Weather & Climate CER Activities Claim Evidence Reasoning Science
- Grades
- Grade 5, Elementary
- Pages
- 9
- File type
- Answer key
- Included
- Subject
- STEM, Earth Sciences, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Science, Nature & Plants, Life Sciences
- Topic
- weather cer, climate cer
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables
- Answer key
- Included
- Standards
- CCSS.RI.4.1
About this resource
What's inside this resource
With these interesting Weather & Climate CER Activities, you can assist kids in developing their scientific thinking abilities!
Students will practice the Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning (CER) structure utilized in contemporary science classrooms as they investigate key weather and climate issues.
Each task consists of a brief informational science paragraph that is followed by a CER question that challenges students to evaluate the text's evidence, bolster assertions, and provide an explanation for their conclusions.
Ideal for homework, test preparation, independent practice, scientific classes, STEM centers, and refresher exercises.
What's Included?
✅ 8 Weather & Climate CER Activities
✅ Short Informational Reading Passages
✅ Claim, Evidence, and Reasoning Practice
✅ Critical Thinking Activities
✅ Science Literacy Integration
✅ Student Response Pages
✅ Complete Answer Key
✅ Ready-to-Print PDF
Topics Covered
☀️ Weather vs Climate
🌎 Seasons
🌧 Rain Formation
❄️ Snow Formation
🌀 Hurricanes
🌪 Tornadoes
🌍 Climate Zones
♻️ Human Impact on Climate
Skills Practiced
✔ Claim Evidence Reasoning (CER)
✔ Science Reading Comprehension
✔ Critical Thinking
✔ Scientific Reasoning
✔ Analyzing Evidence
✔ Earth Science Concepts
✔ Informational Text Analysis
✔ STEM Learning
Perfect For
⭐ Grades 4–6
⭐ Science Centers
⭐ STEM Lessons
⭐ Earth Science Units
⭐ Homework
⭐ Independent Practice
⭐ Test Review
⭐ Homeschool Learning
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Distinguish weather from climate
- Explain how rain and snow form
- Support a scientific claim with evidence from a text
Skills covered
- Claim, evidence and reasoning — students write a claim, back it with two details from the passage and explain the link
- Close reading of science text — students pull specific facts from short informational passages
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Curriculum
Standards, concepts & topics
Standards
Standards
- CCSS.RI.4.1 — Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
Core concepts
Core concepts
- Claim, evidence, reasoning
- Weather vs. climate
- Climate zones
- Severe weather
- Human impact on climate
Topics
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