Middle-school physical science · Grade 6 ·

Revise the Claim When Results Change

Compare new evidence with a particular claim, check conditions and justify retaining, narrowing, changing or withholding a conclusion.

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Audience / fit: Intended Grade 6 science; selected Grades 6–8 standards ideas
Teaching or planning target: Compare new evidence with a particular claim, check conditions and justify retaining, narrowing, changing or withholding a conclusion.
Essential prerequisites: Read starts/changes and compare trials and conditions. The included prerequisite mini-lesson teaches claim scope and revision choices; the kit works independently of earlier kits.
Preparation: Read the supplied teacher quick start; preparation time depends on the selected route.
Use time: Allow about 45–55-minute full lesson or split over two lessons; 15–20-minute reteach; 10–15-minute later check. Planning estimate; adjust for your class.
Materials: Paper and pencil only. Optional calculator, number line, projection, pointing, labeled representation or oral response. No practical experiment required.
What to print: Use the stage-specific student choices below and the matching teacher guide. Give independent, new-evidence and later-assessment pages only at their intended stage.

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Prerequisite bridge and initial model evidence · PDF (2 pages)

New model evidence and blank revision record · PDF (2 pages)

Guided practice: initial evidence · PDF (1 page)

Guided practice: new evidence · PDF (1 page)

Independent check: initial record · PDF (1 page)

Independent check: new record · PDF (1 page)

Read the teacher guide and answers · PDF (14 pages)

For each pair, give the initial evidence, have students write and retain their original claim, then reveal its matching new evidence. Model → guided practice → independent check are distinct pairs. The model’s blank revision record accompanies the new model evidence. Keep all reteach, fresh recheck and later-assessment pairs separate. The original Quick Check repeats the independent pair.

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Learning target: Compare new evidence with a particular claim, check conditions and justify retaining, narrowing, changing or withholding a conclusion.
Prerequisites: Read starts/changes and compare trials and conditions. The included prerequisite mini-lesson teaches claim scope and revision choices; the kit works independently of earlier kits.
Materials: Paper and pencil only. Optional calculator, number line, projection, pointing, labeled representation or oral response. No practical experiment required.
Audience and standards: For Grade 6, with selected NGSS Grades 6–8 ideas. These tasks address selected ideas; supplied-data analysis does not conduct an investigation or design, construct and test a device.
Time: Allow about 45–55-minute full lesson or split over two lessons; 15–20-minute reteach; 10–15-minute later check.

Constructed teaching data: these values were invented for this activity, not collected in an experiment. No actual sleeve or product performance is established.

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Additional files · teacher preparation
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Teach the Lesson — prerequisite mini-lesson, model, guided practice and individual response Teach the Lesson
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Use a Quick Check — initial question and new-evidence pages
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Reteach Keep the Evidence Change the Claim — practice pages and a follow-up check
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Reteach Compare Conditions Before Revising — practice pages and a follow-up check
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Use a Later Check — initial question and new-evidence pages

Every selection includes its own setup, disclosure, data and response space. Quick Check repeats the lesson’s independent task; save Later Check for a new response after teaching. Teacher keys and page references help you find the matching guidance.

Print one-sided. Give students the initial page and record their original claim before sharing the new-evidence page. Keep both pages for the revision. Hand out each stage separately rather than distributing the complete packet at the start.

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Student materials preview for Revise the Claim When Results Change

Teacher first page

Teacher guide preview for Revise the Claim When Results Change

Student files

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Student printable PDF
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Student editable Word file
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Choose a stage and format

Give only the stage being used. Keep later tasks and all teacher keys with the teacher until needed.

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Complete reference files may include teaching, independent tasks, later evidence or teacher answers. Keep them with the teacher; use the separate stage selections above for handouts.

Teacher files

About the materials

The teacher guide includes complete keys, explanations, alternatives and guidance for choosing a next task.

Accept scientifically adequate labeled representations, oral explanations pointing to data or connected prose. Clarify unclear responses before choosing a reteach. A rigid paragraph format is not the target.

Classroom bundles and teaching route

Additional files · teacher preparation

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