Empower Your Classroom with our Renewable Energy Solutions Scientific Argumentation CER & Debate 2-Pack!
This comprehensive and engaging resource is designed for science and ELA teachers looking for tools to help middle school students understand the advantages and disadvantages of different types of energy sources and power plants.
This 2-pack offers a range of prompts for students to research and evaluate claims about the following energy sources and power plants:
Biofuels
Wind power
Nuclear power
Solar power
Hydroelectricity
Geothermal energy
Fossil fuels
Electric vehicles
✔️ Inside The Set:
1. CER Guide & Support Materials:
Featuring eight interrelated prompts complete with claims, counterclaims, and designated starting point websites.
Equipped with graphic organizers to guide research and argument writing.
2. Evidence Catcher Graphic Organizer
Our graphic organizers assist students in organizing and citing evidence to construct strong scientific arguments effectively.
3. Reusable Visual Notes/Posters for CER & Scientific Argumentation:
A set of four visual notes/posters offers valuable tips, strategies, sentence starters, and a text annotation guide to support students throughout the research and writing process.
4. Claim and Counterclaim Extensions:
Provide valuable opportunities for scientific argumentation, fostering critical evaluation of evidence and sources.
5. Debate Guide Extension:
Offers a structured approach to organizing and conducting class debates on renewable energy sources. Includes graphic organizers and feedback forms.
6. C.E.R. Rubrics:
Assess your students using our trio of C.E.R. rubrics, helping them progress from basic argumentation to more advanced levels with citations and counterclaims.
7. Glossary of Essential Terms:
This glossary compiles important scientific terms related to energy sources, enhancing students' understanding and providing accessible support to those who need it.
8. Curated Website List:
Access a carefully curated list of websites that provide reliable information for research, ensuring that students have access to quality sources.
9. C.E.R. Components Graphic Organizer:
This resource includes parts of a C.E.R. Graphic Organizer, providing students with a structured framework for constructing their scientific arguments.
10. C.E.R. Directions and Student Response Pages:
All 10 prompts come with clear C.E.R. (Claim-Evidence-Reasoning) directions and individual student response pages, streamlining the learning and lesson-prep process.
✔️ Benefits:
Fosters higher-level thinking, research, discussion, and writing skills in both science and ELA.
Perfect for use on Earth Day, Earth Month, or any time.
Supports interdisciplinary projects and deepens understanding of the energy challenges facing our world today and in the future.
Provides user-friendly navigation, customization options, and accessible teaching entry points.
Ignites students' interest and empowers them to tackle critical environmental issues as future problem solvers.
Add the Renewable Energy Solutions Scientific Argumentation CER & Debate 2-Pack to your teacher toolkit today and empower your students through transformative scientific argumentation!
➥ Resource Includes:
8 Renewable Energy Solutions CER Prompts (prompt, claim, counterclaim, website)
Renewable Energy Solutions Glossary
Renewable Energy Solutions Website List
Evidence & Source Graphic Organizer
Counterclaim & Refuting Evidence Graphic Organizer
CER Task Graphic Organizer
CER Task w/Planning Page
CER Task w/Lined Page for all Prompts
CER Peer / Self Assessment Feedback Form ✩✩NEW!
CER Rubric Level 1: Basic CER (No Citations)
CER Rubric Level 2: Basic CER (With Citations)
CER Rubric Level 3A: CER Acknowledging Misconceptions (With Citations)
CER Rubric Level 3B: CER Acknowledging a Counterclaim (With Citations)
Debate Guide Extension
Debate Feedback Form
Visual Notes/Poster: Annotation Guide
Visual Notes/Poster: Parts of a CER
Visual Notes/Poster: CER Sentence Starters
Visual Notes/Poster: Evidence Quality ✩✩NEW!