Crafting Effective Claim Evidence Reasoning in Physics

This video tutorial by Christy, a middle school science teacher, guides teachers on helping students write scientific explanations using the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) format. The tutorial covers identifying the question, analyzing data, determining the winner of a race among animals, formulating a claim, and writing a cohesive explanation. It emphasizes the importance of using data to support claims and provides a step-by-step approach to crafting a scientific explanation. The video concludes with a review and encourages sharing and subscribing for more educational content.

What is the primary focus of the video?

• Describing different types of scientific experiments

• Discussing the fastest animals in the world

• Explaining the laws of motion

• Teaching students how to write a scientific explanation using the CER format

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What is the first step in writing a scientific explanation?

• Writing the conclusion

• Formulating the claim

• Identifying the question

• Analyzing the data

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Which animal had the fastest recorded speed in the air?

• White-throated Needle Tail

• Peregrine Falcon

• Black Marlin

• Cheetah

What was the fastest land animal in the experiment?

• Black Marlin

• Cheetah

• Golden Eagle

• Peregrine Falcon

Which animal won the five-kilometer race?

• Cheetah

• Black Marlin

• White-throated Needle Tail

• Peregrine Falcon

Why did the cheetah not win the race despite being the fastest land animal?

• It got distracted

• It did not maintain its speed and stopped before finishing

• It was disqualified

• It ran in the wrong direction

What is the importance of using sentence starters when writing a claim?

• To confuse the reader

• To avoid using data

• To ensure the claim includes part of the question

• To make the paragraph longer

What should be included in the evidence section of the explanation?

• Hypothetical scenarios

• Unrelated facts

• Data and observations from the experiment

• Personal opinions

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What is the final step in writing a scientific explanation?

• Formulating the claim

• Compiling the explanation into a paragraph

• Analyzing the data

• Identifying the question

Why is it important to read through the entire paragraph after compiling it?

• To ensure it flows correctly and makes sense

• To add more data

• To make it longer

• To change the claim