Students become editors at NoWay, a web site that publishes amazing-but-true stories. Two stories being considered for publication include claims about photosynthesis. Students must evaluate the validity of the claims by looking for relevant evidence in the informational resources provided. Based on what they find, they decide whether or not the site should publish the stories.

Concepts

critical thinking, photosynthesis

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Additional Tags

science literacy skills, scientific evidence, center for children and technology, no way, possible worlds, photosynthesis process

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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