Must-Have Student Handouts For an Organized Year in Science We can’t assume that students come into science class with all the learning tools they need. What must-have student handouts can you provide on the first day of school to set students up for success? Most students are visual learners, so I like to provide tangible…
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Can you figure out what happens next in this image? When following the NGSS MS-LS2 or 5-LS2 standards for studying ecosystems, animal and plant behavior, these full color, digital or printable, prompt photo task cards are very useful for using CER to explain the phenomenon of sequential events in nature. Each image has a question such as “what happened next?“ or “what may happen in the next 10 minutes?“. Students look at the given evidence in the photo and explain their reasoning. There can be many interpretations that get the students engaged and thinking.
There is a brief description for the teacher at the beginning of the slides to use as a prompt. I like to use my CER Templates while teaching with this product.
Boost Your Student’s Critical Thinking with CER in Science Class CER (Claim, Evidence, Reasoning) is a critical thinking framework that encourages students to analyze evidence and draw conclusions that are thorough and appropriate. I have pushed my students for years to think “out of the box“ while trying to pull data together. However, they have…
