CER

• create a RUBRIC for grading CER statements (sample CER rubric)

• (CHEATSHEET for writing CER statements) Writing CER statements Step-by-Step

• Chain Notes for CER (activity directions for teacher)

• Sample CER: Identifying Liquids

• CER sentence starters, more ceR sentence starters

• Introduce CER with approachable topics, such as:

  1. Red Jellybeans are the best ones (discussion notes)

  2. Television is the most important invention of the 20th Century.

  3. Gas prices are lower in developing (ie third world) nations

  4. Seafood-based diets are healthier for you.

  5. Tea is the most popular drink in the world

  6. Students studying math online do better than those studying math in the traditional classroom.

  7. More young adults under the age of 30 are living with their parents today.

  8. People are saving more money for retirement today.

  9. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world

  10. Taylor Swift is the greatest performer of all time.

  11. Chicken soup is a good remedy for a cold.

• My dad is an alien car commercial (handout)

• Gorilla tape commercial (the man is mowing the lawn and the dad grilling) Gorilla tape: This Gorilla tape commercial claims that their tape is 3 times stronger than the leading brand of duct tape.

• Dog burying cat Doritos commercial

• ShamWOW commercial Shamwow: Can these towels really hold 12 times their weight in liquid?

  1. ShamWOW CER Quizlet

• “slip or trip”

• Tabasco Mosquito

• Audi Prom Commercial (handout)

• The Nolan’s Cheddar Cheese Mouse Trap

• Gatorade Be Like Mike Be Like Mike: Can drinking Gatorade make you a baller like Michael Jordan?

• Skechers Go Run Cheetah ad Sketchers: Can sketchers make you run as fast as a cheetah?

• Ice Cream and Golf Volkswagen

• How we use Chocolate Milk (infograph)

• TV Snacking  (infograph)

• Cheryl's she-shed commercial Cheryl's She Shed: In this State Farm commercial, Cheryl gives the claim that someone burned down her she-shed. Is there evidence to support her claim?

• Weekend Eggs cook quicker (Handout)

  1. (and other fun advertising claims for CER practice)

• Does Aspartame help with weight loss? w/ practice data (CER from data)

• What is the effect of Dietary Restriction on Learning? w/ practice data (CER from data)

• What is the effect of different secondary driving tasks  on cognitive distraction? w/ practice data (CER from data)

• This is the Greatest Boy Band Song of all time (Handout)

• Predict using Music Playlists (Handout)

  1. Predict friends Music Playlists (Handout)

• Invisible Man: In this video clip a magician gives the claim that he can make people invisible. (There is a curse word, preview before showing students).

SCIENCE BASED VIDEOS

• How we make learning lab equipment fun! (Handout)

• CER Biology investigation Amoeba Sisters video  

• Yellowstone wolves: This video clip on Yellowstone wolves is one of my favorites to show during ecology when we discuss keystone species. The claim is that wolves can change rivers and students need to figure out the trophic cascade that makes this possible.

• Hydrophobic Shoes: In this video clip, the group claims they can walk on water.  (In actuality there is a platform below the surface of the water they are running on). See if students can come up with any valid evidence that they can truly run across the surface of the water.

• Flying penguins: The BBC came out with this video for April Fool's Day that penguins can fly.

• Make a Light Saber: Another April Fools day video! This video from Steve Spangler shows how to make a light saber. Do you think students will believe this claim?

• Troglobites: How did these cave salamanders become blind?

• 2015 Ig Nobel Prize in Entomology: Honey Bee Sting Pain Index by Body Location (infographic)

•  2009 Ig Nobel Prize in Medicine: Does Knuckle Cracking Lead to Arthritis of the Fingers?  (infographic)

• 2016 Ig Nobel Prize in Physics: An Unexpected Advantage of Whiteness in Horses: The Most Horsefly-Proof Horse Has a Depolarizing White Coat (infographic)

• Do lobsters feel pain & should we boil them? (worksheet)

• IGnoble science CER:  2015 Ig Nobel Winner – Physics: Duration of Urination Does Not Change with Body Size, 2014 Ig Nobel Winner – Arctic Science: Response Behaviors of Svalbard Reindeer towards Humans and Humans Disguised as Polar Bears on Edgeøya, 2007 Ig Nobel Winner – Chemistry: Novel Production Method for Plant Polyphenol from Livestock Excrement Using Subcritical Water Reaction (infographics)

• https://www.realsciencechallenge.com/category/cer/

• https://selfservice.inqits.com/user/signin/#close-modal

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPr0Bxm0pxCwKRlDBEAxjPRxTouhPLiFq

• How to Use 12 items to make 1 Awesome CER Intro Activity (the original source of this activity was:  Gallagher-Bolos, J., and Smithenry, D. (2004). Teaching Inquiry-Based Chemistry: Creating Student-Led Scientific Communities.)

• What’s the secret to writing CER statements (hint: it’s not the claim)

• Write Good CER Statements, Review Science Content Using Chain Notes

• How to Teach Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) Like a Pro from Carrie of Beakers and Ink!

• CER hints 

• Think like a Scientist: Using Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning