Claim, Evidence, Reasoning Writing Scientific Conclusions My Dads a Space Alien I have evidence that proves my Dads a space alien. He speaks a weird language. He drinks green stuff. He says hes from Albuquerque (Im not buying it). I
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I have evidence that proves
my Dad’s a space alien.
He speaks a weird language.
He drinks green stuff.
He says he’s from Albuquerque (I’m not buying it).
I mean, just look at him.
And one more thing. He has a space ship.
The evidence doesn’t lie.
My dad’s an alien.<br>
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What is a Scientific
Explanation?<br>
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Adapted from : McNeill, K.L. and J.J. Krajcik. 2012. Supporting Grade 5–8 Students in Constructing Explanations in Science: The Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Framework for Talk and Writing. Chapter 2, p. 35. Claim: Evidence for your claim: • A statement that answers your question • Scientific data that support the claim
• Data need to be appropriate
• Data need to be sufficient (more data = strength!) Reasoning (how your evidence justifies your claim): • Based on scientific principles
• Each piece of evidence may have a different justification for why it supports the claim
• Usually several sentences; useful prompts include “if, then”, “therefore”, “because”, “since” Question: What do you want to know?<br>
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I have evidence that proves
my Dad’s a space alien.
He speaks a weird language.
He drinks green stuff.
He says he’s from Albuquerque (I’m not buying it).
I mean, just look at him.
And one more thing. He has a space ship.
The evidence doesn’t lie.
My dad’s an alien.<br>
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Writing an Explanation Claim: Question: Question: … … …<br>
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Writing an Explanation Claim: Evidence: Reasoning: Question: Question: Who is my Dad? My Dad’s a space alien He speaks a weird language
He’s from Albuquerque
He drinks green liquids
He dresses funny
He drives a spaceship The evidence doesn’t lie...<br>
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Writing an Explanation Claim: Evidence: Reasoning: Question: Question: Who is my Dad? My Dad’s a space alien He speaks a weird language
He’s from Albuquerque
He drinks green liquids
He dresses funny
He drives a spaceship Aliens are not from Earth so they have their own language
Some people believe that aliens have landed in NM
Which is why many aliens are seen with green skin
Aliens wear space suits for protection
Aliens use spaceships to travel<br>