Science Claims Evidence and Reasoning Worksheet

In this science claims, evidence, and reasoning worksheet, students will:

• READ a brief passage about a science scenario.
• ANALYZE a very simple data table.
• Make a CLAIM based on EVIDENCE for a related question.

This activity is designed to get kids practicing CER, not learning content. No prior content knowledge is required. Students are able to make a claim based on the information in the text and data table alone.

Three Ways to Assign!

1. As Stations – Great for getting kids moving around the room! Each of the 8 station cards has a brief description of an experiment and a data table. Students complete a Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning grid for a question related to each of the 8 data sets.
2. As a Worksheet – Great for individual student practice! Students read a short description of the experiment and analyze the data to complete a Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning grid for each data set.
3. Digitally: A Google Slides version of this activity is included.

Topics Covered in this Resource: materials that make good insulators, cricket chirps and temperature, vaping and lung damage, atmospheric carbon dioxide over time, classifying objects as planets, gravitational potential energy and height, age of ocean floor and distance from mid-ocean ridge, DNA base pairs (requires some critical thinking!)

(Remember: Content is not the focus. The focus is making claims based on evidence!)

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Teacher Notes:

• Answer key included.
• Please note: This science claims, evidence, and reasoning worksheet is not editable.
• NGSS Science and Engineering Practice: Asking Questions and Defining Problems
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