So students' first two challenges of the school year had them thinking a lot about the work of engineers. Engineers specifically define problems and design solutions to the problems. Their two "challenges" were really problems they needed to solve in teams. Since engineering and science are naturally collaborative, there was no better way to establish working norms for teamwork.
We're moving beyond engineering (but don't worry, we're not saying good-bye to it for long), and thinking now about the work scientists do. Scientists and engineers have work that is similar, but their work is distinctively different.
Scientists ask questions and seek the answers to those questions through meaningful research and investigations. We'll be working on what it means to construct an explanation in science, using the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Framework.
Claim: A statement that answers a question.
Evidence: Data that supports the claim.
Reasoning: A justification that connects the evidence to the claim.
To introduce this concept, we watched this short commercial to answer the question:
Is my dad a space alien?
We're moving beyond engineering (but don't worry, we're not saying good-bye to it for long), and thinking now about the work scientists do. Scientists and engineers have work that is similar, but their work is distinctively different.
Scientists ask questions and seek the answers to those questions through meaningful research and investigations. We'll be working on what it means to construct an explanation in science, using the Claim-Evidence-Reasoning Framework.
Claim: A statement that answers a question.
Evidence: Data that supports the claim.
Reasoning: A justification that connects the evidence to the claim.
To introduce this concept, we watched this short commercial to answer the question:
Is my dad a space alien?
Check out our CER model that we developed as a class. Great work!