An environmental claim needs a comparison you can inspect

Uses less material sounds precise until the comparison product is missing. Invite children to underline the claim, identify what information it leaves out and describe the evidence that would make it assessable.

Underline comparative words and ask for their reference point. A claim can sound positive while omitting the information needed to assess it.

Less than what, measured how?

Underline the claim. Identify the implied comparison. List needed evidence.

'Uses less material' needs a comparison product and measurement.

Less than what? Discuss one claim at a time.

An appealing symbol is not proof.

Resources

• Reflection Journal Template — Use the editable recording prompts for a short evidence-and-question record, alongside the checked topic source.

Further reading

• Australian Museum — insects in our gardens

Read next

• Make a classroom environmental action observable
• Compare environmental solutions against the same constraints
• Map a garden observation point so someone can return to it

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