1. Scientific Inquiry

2. What is science?

3. Science
A way of learning about the world and the knowledge gained from it.

4. Observe To use one or more of your senses to gather information.
Senses include: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste.

5. Qualitative “l” for “look” Quantitative “n” for “number”
An observation using your 5 senses.
“l” for “look”
An observation using numbers.
“n” for “number”

6. We infer!
Inference
To explain or interpret the things you have observed based on reasoning and what you already know.

7. We predict!
Predict
To make a forecast of what will happen in the future based on past
experience or evidence.

8. Observe
All make up
Scientific
Inquiry!
Infer
Predict

9. Observations Inference
Picture of a puppy and kitten
The puppy likes the kitten
The puppy is black and brown and the kitten is fairly light in color
The kitten does NOT like the puppy
The puppy’s nose is touching the kitten and the kitten is leaning the opposite direction.
The puppy is happy

10. Observations
Inference

11. Observations
Inference

12. Observations
Inference