations - Qualitative vs. Quantitative Observations- Observation, Inference, or Prediction- Testable Hypothesis- Independent vs. Dependent Vari

Writing claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) statements is an important, but often difficult task for students. This engaging digital escape room is perfect for the Christmas holiday season. Made as a Google Form, this escape challenge offers students a chance to practice skills in recognizing scientific claims, evidence, and reasoning. It provides models for writing CER arguments that will help when your students complete these tasks on their own. This escape challenge has 4 puzzles and w

Claim, evidence, and reasoning writing an essential skill for a science student to gain. Reinforce this topic through this notes sheet. Make differentiation easy with these options: - Print versions with and without word banks - PowerPoint version - option to have or delete the word bank - Google Slide version- option to have or delete the word bank Try out these others CER activities from Make Them Think:⭐ Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Science -CER Science- Google Form

Are you looking for a way to keep your science students engaged and practicing CER skills on Earth Day? This Earth Day CER Escape Challenge is a perfect way to practice the important, but often difficult skill of claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) argumentation. Made as a Google Form, this escape challenge offers students a chance to practice skills in recognizing scientific claims, evidence, and reasoning. It provides models for writing CER arguments that will help when your students com

Encourage students to create connections between concepts while study primary productivity through the energy pyramid. This concept map allows student to trace energy to explore how it passes from gross primary productivity to net primary productivity onto secondary productivity. There are three version of this concept map included: for print in PDF format. for digital use in PowerPoint, and for digital use with Google Slides. Looking for a hands on way to teach energy flow through an ecosyste

Are you looking for a way to keep your science students engaged even on St. Patrick's Day? This St. Patrick's Day CER Escape Challenge is a perfect way to practice the important, but often difficult skill of claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) argumentation. Made as a Google Form, this escape challenge offers students a chance to practice skills in recognizing scientific claims, evidence, and reasoning. It provides models for writing CER arguments that will help when your students complete

Are you looking for a way to keep your science students engaged even on Valentine's Day? This Valentine's Day CER Escape Challenge is a perfect way to practice the important, but often difficult skill of claim, evidence, and reasoning (CER) argumentation. Made as a Google Form, this escape challenge offers students a chance to practice skills in recognizing scientific claims, evidence, and reasoning. It provides models for writing CER arguments that will help when your students complete the

Hypothesis writing can be challenging for students. Many times students are unable to identify what can be tested through observation and measurement. This resource provides 2 worksheets for students to differentiate between testable hypothesis and those that cannot be tested through scientific experimentation. This resources is available in three versions: PDF (for print or digital PDF editing), in PowerPoint, and in Google Slides. Related Products⭐ Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Science -CE

These ten, self-grading, Google Forms quizzes on skills in metric conversion provide great formative assessment. These quizzes can easily be assigned for warm-ups or exit tickets. Each quiz has three questions about a specific skill. There are two unique quizzes of each type, including the following topics: - Comparing Metric Prefixes - Metric Abbreviations - Metric Prefix Equivalents - Metric Prefix Meanings - Metric Conversions Quizzes come in two forms, with and without a number line, to

This graphic organizer, that can be used to review concepts related to NGSS-HS-LS2-5 and NGSS-HS-ESS2-6, allows students to demonstrate their understanding of how matter transfers through the ecosystem or biogeochemical cycles. Answer key included. It is available in print (PDF) form and also in Google Slides and PowerPoint forms for digital use. As well, a PowerPoint and Google Slides slideshow is included with the vocabulary terms used in the graphic organizer. Need more concept maps and

This digital escape challenge in a Google Form format provides a no-prep, engaging, student-centered review for your scientific method unit. There are four puzzles to solve, each with 4 questions to answer. Each puzzle is self-graded. Students are prompted to review their answers and try again if the correct answer is not given. The topics for the puzzles are: - Testable Hypotheses - Variable - Data Analysis - Conclusion Other scientific method products from Make Them Think: ⭐ Con

Looking for a fun, back to school activity that will help you get to know your students? As you receive a new set of students in your classroom, it is always a challenge to get to know them and understand how each individual learns best. Each student has unique talents and interests that can be utilized to help the student grow. This activity can help the teacher discover more about each individual students and the class, as a whole, and may give you a clue as to which students to group togethe

Great for distance learning or in the classroom. These twelve, self-grading, Google Forms quizzes on skills in chemical reactions provide great formative assessment. These quizzes can easily be assigned for warm-ups or exit tickets. Each quiz has three questions about a specific skill. There are two unique quizzes of each type, including the following topics: - Reactants vs. Products - Chemical Reactions Applied Vocabulary - How Many Atoms? - Did a Reaction Occur? - Types of Reactions - Balanced