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9/20 - 7th Grade Agenda Collect HW: Reading & Notetaking p.14 & 15 Observation vs Inference Meal Worms Lab HW: Language of Science Daily Reflection • Prompt: Write three quantitative observation in this classroom. Thinking like a Scientist • Scientists use skills such as obs_______, erving rring infe______, pred_______, icting clas______, sifying and making models to learn more about the world and make scientific progress Observing • Observing means using one or more of your sen_____ ses to gather information. Quantitative observation deal bers or amounts. with num____ • Can you give me an example? • 20% of the students passed the test. Qualitative Observation deal with riptions that cannot be desc_______ expressed in numbers • Can you give me an example? • The chimp appears sad. Inferring • When you lain exp_____ or interp____ the ret things you observe, you are inferring or making an inference Predicting • Predicting means cast of making a fore____ what will happen in the future based on erience past exp__________ dence or evi_______. Classifying • Classifying is the process of uping together gro_____ items that are alike in some way Making models • Making models involves creating sentations of repre_________ complex objects or processes. Observation vs. Inference A Observation ? Inference ? Observation vs. Inference B Observation ? Inference ? Observation vs. Inference C Observation ? Inference ? Observation vs. Inference D Observation ? Inference ? Mealworm Observation Lab Reflection • Write one quantitative observation, one qualitative observation and two inferences about Mealworms (Write in complete sentence) Mealworms are insects • They turn into Darkling Beatles Larva Pupa Adult Quantitative vs Qualitative Observation • 20% of the students got an A on the test Quantitative Observation Quantitative vs Qualitative Observation • There are 15 girls in the classroom Quantitative Observation Quantitative vs Qualitative Observation • The students are paying attention in the classroom Qualitative Observation Quantitative vs Qualitative Observation • 90% of the students are looking at the teacher Quantitative Observation Quantitative vs Qualitative Observation • The floor is shiny Qualitative Observation Observation vs. Inference Observation vs. Inference #1 Observation vs. Inference #1