Lab Safety
If you accidentally spill a chemical on your skin, this is the first thing you should do.
What is rinse the affected area with water and/or notify the teacher?
In CER, this is the statement that directly answers the question or problem
What is a claim?
A citation gives credit to this person or group when you use their ideas or information
An annotation is a note or comment you make about this.
A source written by someone who directly conducted an experiment or research is called this type of source.
What is a primary source?
You should never do this with a chemical, even if you think you know what it is.
What is "taste it"?
In CER, this part uses information or data from an investigation to support the claim
What is evidence?
This information tells your reader where they can find the source you used.
What is a citation?
Highlighting a sentence and writing "This is important because..." next to it is an example of this.
What is annotating?
A textbook that summarizes information from many different studies is generally considered this type of source.
What is a secondary source?
This piece of equipment is commonly used to measure the Volume of a liquid.
What is a graduated cylinder?
This part of a CER explains why the evidence supports the claim
What is reasoning?
If you copy someone's exact words into your work, you should put the words inside these and provide a citation.
What are quotation marks?
When annotating, you should do more than simply highlight everything; you should interact with the text by doing such things as asking questions, making connections, and doing this.
What is identifying important information?
A scientific journal article that reports the results of an experiment conducted by the authors is this type of source.
What is a primary source?
You need to determine the mass of an object. Which piece of equipment should you use?
What is a balance/scale
A student writes: "Plants exposed to sunlight grew taller." They then give measurements showing the sunny plants averaged 12 cm while the plants kept in darkness averaged 5 cm. The measurements are this part of the CER
What is evidence?
A student uses information from a website but does not copy the exact words. Should the student still cite the source?
What is "yes, because the idea/information came from another source."?
You read a paragraph that explains a new scientific concept. In the margin, you write, "This connects to what we learned about ecosystems because both involve interactions between organisms." This annotations demonstrates this skill.
What is making a connection?/activating prior knowledge?
A website written by an expert and supported with research is generally more trustworthy than an anonymous website because of this factor.
What is author credibility/authority?
A student claims that plants need sunlight to grow. They provide plant-growth measurements and explain that sunlight allows plants to carry out photosynthesis, which provides the energy needed for growth. The explanation connected the data to the claim is this part of CER.
What is reasoning?
A student copies a paragraph from a website, changes a few words, and does not give credit to the original author. This is an example of what academic problem.
What is plagiarism?
You encounter a claim in an article that seems questionable. Instead of automatically accepting it, you write a note asking what evidence the author provides to support the claim. This annotation demonstrates this type of thinking.
What is critical thinking/questioning the source?
Two websites make completely different claims about the same scientific topic. Before deciding which information to trust, you should examine factors such as the author's expertise, evidence, publication date, purpose, and this additional factor: whether the information is supported by other reliable sources.
What is corroboration/cross-checking?