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			Scientific Claims Video Review</p>
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			Goals-</p>
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			Critically review the scientific claims of other student scientists for clarity and for validity</p>
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			Practice constructive criticism</p>
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			Objectives-</p>
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			Students will review scientific claims videos of other student scientists</p>
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			Students will construct and post to Vimeo a constructive response to the claim and/or reasoning (for three other research groups)</p>
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			Materials-&nbsp;</p>
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			Scientific Claims Video Review worksheet</p>
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			Computer with Internet access</p>
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			Place of this Lesson in Project Sequence-</p>
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			This video sharing must happen after other groups have developed their scientific claims and posted their claim videos.</p>
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			Lesson Duration-</p>
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			approximately 80 minutes</p>
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			<em>Note - Depending on the students and the amount of time available you can: </em></p>
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			<em>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </em><em>lead the students in a discussion of what they need to include to respond to other people&rsquo;s videos constructively, </em></p>
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			<em>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </em><em>give the student groups the review form and have them review and write a response</em></p>
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			<em>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </em><em>have students use the review form and give them a pre-written response script. </em></p>
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			Introduction-</p>
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			Explain:</p>
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			The goal of this is to help these other students improve, streamline and/or clarify their claim, their reasoning, and the evidence they are going to use to back up their claim. Practicing scientists have their work reviewed at every stage of a research project - when they propose the project, as they work through it, and when they write up or present results. Being able to compose a constructive review and to respond to others&rsquo; reviews is a critical skill for scientists.</p>
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			What does constructive criticism look and sound like? (solicit ideas and set some class ground rules). Scientists use the term &ldquo;review&rdquo; for constructive criticism.</p>
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			We&rsquo;re going to watch a video together and work through this process then you&rsquo;ll split into your groups to review three videos from other classes. You will have a worksheet to do this review in your groups, but let&rsquo;s do one without using the worksheet.</p>
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			<em>Note:</em></p>
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			<em>Some guidelines for giving constructive criticism include making the criticism relevant and appropriate to the context, describing the claim, reasoning or evidence carefully and accurately first, offering both positive and negative criticism whenever possible, being specific, and explaining how to improve. </em></p>
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			Video viewing and Discussion-</p>
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			<u>Watch a video as a class and begin the discussion:</u></p>
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			<strong>Claim:</strong></p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can someone re-state this group&rsquo;s claim in their own words?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyone want to add on to that?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Does everyone agree with (name of your student)&rsquo;s re-statement?</p>
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			yes (move on)</p>
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			no- don&rsquo;t agree- could you add on or restate?</p>
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			(if re-state, in what way are these two statements different?)</p>
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			(if need be go through clarifying process again)</p>
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			or &ldquo;what I think I hear you saying is... &ldquo; articulate the differences between the two &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; statements</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How confident do you feel that that is what this group is saying?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What can you say to this group about their claim?</p>
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			<u>Do the same for background justification and evidence:</u></p>
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			<strong>Reasoning:</strong></p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can someone re-state this group&rsquo;s reasoning in their own words?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyone want to add on to that?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Does everyone agree with (name of your student)&rsquo;s re-statement?</p>
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			yes (move on)</p>
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			no- don&rsquo;t agree- could you add on or restate?</p>
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			(if re-state, in what way are these two statements different?)</p>
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			(if need be go through clarifying process again)</p>
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			or &ldquo;what I think I hear you saying is... &ldquo; articulate the differences between the two &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; statements</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; How confident do you feel that that is what this group is saying?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What can you say to this group about their reasoning?</p>
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			<strong>Evidence:</strong></p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Can someone re-state what this group is going to use for evidence?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyone want to add on to that?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Does everyone agree with what (name of your student) said?</p>
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			yes (move on)</p>
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			no- don&rsquo;t agree- could you add on or restate?</p>
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			(if re-state, in what way are these two statements different?)</p>
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			(if need be go through clarifying process again)</p>
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			or &ldquo;what I think I hear you saying is... &ldquo;articulate the differences between the two &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; statements</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Will this evidence support this claim?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Is there something missing or different that you can recommend to this group about their evidence?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; What can you say to this group about the evidence that they&rsquo;ll be using?</p>
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			Crafting a comment response-</p>
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			<u>Ask: </u></p>
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			What can we say to this group? (solicit input)</p>
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			Suggest four sentences:</p>
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			An opening sentence (make this nice, specific and complimentary)</p>
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			A sentence about their claim:</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We did not understand your claim, but we think you said __________, is this right?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We understood your claim about________ (have them restate the claim in their own words)</p>
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			A sentence about the reasoning:</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We did not understand your reasoning, but we think you said __________, is this right?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or, We did not understand your reasoning, but some reasons that might back up your claim are____________</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We understood your reasoning that________ (have them restate the reasoning in their own words)</p>
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			A sentence about the evidence:</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We did not understand how the evidence will support your claim, could you explain?</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or, We did not understand your evidence, but some other evidence like_________might back up your claim.</p>
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			●&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; We understand the evidence that you&rsquo;re going to use ________ (have them restate the reasoning in their own words)</p>
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			Draw axes for a graph on the board and have the students, as a group, draw a hypothetical graph of what the data will look like if the data supports the claim.</p>
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			Group work-</p>
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			<u>In groups: </u></p>
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			As a group (with one person recording), review the videos of three other groups (groups can be from same school, but not the same class, preferably not the same teacher). Each group fills out a Scientific Claims Video Review worksheet for each group.</p>
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			<u>Writing a response: </u></p>
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			Have students use their <a href="http://ipatoryscience.org/sites/default/files/B-WET claim video review.doc">Scientific Claims Video Review worksheet</a> to write a response to post.</p>
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			If there is time, review the comments before posting.</p>
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			Post comments to Vimeo.</p>
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			Follow-up question-</p>
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			<u>Ask:</u></p>
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			Are there any things about your own claims, reasoning or evidence that you want to modify or streamline after reviewing the claims of other scientists?</p>
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			Worksheet for lesson (<a href="http://ipatoryscience.org/sites/default/files/B-WET claim video review.doc">this worksheet is available here</a>)-</p>
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							Answer questions about the video:</p>
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							Circle one</p>
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							Provide additional feedback:</p>
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							Do the group members identify themselves?</p>
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							YES</p>
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							&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NO</p>
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							If YES, are the introductions easy to understand?</p>
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							Do the group members identify the school that they come from?</p>
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							YES</p>
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							&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; NO</p>
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							If YES, what school are they from?</p>
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							Does the group state their claim?</p>
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							YES</p>
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							NO</p>
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							If NO, indicate in your comments that the claim is unstated.</p>
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							If YES, restate their claim here:</p>
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							Is that claim reasonable? <em>Note: this doesn&rsquo;t mean you think it&rsquo;s right, just that it is possible and makes sense in the way that they are thinking about how the world works</em>.</p>
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							YES</p>
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							&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NO</p>
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							If NO, let them know in your <em>r</em>eview that the claim, as stated, is not reasonable and explain why.&nbsp;</p>
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							If YES, include as a comment in your <em>re</em>view.</p>
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							Does the group tell you why they made their claim?</p>
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							YES</p>
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							&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NO</p>
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							If NO, ask them to clarify in your review.</p>
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							If YES, explain their reasoning:</p>
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							7</p>
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							Is the reasoning behind their claim sound?</p>
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							YES</p>
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							&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NO</p>
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							If NO, include in your <em>r</em>eview: What other reason(s) can they use to make their claim?</p>
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							If YES, include as a comment in your <em>re</em>view.</p>
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							Does the group tell you what evidence they would need to support their claim?</p>
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							YES</p>
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							&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NO</p>
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							If NO, in your review suggest some evidence that would support their claim.</p>
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							If YES, what is the evidence?</p>
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							9</p>
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							Is the evidence something that we can obtain from the data currently available to us or that the class is collecting now?</p>
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							YES</p>
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							&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NO</p>
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							If NO, in your review suggest some evidence they could use that IS available in order to support their claim - OR - tell them that we cannot get the evidence to test their claim.</p>
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							&nbsp;</p>
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							If you are unsure if the data are available ask the group if they have access to the data.</p>
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							If YES, include as a comment in your <em>re</em>view</p>
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			Using this feedback form write a constructive review of this group&rsquo;s claim and evidence and post it to Vimeo.</p>
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			Use this space to create a hypothetical graph of what this group&rsquo;s data will look like if the data supports their claim (label the axes).</p>
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