Claim Evidence - Reasoning

Conclusion: Claim – Evidence – Reasoning

Claim - Answers the original testable question. Evidence - Provides support for the claim from the data collected during the experiment. Should include numerical values when appropriate Reasoning - Links the original testable question, the claim and evidence to a scientific principle.

The order of your paragraph:

1. Claim In a complete sentence, restate your problem/question and then tell what result you found In this experiment I (we) wanted to find out…… I (we) learned…..

Ex: In this experiment many chemical changes occurred.

2. Evidence In a complete sentence, provide your evidence (use numbers when applicable.) Make sure to mention all of your data and averages if you have multiple trials The data that supports this is….(list the changes you observed)

3. Reasoning In a complete sentence, explain the reason why you think you got the result you did. Include any major vocabulary terms necessary…this should be the fancy science reason that it happened I (we) think this happened because…..

After your C-E-R 4. Accept or Reject your hypothesis – make a statement telling if your original hypothesis was supported or rejected by your conclusion My (our) hypothesis was right. We thought…

My (our) hypothesis was wrong. We thought…

5. What would you do differently - mention what you would do different if you could do the experiment over again. Were there any accuracy issues??? If I did this experiment again, I would be sure to...