Quickwrite:Thefollowingpicturerepresents
fossilsfoundinrock.Tellastoryofwhatwas
happeningwhenthesefossilswereformed.
Notes:
Observa=onsandInferences
WhatisanObserva=on?
•  Anobserva=onistheactofgathering
informa=onorevidencebyusingyourfive
senses.
Whatisaninference?
•  Aninferenceistheprocessofdrawinga
conclusionfromgivenevidence.
•  Infer(verb)=concludeorjudgedbasedon
evidence
Howareobserva=onsandinferences
different?
•  Anobserva=onisonlywhatyoucanactually
see,smell,taste,touchorhear(fivesenses)
•  Aninferenceiswhatyoudecideorpredict
basedonobserva=ons(evidence).
WhiteboardAc5vity–
Makeobserva5onsONLY!
Iobserve…
Whiteboard
Ac5vity:
Makeaninference!
Iinfer…
WhyIsItSoImportanttoDifferen=ate
BetweenObserva=onsand
Inferences?
•  Inscience,weneedtobaseourhypotheses
(aproposedscien0ficexplana0on)and
experimentsonfactsandobserva=ons.
•  Ifwebaseourhypothesesandexperiments
onopinionsorinferences,wearelesslikelyto
supportorrejecttheproposedhypothesis.
•  Scienceisbasedonfactsandobserva=ons,
notINFERENCES!
ExitSlip:
Observa=onsandInferences
Ques=ons#2