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WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE?

    We are finishing gas laws and I have been inspired by Mary's story.  I found a "Card Sort" activity from a 2007 Science Teacher magazine.  Students will work in pairs and sort 12 cards.  The first four will be placed in a column.  These are the "Data" cards.  They then need to find the "Interpretation" cards and place the correct interpretation next to the correct data card.  The last four cards are "Question" cards that should match the "Interpretation" card and the "Data" card.  They will tape down the cards once they agree on the order.  There should be four rows of "Data", "Interpretation" and "Question" cards that all coincide.  They will have to answer the question cards....with as few words as possible...and defend their choices.  They then will finish it off by doing some stoichiometry problems that involve gas laws.

     We are getting close to break and they are getting hammered with tests.  I thought this would be a different type of assessment that involves a different skill set as well (verbal and conceptual)....I will keep you posted...