Evidence Supporting Ideas
Science · Scientific Inquiry · meta
Identify scientific evidence that has been used to support or refute ideas or arguments, evaluating the strength of evidence
What mastery looks like
- Distinguish between a claim and the evidence supporting it
- Evaluate whether evidence is strong (fair test, multiple trials) or weak (single observation, no controls)
- Identify when evidence supports or refutes a scientific idea and explain why
Check your understanding
When Evidence Supporting Ideas reads a science claim — like 'plants grow faster with music' — can they evaluate whether the evidence actually supports it or if the test wasn't fair?