Analyzing Claims, Evidence, and Reasoning

Has specific data, numbers, values, or qualitative descriptions. 

• Claim

• Evidence 

• Reasoning

• All

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

Includes a big scientific idea.   

• Claim

• Evidence 

• Reasoning

• All

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

True or False?
Details from an image can be textual evidence.

• True

• False

According to the American Health Association, peanut butter is a great source of protein.

• Claim

• Evidence

A complete sentence. 

• Claim

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• All

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

"Sleepy students are more likely to be tardy, absent, inattentive in the morning and less able to learn" is an example of:

• Claim

• Reasoning

• Evidence

• None of these

The statement "Oxiclean is the best stain fighter money can buy" is an example of:

• Evidence

• Claim

• Reasoning

• Hypothesis

Which of the following is NOT a claim?

• California is the best state in the USA.

• Twinkies taste better than other snack cakes because of their texture, their creamy filling, and their golden appearance.

• The school year began on August 18 and will end on June 4

• Christmas is the best holiday of the year.

The statement “Flex Tape is a super-strong, rubberized, waterproof tape that can patch, bond, seal, and repair virtually everything” is an example of:

• Evidence

• Reasoning

• Claim

• Hypothesis

Which of the following could be a hypothesis for a plant growth experiment?

• Red-colored light enhances tomato plant growth

• If tomato plants are grown under red light, then enhanced plant growth and fruit production will occur

• The average “white light” plant produced 8 ripe tomatoes over a 90 day period

• Suspend bulbs 30 cm over tomato plants