Friday, August 17

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Friday, August 17

• Warm-Up
• Why is it important to follow lab
• safety rules in the classroom?
• Take out your homework
• (Sponge Bob Lab Safety)

A So that you or someone else doesnt get
hurt.
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Earth Science Rocks!

• MYP Unit Question Why Science?
• Area of Interaction Approaches to Learning
• Learner Profile Inquirer

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Earth Science Rocks!

• Standard Use tools and instruments for
  observing, measuring and manipulating equipment
  and materials in scientific activities.
• Learning Target
• Today Im learning
• about observations
• because
• observations could
• make or break my
• experiments.

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Observation Inference
modified by Liz LaRosa www.middleschoolscience.com
2009, from original posted atwww.science-class.
net/PowerPoints/Observation_Inference_8th.ppt
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Observations

• Any information collected with the 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
• The skill of describing scientific events

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Inference

• Conclusions based on observations.
• The process of drawing a conclusion from given
  evidence.
• Practice
• Observations
• I hear people screaming
• I smell cotton candy, popcorn, and hamburgers
• I see a lot of people
• Inference ?

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Look at these two sets of animal tracks. List 3
OBSERVATIONS Make an INFERENCE
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Now what do you think?
Make 3 OBSERVATIONS
Make an INFERENCE
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Now what do you think?
Make 3 OBSERVATIONS
Make an INFERENCE
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Activity Page

• www.middleschoolscience.com/footprints-isn.pdf
• In your science notebook, write your conclusion.
• Source of graphichttp//bob.nap.edu/html/evolut
  ion98/evol6-e.html

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