1. Observation & Inference
You can observe a lot just by watching
Yogi Berra

2. Observations Any information collected with our five senses.
Quantitative – measureable or countable
3 meters long
4 marbles
50 pounds
35 degrees Celsius
Qualitative – describable, not measureable
red flowers
smells like fresh baked cookies
Tastes bitter
A skill for describing scientific events

3. Observations Subjective Objective an observation based on opinion
opinion – a statement that expresses a belief, value, or feeling
Objective
an observation based on fact
fact – a piece of information that can be strictly defined and proved true.

4. Observations Science looks like fun today.
Kanye West’s songs sound good.
The Smartboard is white and grey.
Poutine taste good.
The summer was too short.
There are sixty seconds in a minute.

5. Look at these two sets of animal tracks.
List at least 3 OBSERVATIONS
Make Observations

6. Now what do you think?
Make 3 OBSERVATIONS
Make an INFERENCE

7. Inference Inference = ? Conclusions based on observations.
The process of drawing a conclusion from evidence or observation
Practice:
Observations:
I hear people screaming.
I smell cotton candy, popcorn, and vomit.
I see a lot of people.
Inference = ?

8. Now what do you think?
Make 3 OBSERVATIONS
Make an INFERENCE