Jacque Melin My day at Vanandel

The QPOE2 Model

Habits of Mind Goal: Self-Direction

Presentation about the simulation – Claim/Evidence Claim: My claim answers my investigation question. It tells what I learned from my investigation. Does my claim answer my investigation question? Evidence: My evidence is the scientific data I use to support my claim. Does the evidence I used support my claim?

Reasoning Reasoning tells why the data I used is evidence that supports my claim. Reasoning is my argument. A strong argument includes: What I already know How my investigation was a fair test Science words and ideas Ideas, evidence, and arguments of other people.

Claims + Evidence + Reasoning = Explanation This is an introduction to scientific reasoning

Claim: My Father is an Alien Jeff Rohr, a fifth grade teacher in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, suggests using the following Audi commercial to introduce students to the components of an explanation by asking them to identify the claim, the evidence, and the reasoning – or rule – that connects the evidence to the little girl's claim that her dad is a space alien.

CER Graphic This is how we explain things in science. We don’t always have the opportunity to perform experiments. For example, Plate Tectonics…..we can’t just crash continents into one another. 6/30/2019

Claim My dad is an alien Air is matter The velocity is constant A claim answers the question or problem. It states what you (think) you know. My dad is an alien Air is matter The velocity is constant A claim that answers the question Evidence from students' data Reasoning that involves a "rule" or scientific principle that describes why the evidence supports the claim

Evidence Evidence states how you know your claim. Evidence comes from (Qualitative, Quantitative) observations. He has a spaceship An inflated ball weighs more than a “flat” ball. It covers the same distance in the same time.

Evidence For Alien He speaks a weird language He drinks green stuff He says he’s from Albuquerque Just look at him….. He has a space ship.

Reasoning Explain how your evidence supports your claim. Aliens fly spaceships Air has weight (mass), a property of matter. Objects traveling the same speed cover the same distance in the same time.

Learning about collecting data Qualitative Observations: Data I collect using by five senses (feeling, seeing, hearing, smelling, or tasting). I check with my teacher about tasting. Record by writing descriptions, making sketches, taking photos, using video/audio, samples Quantitative Observations: Data I collect by taking measurements and by counting. Recorded using numbers. Need to be labeled.