This video features ways of supporting students to coordinate different forms of evidence (from personal experience, experiments, texts) when evaluating claims about a phenomenon. Agree/disagree T-charts serve as living tools over time to negotiate and record evidence for and against claims.
The tools and practices in this video can engage students as active participants in evaluating evidence in relation to claims. Importantly, students’ personal experiences in the natural world are valued as a form of evidence, highlighting these experiences as valid ways of knowing in science.
Read more about agree/disagree T-charts here: Shim, S-Y., Thompson, J., Richards, J., & Vaa, K. (2018). Agree/disagree T-charts: Supporting young students in scientific modeling and argumentation. Science and Children, 56(1), 39-47.
Teacher Jenny teaches Science along with other...
This page compiles the contributions to the 2026 NARST symposium, drawing on the expertise of local teachers in Seattle who participated in the PASTEL research project.
To raise awareness of the class’s diverse needs and expertise, teacher Emma intentionally adopts anti-ableist and linguistically-inclusive pedagogies that showcase her commitment to building a classroom of interdependence and care. See how she does this!
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