Unit 3: Using Scientific Research to Support Argumentation

Overview

In this unit, students will take a closer look at how to extract information from sources and use that information to support their own arguments. They will learn how to summarize findings from individual sources and synthesize findings from multiple sources. The unit emphasizes finding specific evidence from sources and using that evidence to effectively support claims.

Unit Objectives

• Students will be able to summarize research findings from a given source.
• Students will be able to make claims supported by scientific evidence derived from research. Students will be able to synthesize research findings from multiple sources.
• Students will be able to use AI tools to support summarization and synthesis of research findings.
• Students will continue their course-long project by beginning to draft an argument-driven research paper.

Pre-Lesson Task

Question: At this point, you have hopefully already decided on a topic and research question, and found some resources for your course-long project. Before we go in depth into argumentation, take a moment to try to answer your original research question based on the research you've done so far, in only 1-2 concise sentences.

Unit 3 Lessons

Unit 3 Lesson 1: Summarizing Research

Unit 3 Lesson 2: Using Research to Support Argumentation

Unit 3 Reflection

Begin the third phase of our course-long project