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Title: Observation


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Observation Inference6th ScienceMrs. Bright
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Observations
  • Information gained through the senses.

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Scientific Investigation
  • Scientific Observation
  • Identify and describe properties using your 5
    senses (qualitative) and scientific tools
    (quantitative)

What sense is missing?
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TASTE !!!!
REMEMBER Never put things in your mouth in the
Science Lab without permission !!!
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Inference
  • An explanation of an observation.
  • The process of drawing a conclusion from given
    evidence, prior knowledge, and experience.
  • Must be logical.

Make an observation. Make an inference.
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Scientific Investigation

Inference
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Scientific Investigation
  • Make an inference. What is going on here?

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Tracks like these are common in parts of New
England and in the southwestern United States.
What do you OBSERVE? What can you INFER?
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Now what do you think?
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Infer what happened based on your observations.
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Scientific Investigation
  • Qualitative Observation use only the 5 senses
    and refer to properties such as
  • color, shape, texture, taste, sound

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Scientific Investigation
  • Quantitative Observation use numbers, amounts
    or measurements
  • Can also make comparisons such as
  • More than, less than, few, many, all, none
  • As long as a number is involved!!

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QUANTITATIVE uses tools to collect measurements.
  • Length, Height, Distance (meters)
  • Rulers, Meter Sticks, Meter Tape
  • Mass (grams)
  • Triple Beam Balance
  • Volume (liters)
  • Graduated cylinders
  • Weight (newtons)
  • Spring scale

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Source of graphichttp//bob.nap.edu/html/evolut
ion98/evol6-e.html
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