
Arguing From Evidence in Middle School Science
24 Activities for Productive Talk and Deeper Learning
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Arguing From Evidence in Middle School Science
24 Activities for Productive Talk and Deeper Learning
About this book
Teaching your students to think like scientists starts here! If you've ever struggled to help students make scientific arguments from evidence, this practical, easy-to-use activity book is for you! Give your students the critical scientific practice today?s science standards require. You'll discover strategies and activities to effectively engage students in arguments about competing data sets, opposing scientific ideas, applying evidence to support specific claims, and more. 24 ready-to-implement activities drawn from the physical sciences, life sciences, and earth and space sciences help teachers to:
- Align lessons to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)
- Engage students in the 8 NGSS science and engineering practices
- Establish rich, productive classroom discourse
- Facilitate reading and writing strategies that align to the Common Core State Standards
- Extend and employ argumentation and modeling strategies
- Clarify the difference between argumentation and explanation
Includes assessment guidance and extension activities. Learn to teach the rational side of science the fun way with this simple and straightforward guide!
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1 Understanding and Teaching for Argumentation
- Chapter 1 What Is Argumentation and Why Does It Matter in the Teaching of Science?
- Chapter 2 How Can I Support Scientific Argumentation in My Classroom?
- Chapter 3 How Can I Make Argumentation in the Classroom Productive and Support Deeper Learning?
- Part 2 Classroom Activities for Scientific Argumentation
- Chapter 4 Earth and Space Sciences
- Chapter 5 Life Sciences
- Chapter 6 Physical Sciences
- References
- Index
- About the Authors
- Publisher Note