Developing a Scientific Explanation Tool (DSET)
What is your question?
Support for your explanation
Claim based on the evidence
(What is the answer to your
question based on your
evidence?)
I think...
Evidence (observations/data that
answers your question)
I observeed...
Scientific Reasoning
(why you think this happened
based on background resarch)
I know...
Scientific Explanation = Claim + Evidence + Science Reasoning
My claim is (fill in with above claim) because (evidence and science reasoning)
Developing a Scientific Explanation Tool (DSET)
What is the question?
Support for your explanation
Claim based on the evidence
(What is the answer to the
question based on the
evidence?)
Evidence (observations/data that
answers the question)
Scientific Reasoning
(why did this happen based on
background resarch)
Scientific Explanation = Claim + Evidence + Science Reasoning
My claim is (fill in with above claim) because (evidence and science reasoning)