Handouts are available below.

Big Idea

How do you teach CER? This year, I’ve focused a little more time on introducing CER and practicing it before moving onto having students use it on tests and formal assignments. So, when introducing CER, I’m using ig nobel prize winning studies and having students graph and draw conclusions from sample data from the real world of sports and climate.

Episode Notes

To introduce CER this year, I’ve done the following activities with my science classes.

1. Use Ig Nobel Prize Winning Studies. Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded to real scientific studies that just so happen to make us laugh. They’re studies that are fun (and silly)! I’ve used one 2015 Ig Nobel Prize winner about bee stings and another about the pee rate of mammals to introduce CER to my students. These studies easily show CER in action.
2. Graph and Analyze Sample Data. I have students graph the number of players in the NHL by birth month. Then, I have the analyze the graph and come up with an argument using the CER framework. On a follow up activity (one that I collect and mark), I have students graph average monthly temperatures of two cities in the world. Then, I have them come up with an argument as to which city in the world the climate data corresponds to using the CER framework.

Resources

Handout(s): Ep 75 Handouts – How I Teach CER in Science in 2023

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