Follow These Directions Please sit down Take out your agenda book, science notebook, a highlighter and something to write with. Hand in any late work in the homework. Sit down quietly and wait for directions

Homework CER Identification worksheet

Tape in CER tab on Page 9 Fill out this box. What is something you wish to know more about CERs? What is something you struggled on the “What can you do” Test?

Tape in on page 10

NOTES on Page 10 with tape ins Claim: statement about the results of an investigation/ answer to a question Evidence: scientific data used to support the claim *Source must be cited* Quantitative Data: Numbers Qualitative Data: Observations Reasoning: connects the claim and evidence with scientific principles

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Practice… Which part is the Claim. Evidence. Reasoning Practice… Which part is the Claim? Evidence? Reasoning? Cut out & Write your answer next to sentence Rain is the worst type of weather Rain makes you sleepy and you step in puddles. Being sleepy makes it difficult to concentrate, and stepping in puddles can ruin your shoes.

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More practice… Which part of this CER is the reasoning? Going outside with wet hair will not cause you to catch a cold. The common cold is caused by a viral infection, most commonly the rhinovirus. There are over 200 different viral types associated with the common cold. The 200+ viral types that cause the common cold are present in the air around us whether your hair is wet or dry. Therefore the idea that the cold is caused by going outside with wet hair is an old wives tale.

Homework CER Identification worksheet