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Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
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Why don’t animals need haircuts?
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Why are there so few plant or animal based foods that are the color blue?
Pendulum Investigation
Where do we see pendulums?
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 angleString length
Argument PostersWhy does string length affect
the number of swings more than other variables?
Argument PostersString length affects the number of swings a pendulum makes because…
- Observations- Data- Evidence
Round-robin presentationsPRESENTER: 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 EvidenceFOSS tie-in:
• Balance in Motion (2)• Matter & Energy (3)• Electricity & Magnetism (4)• Any highly controlled
FOSS investigation
SPOT: Engaging in Argument From EvidenceFocus on meaning-making
based on data collectedPre-made materialsArgument posters about
why, not howRound-robin presentation
structure
SPOT: Engaging in Argument From EvidenceDifferences between this PD
and last PD:Access to same evidenceEvidence collected during
lessonInstructor gave a “right”
answer
Planning time!(take a break, too)
Planning time!
How can argumentation help your students make meaning of a phenomenon you’re investigating soon in your classrooms?
Announcements- Summer Session 3- Course Credit- TISS apps—3/15