Cases
Ambiguity in Evidence: “It Melted but It Didn’t Wanna Lose Its Shape”
Grade 2
Students engage in multisensory exploration to generate claims about whether chocolate chips are solid or liquid after heat is applied. They support their claims with evidence from their investigation and grapple with the usefulness of the terms “liquid” and “solid.”
How Far is Far Enough? Connecting Claims, Evidence, and Explanation
Grade 2
Students make claims about whether a focal seed travels by wind. They support their claims with evidence from an investigation, and they begin to think about mechanisms that might matter for how the seed could travel by wind.