Activity
Preliminary Ideas, Evidence,
Reasoning and Claims
Do these spheres roll the same?
Preliminary Ideas:
Notes
Preliminary Ideas:
Your initial thoughts regarding the prompt. These
ideas generate questions that need to be answered and suggest evidence
that should be collected.
Evidence:
Scientific data that supports the claim. The data needs
to be appropriate and sufficient to support the claim.
Data Collection
Reasoning:
A justification that links the claim and evidence and includes
appropriate and sufficient scientific principles to defend the claim and
evidence.
Response:
R
ebuttal: Additional evidence and reasoning that disproves other
possible answers to the question. (not always required)
Claim:
A statement or conclusion that answers the original question or
problem.
Learning Process
Written Response
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Golf Ball/Ping Pong Ball Investigation Rubric
Score
Claim
A statement or conclusion that answers the original
question/problem
Evidence
Scientific data that supports the claim. The data need to be
appropriate and sufficient to support the claim
0
Does not make a claim, or makes an inaccurate claim like
“The spheres do roll the same.”
1
Makes an accurate and incomplete claim like “No”
2
Makes an accurate and complete claim like “The two spheres
do roll differently.”
Does not provide evidence, or only provides inappropriate
evidence or vague evidence, like “The data shows me it is true” or
“Our investigation is the evidence”
Provides 1 piece of evidence such as:
•
Equal force applied caused the ping pong ball to roll
farther than the golf ball
•
The golf ball made more noise when it rolled than the
ping pong ball
•
The golf ball rolled on a slick surface while the ping
pong ball slid
•
When rolled down a ramp, the golf ball travelled further
and faster
May also include inappropriate evidence
Provides 2 pieces of evidence such as:
•
Equal force applied caused the ping pong ball to roll
farther than the golf ball
•
The golf ball made more noise when it rolled than the
ping pong ball
•
The golf ball rolled on a slick surface while the ping
pong ball slid
•
When rolled down a ramp, the golf ball travelled further
and faster
May also include inappropriate evidence
Provides 3 pieces of evidence such as:
•
Equal force applied caused the ping pong ball to roll
farther than the golf ball
•
The golf ball made more noise when it rolled than the
ping pong ball
•
The golf ball rolled on a slick surface while the ping
pong ball slid
•
When rolled down a ramp, the golf ball travelled further
and faster
May also include inappropriate evidence
Provides 4 pieces of evidence such as:
•
Equal force applied caused the ping pong ball to roll
farther than the golf ball
•
The golf ball made more noise when it rolled than the
ping pong ball
•
The golf ball rolled on a slick surface while the ping
pong ball slid
•
When rolled down a ramp, the golf ball travelled further
and faster
It does not include inappropriate evidence
3
4
Reasoning
A justification that connects the evidence to the claim. It shows why
the data count as evidence by using appropriate and sufficient
scientific principles.
Does not provide reasoning, or only provides inappropriate
reasoning like “Nothing moved.”
Provides 1 of the following 3 reasoning components:
•
The heavier mass required more force to make it roll
•
The dimples in the golf ball created more friction when it
rolled
•
The mass of the sphere was directly related to the force
that made it move
Provides 2 of the following reasoning components:
•
The heavier mass required more force to make it roll
•
The dimples in the golf ball created more friction when it
rolled
•
The mass of the sphere was directly related to the force
that made it move