Claims - Evidence - Reasoning (C-E-R) Writing Graphic Organizer / 7th

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Claims – Evidence – Reasoning (C-E-R) Writing Graphic Organizer / 7th

Remember​: The purpose of this Graphic Organizer is to help make connections between the claim, the evidence of
that claim, and the reason that the evidence supports that claim. The order that you use it doesn’t matter (questions
first, claim first, evidence first, or reason first).
Question

Are electromagnetic radiation waves from cell phones dangerous to human health?

Claim

Electromagnetic waves from cell phones are not dangerous to human health.

Reason 1 Transition Evidence Source


Words
Cell Phone https://fortuned
use per day 1. As an otcom.files.wor
increased illustration… dpress.com/201
yearly, but . 1/07/cellphone_
the amount use_vs_brain_c
of new 2.In ancer.jpg?quali
brain general... ty=80
cancer
diagnoses
decreased
over the
years.

Reason 2 Transition Evidence Source


Words
Cell Phones Dale Preston, a leading expert in radiation induced https://drive.go
deliver non 2. And… cancers, says there’s no sign of a “sudden spike of ogle.com/file/d/
ionizing risk” in any of his research on cancer in bomb survivors. 0B6y0PD5RPIh
radiation in 3. With this In fact he suspects tumors were already GdzNYRlp6M2
thousands in mind…. increasing in frequency in the 1950s, before the records dKaG8/view?us
of small were being kept. He is skeptical about drawing p=sharing
doses. parallels between atomic bomb radiation and cell phone
radiation (since the A-Bombs deliver ionizing
radiation in one big dose, while cell phones deliver
non-ionizing radiation in thousands of small doses.)
Reason 3 Transition Evidence Source
Words
There is no Hopefully the evidence will continue to mount. In the https://drive.go
link 1.Then.. current issue of Bio-Electromagnetics a study of ogle.com/file/d/
between the brain cancer in England found that “the increased use of 0B6y0PD5RPIh
increased 2.And... mobile phones between 1985 and 2003 has not GdzNYRlp6M2
use of cell led to a noticeable change in the incidence of brain cancer dKaG8/view?us
phones and in England between 1998 and 2007.” p=sharing
harmful
effects such
as brain
cancer.

Transition Conclusion
Words
Electromagnetic waves from cell phones are not dangerous to human health.
1. As shown When the cell phone usage increased yearly, the total number of brain
above…. cancer diagnoses dropped. Cell phones deliver much less radiation in
extremely small amounts unlike atomic bombs that deliver huge amounts of
2.To radiation all at once. And a study found no correlation between increased
summarize... cell phone usage and brain cancer.

Adapted from: Sandra Yellenberg SCCOE ​https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Nje-XeDNC8eJsMG4SN2VkbFqWnpX0T7k

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