DIRECTIONS AND GUIDELINES
K-5
�Encourage your students to get creative with the CER framework and enter our poster competition.
You can make your poster based on the investigable question provided or create you own question based on the theme “Plants Are Our World”
Posters can be made by hand or using a computer.
Posters will be judged on the following criteria:
Investigable Focus Questions
Grade Levels | Investigable Questions (Optional) |
Kindergarten | Where do different kinds of plants grow? |
First | How do plants grow and change? |
Second | Why do plants need water? |
Third | How are life cycles of plants similar? |
Fourth | How do plant structures help them survive and reproduce? |
Fifth | How do plants use energy? |
Posters will be judged on the following criteria cont’d.
Claim
A statement/conclusion that responds to the question under investigation.
Claim
Reasoning�(Grades 3-5)
Evidence
Originality
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Evidence
Scientific data that is appropriate and sufficient to support the claim.
Reasoning
Justification that shows why the data counts as evidence to support the claim AND includes appropriate science ideas.
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Imagination
Question: Where do different kinds of plants grow? | |
Claim: | Evidence:
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K-2 Claim- Evidence Framework Template
Question: How are life cycles of plants similar? | |
Claim: | Evidence:
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Reasoning:
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3-5 Claim- Evidence- Reasoning Framework Template
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR JUDGING, ALL POSTERS MUST BE RECEIVED BY �FRIDAY, June 9, 2023.