Ice Breaker:

Ice Breaker:

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Ice Breaker:

Why don’t animals need haircuts?

Ice Breaker:

Why are there so few plant or animal based foods that are the color blue?

Pendulum Investigation

Where do we see pendulums?

Focus Question:How does argumentation help us make meaning of the phenomenon we’re investigating?

Which variable has greatest impact on the number of swings a pendulum makes

Variables:Weight Release angleString length

Argument PostersWhy does string length affect

the number of swings more than other variables?

Argument Posters

String length affects the number of swings a pendulum makes because…

- Observations- Data- Evidence

Round-robin presentationsPRESENTER: Use argument cards to present your evidence

LISTENER: Use argument cards to challenge the presenter

How does argumentation help us make meaning of what we’re investigating?

What arguments did you hear?How did those arguments alter

your own thinking?What did you get from the

argument that you didn’t get from the investigation?

SPOT: Engaging in Argument From Evidence

FOSS tie-in:• Balance in Motion (2)• Matter & Energy (3)• Electricity & Magnetism (4)• Any highly controlled

FOSS investigation

SPOT: Engaging in Argument From Evidence

Focus on meaning-making based on data collectedPre-made materialsArgument posters about

why, not howRound-robin presentation

structure

SPOT: Engaging in Argument From Evidence

Differences between this PD and last PD:Access to same evidenceEvidence collected during

lessonInstructor gave a “right”

answer

Planning time!(take a break, too)

Planning time!

How can argumentation help your students make meaning of a phenomenon you’re investigating soon in your classrooms?

Announcements- Summer Session 3- Course Credit- TISS apps—3/15