Use your observation skills to determine…

• How many different types of birds are represented in this group?

• Examine the evidence individually. (2 minutes)• Examine the evidence with your group. (7-10

minutes)• Take notes in the “input” section of your notebook

for later use.• Develop a claim with your group, prepare a “poster”

that you can use to share and justify your ideas.

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Poster

• Your claim:• Your evidence:• Your reasoning/justification of the evidence:

Is the argument convincing?• How did you analyze or interpret your data? Why did you

decide to do it that way?• How do you know that your analysis is free from errors?• Why does your evidence support your claim?• Why did you decide to use that evidence? Why is your

evidence important?• What are some of the other claims your group discuss

before agreeing on your claim? Why did you reject them? • How does your rationale fit with accepted scientific ideas?

Individually…

• State the claim you are trying to support.• Include genuine evidence (data + analysis +

interpretation)• Provide a justification of your evidence that

explains why the evidence is relevant and why it provides adequate support for the claim.

• Organize your argument in a way that enhances readability.

• Free of grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors