The Solar System CER Task Cards | Middle School Earth Science | Grades 6–8
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The Solar System CER Task Cards | Middle School Earth Science | Grades 6–8
The Solar System CER Task Cards is Claim-Evidence-Reasoning phenomena task cards for Middle School Earth Science (grades 6–8) on The Solar System.
- What's inside: Phenomena-Based CER Task Cards (editable .docx + PDF, about 10,767 words, 26 pages); answer key / model answers for the teacher.
- Resource type: CER Task Cards. Format: editable Microsoft Word file plus a ready-to-print PDF.
Classroom use: Place cards at stations or project them; students write a claim, cite evidence, and explain their reasoning. Built for Middle School Earth Science, grades 6–8.
Sample question“Visible Coma / Tail Produced?”
Pairs with: The Solar System Slide Show Presentation; The Solar System Guided Notes; The Solar System Lesson Quiz; The Solar System Vocabulary Words & Definitions.
Standards
NGSS Middle School Earth & Space Science (MS-ESS) disciplinary core ideas and the science practices of analyzing data and constructing explanations.
Opening the files
These files are delivered in Microsoft Office formats (Word and/or PowerPoint). If you open a worksheet that includes tables in Apple Pages or another non-Microsoft app, table formatting may not display correctly. For best results, use Microsoft Word or PowerPoint (or upload the file to Google Docs). If you run into any formatting issues, contact us and we can send a PDF version.
At a glance
- Resource type
- Phenomena-Based CER Task Cards
- Grade
- 6–8
- Course
- Science
- Delivery
- Digital download