Knowledge/Skill Building
🧠 CER Claims With Evidence Cards
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Content Expertise
Effective Communication
Submission Required
Using their visuals, participants draft zone-based CER statements about where organisms live and how they survive changing conditions. Teams sort evidence cards from sketches, specimen observations, tide data, and Birch Aquarium sources to test whether each claim is warranted or overstated. A short mini-lesson on limitation language and bounded conclusions happens just before drafting.
Plan day
Day 15
Duration
45 min
Grouping
Small Group
Steps
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