Transcript Slide 1
• • • • This is a
quiet
activity.
Read THINK Never
the question.
of the answer.
yell out your answer.
Name the vocabulary word.
• Using one or more of the senses to gather information.
• Way of learning about the natural world.
• Type of observation that gives a description. May involve taste, texture, shape or color.
• Science skill of explaining or interpreting observations.
• Science skill of grouping together items that are alike in some way.
• Type of observation that uses numbers, measurements or amounts.
• Science skill of making a statement about will happen in the future.
• Way in which scientist study the natural world by conducting tests related to a particular question.
• Involves comparing observations and data to reach a conclusion about them.
• Involves creating representations of complex objects or processes.
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Is this a qualitative or quantitative observation?
Squirrels eat acorns.
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Is this a qualitative or quantitative observation?
Indiana bats weigh an average of 3 pounds, 2 ounces.
Observation or Inference?
• The tiger has 38 teeth.
Observation or Inference?
• The grass is wet because it rained last night.
Observation or Inference?
• The flower has white petals.
Observation or Inference?
• The fire alarm is going off and we are having a fire drill.