Observation and Inference

Which of the following is an observation about this picture?

• The boy has fallen off his bike.
• The boy is in a lot of pain.
• The boy has injuries to his knees
• The boy learned his lesson about wheelies

Which of the following statements is an inference about the picture

• The vase is broken.
• The girls' bow is blue and purple.
• The girl broke the vase.
• The girl has blonde hair.

Look around your classroom (but not at another student's computer). What is an observation you see?

• The lab table is black.
• This quiz is hard!
• I am hungry.
• I love science!

Scenario: you walk into the science classroom and see an unfamiliar adult at the front of the room. You also see that Mr. Lundberg is not in the room. You wonder where he could be.
Which one(s) are observations?

• You walk into science.
• You see an unfamiliar adult.
• You wonder where Mr. Lundberg could be.
• None of these are observations

Scenario: you walk into the science classroom and see an unfamiliar adult at the front of the room. You also see that Mr. Lundberg is not in the room. You wonder where he could be. "Maybe he's home sick today" you think to yourself.
Which of these is an inference?

• You walk into science.
• You see an unfamiliar adult.
• You do not see Mr. Lundberg
• "Maybe he's home sick today" 

Which of these statements is NOT an observation about this picture?

• There is a red candle on the window sill.
• The moon is full.
• It is Christmas time.
• There's snow on the tree.

Which of the following is NOT an inference about the man in this picture:

• The man hates his purple shirt.
• The man has a purple shirt.
• The man is having a bad day.
• This man is upset because he's hungry

Scenario: You are shopping at Safeway. You hear glass breaking, a person cursing, and the sharp smell of pickle juice coming from the next aisle. 
Which of these is/are observations?

• You hear glass breaking
• You hear a person cursing
• You smell pickle juice
• All of these are observations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Scenario: You are shopping at Safeway. You hear glass breaking, a person cursing, and the sharp smell of pickle juice coming from the next aisle. 
Based on the scenario, what do you infer (inference)?

• The pickle jar was slippery.
• Someone dropped a jar of pickles.
• All of these are inferences.
• That person is having a bad day.

Observations like measurements are ____________ observations

• quantitiative
• qualitative
• operational
• scientific

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1