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Observation & Inference. Observations Any information collected with our five senses. Quantitative – measureable or countable »3 meters long »4 marbles.

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1 Observation & Inference

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

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

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 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 = ?

6 Look at these two sets of animal tracks. List 3 OBSERVATIONS Make an INFERENCE

7 Now what do you think? Make 3 OBSERVATIONS Make an INFERENCE

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

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