Make two QUALITATIVE observations about your left shoe.
Make two QUANTITATIVE observations about your left shoe. (Hint: feel free to use a ruler!)
Qualitative or Quantitative Observation?
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The water is boiling rapidly.
I got five hours and 29 minutes of sleep last night.
This candy tastes like cinnamon.
This candy is 1.5 centimeters wide.
The water temperature is 104 degrees Celsius.
My eyes have dark patches under them today.
Qualitative Observation
Quantitative Observation
Look around you. Make 1 observation about the room you are in currently.
Using your observations, make 1 inference about the room you are in currently. What might you conclude or believe to be true based on your observations?
A paleontologist finds these fossilized footprints and takes a picture.
Look at the picture above.
What are 2 observations you can make about this image?
Look at the picture above.
Share one inference you might make about this image.
Observation or Inference?
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My dog wants me to give him some food.
There is a wallet lying on the ground.
Someone misplaced their wallet.
The owner of the car might like to drive really fast.
My dog is making a whining noise.
The car is red.
Observation
Inference
1 = "not very strong yet"
5 = being "very strong,"
From 1 -5, rate your understanding of:
a. QUALitative vs. QUANTitative observations
b. Observation vs. Inference
Optional: If you'd like to give Lauren feedback here, ask a question, share something that is on your mind, and/or leave a good joke, you are welcome to do so.
WAY TO GO!
After you submit below, check over your answers to see which questions you missed and correct them (you can edit the Formative after submitting.)
Then, go back to Google Classroom and click "Mark as Done" on this assignment.
If you have extra time, you can do a logic puzzle or watch a blow-your-mind science video from this Youtube channel, called "Be Smart."
High five to you from Jo & Lauren!
