Observations and Inferences

What is an observation?

• an opinion
• a fact
• what you decide
• a conclusion

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is an observation for this picture?

• The man is scared
• The man is going to get eaten
• There is a man in a kayak
• The man is paddling fast

There are fourteen penguins.

• Observation
• Inference

The penguin got pushed in.

• Observation
• Inference

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NGSS.3-LS2-1

Which of these is an observation?

• The dog is 4 years old.

• The dog is wearing a hat.

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NGSS.K-LS1-1

What is an inference? 

• Just a random guess
• the interpretation or explanation of observations

• The same as an observation
• deciding if an observation is qualitative or quantitative

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

The least amount of students like red juice

• observation
• inference

It is raining outside

• observation
• inference

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

A seedling was planted in a pot of soil and placed on a sunny windowsill. According to the chart above, the plant most likely - 

• received the sunlight and water it needed to grow
• was replanted in a new pot in Week 3
• did not receive what it needed to grow
• grew 5 cm in six weeks

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Observations like measurements are ____________ observations

• quantitative

• qualitative
• operational
• scientific