Plasma CER Packet
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Scientific Inquiry
CER: Is Plasma a Pure Substance or a Mixture?
Learning Objective
By the end of the lesson, students will be able to make a claim about why it would be important to be able to separate mixtures, provide evidence to support their claim, and then provide reasoning that connects their evidence to their claim.
Teacher Evaluation Desk
Claim Score ______ / 3
Evidence Score ______ / 3
Reasoning Score ______ / 3
Teacher Feedback Notes:
FINAL SCORE
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OUT OF 9
| Component | 0 - Not Addressed | 1 - Basic | 2 - Good | 3 - Excellent |
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| CLAIM | | | | |
| This was left blank | Student provides a claim, but it is not correct or in a complete sentence. | Student provides a claim that is written clearly, but it is not in a complete sentence. | Student provides a claim that is clearly written and is done in a complete sentence. |
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EVIDENCE
| This was left blank | The evidence that was provided did not tie well to the claim and/or the citation wasn’t provided. | The evidence tied well to the claim, and was either not cited or not written in a complete sentence. | The evidence tied well to the claim, and was cited, and was written in a complete sentence. |
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REASONING
| This was left blank | Students made an unclear attempt to tie their claim to evidence in an incomplete sentence. | Students tied their claim to their evidence in a complete sentence; but it was in an incomplete sentence. | Students tied their evidence to their claim in a complete sentence. |
SCIENCE LAB CER STATION
1. CLAIM 2. EVIDENCE 3. REASONING
1
Claim
Students need to make a scientific claim.
Is plasma a pure substance or a mixture?
Claim Checklist
2
Evidence
Students should find Evidence to support their claims from the article.
Give the name of the website that you used (Google does not count):
Evidence Checklist
(back)
SCIENCE LAB CER STATION
1. CLAIM 2. EVIDENCE 3. REASONING
3
Reasoning
Students should use reasoning to tie their evidence to their claim.
Required Sentence Transition
"This shows ___________....because___________________."
Reasoning Checklist
Student Self-Reflection
Based on the rubric on Page 1, how would you grade your CER?
Claim: /3
Evidence: /3
Reasoning: /3
Teacher Feedback Total Score: / 9
