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Ice Breaker:. Ice Breaker: Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?. Ice Breaker: Why don’t animals need haircuts?. Ice Breaker: Why are there so few plant or animal based foods that are the color blue?. Pendulum Investigation. Where do we see pendulums?.
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Ice Breaker: Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Ice Breaker: Why are there so few plant or animal based foods that are the color blue?
Focus Question:How does argumentation help us make meaning of the phenomenon we’re investigating?
Which variable has greatest impact on the number of swings a pendulum makes • Variables: • Weight • Release angle • String length
Argument Posters • Why does string length affect the number of swings more than other variables?
Argument Posters • String length affects the number of • swings a pendulum makes because… • Observations • Data • Evidence
Round-robin presentations • PRESENTER: Use argument cards to present your evidence • LISTENER: Use argument cards to challenge the presenter
How does argumentation help us make meaning of what we’re investigating? • What arguments did you hear? • How did those arguments alter your own thinking? • What did you get from the argument that you didn’t get from the investigation?
SPOT: Engaging in Argument From Evidence • FOSS tie-in: • Balance in Motion (2) • Matter & Energy (3) • Electricity & Magnetism (4) • Any highly controlled FOSS investigation
SPOT: Engaging in Argument From Evidence • Focus on meaning-making based on data collected • Pre-made materials • Argument posters about why, not how • Round-robin presentation structure
SPOT: Engaging in Argument From Evidence • Differences between this PD and last PD: • Access to same evidence • Evidence collected during lesson • Instructor gave a “right” answer
Planning time!How can argumentation help your students make meaning of a phenomenon you’re investigating soon in your classrooms?
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