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Activity 4.3 - Evidence-Based Arguments for Ethanol Burning (50 min)
Target Student Performance
Students (a) use data from their investigations to develop evidence-based arguments about matter movements, matter changes, and energy changes when ethanol burns; and (b) identify unanswered questions about matter movement, matter change, and energy change that the data are insufficient to address.
Resources You Provide
- (From Previous Activity) 4.2 Ethanol Burning Class Results 11 x 17 Poster (or spreadsheet)
- (From Previous Activity) 4.2 Observing Ethanol Burning Worksheet
Resources Provided
- 4.3 Evidence-Based Arguments Tool for Ethanol Burning (1 per student)
- 4.3 Assessing the Evidence-Based Arguments Tool for Ethanol Burning
- 4.3 Evidence-Based Arguments Tool for Ethanol Burning PPT
Recurring Resources
- Three Questions Handout (Color Version) (1 per student)
- Three Questions Handout (BW Version) (1 per student)
- Learning Tracking Tool for Systems and Scale (1 per student)
- Assessing the Learning Tracking Tool for Systems and Scale
Setup
Print one copy of 4.3 Evidence-Based Arguments Tool for Ethanol Burning for each student. Make sure that the 4.2 Ethanol Burning Class Results 11 x 17 Poster (or spreadsheet) (1 per class) from the previous activity is available.
Assessment
During the class discussion, listen for students making connections to the investigation and their arguments. Are they drawing on observations from the investigation, or from other sources of knowledge and experience? Use the 4.3 Assessing the Evidence-Based Arguments Tool for Ethanol Burning to assess your students’ thinking at this point in the unit. At this point they have concluded their “up the triangle” inquiry journey, and are headed “down the triangle” for the application sequence.