Observation 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.

Scenario: you walk into the science classroom and see an unfamiliar adult at the front of the room. You also see that Mrs Waterhouse is not in the room. You wonder where she could be. Which of these is an inference?

• You walk into science.

• You see an unfamiliar adult.

• You do not see Mrs. Waterhouse

• "Maybe she's home sick today" 

Which of these statements is an inference 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.

Match the following

• an observation of qualities or traits

• inference

• gathering information using the 5 senses

• observation

• an observable event occurring in nature

• qualitative

• an observation that includes quantities

• quantitative

• possible explanations of observations

• phenomenon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Match the following

• He's going to create an explosion

• conclusion

• He has 2 beakers

• observation

• Likely a scientist in a lab

• prediction

• LOTS of evidence lead to these

• inference

Scenario: You are shopping at Coles and then you hear glass breaking, someone yelling and you smell pickle juice. Which of these is/are observations?

• You hear glass breaking

• Someone broke a pickle jar

• You smell pickle juice

• You hear yelling

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following statements is an inference of the graph?

• Tom had $60 in his account in January

• More money was in the account in July than October

• Tom worked extra hours to earn more money between April and July

• The amount of money increased from January to July

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

She is holding an umbrella

• observation

• inference