OBSERVATION VS. INFERENCE

1. OBSERVATION VS. INFERENCE Unit 1 Day 1

2. DO NOWTAKE 5 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE DO NOW. Don’t forget to turn in your homework to the turn in folder! • What was most important lesson you learned from the marshmallow activity? • What is malleable intelligence and what does it show you about your future in education? • When studying a chemical, it is important to touch, taste and smell it so that you know a lot about it. True or False? (Keep in mind: Lab Safety!)

3. Daily Goal: • SWBAT make observations and inferences and articulate the difference between the two. • BIG GOALS: • 80% mastery of all objectives • Students will receive 100% for their class participation grade based on their attendence, Do Nows, class work, and quizzes. • Students will become a more globally aware citizen by completing a community service project and current event research projects/assignments.

4. AGENDA • Do Now • Diagnostic • Observation v. Inference • Exit Ticket

5. TODAY’S KEY TERMS • Scientific Inquiry • Observation • Inference As we go through our lessons and learn new words, they will be placed on the “Word Wall” board

6. DIAGNOSTIC • We will be completing the second part of the diagnostic! • You have exactly 25 minutes to finish the last 20 questions. • Remember: • We want 80% Mastery! • NO TALKING or it will be a zero!

7. Notebook CheckTable of Contents Unit 1: Scientific Method Unit 2: Rocks & Soils Unit 3: Plate Tectonics & Earthquakes Unit 4: Energy Resources

8. 1.3 Observation v. Inference Do Now Homework Notes:

9. JUST BY LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE, WHAT DO YOU KNOW?

10. OBSERVATION • Definition: describingsomething you are studying, using only factsthat you can see, touch, hear or smell. An observation is NOT an opinion.

11. INFERENCE • Inference: using your observations to make a guess about an object or an outcome. • EMOTIONSare always inferences!

12. THINK YOU’VE GOT IT?! • We can OBSERVEthat Lil Wayne is holding a microphone. • We can OBSERVEthat Lil Wayne has no shirt on. • We can INFERthat Lil Wayne is rapping. YOUR TURN: • We can __________________that someone is smiling. • We can _______________that they are happy. • We can __________that a student is writing down their homework. • We can __________that they are a successful student.

13. FAST FACT A 74,000 year cycle of a devastating super volcano nears as we approach 2012. The December 2004 Tsunami epicenter points towards a possible site for the super volcano.

14. How are observations and inferences used in real life?

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18. LET’S PRACTICE WITH CHECKS.. • On your sheet, provide 1 observations and 2 inferences from the check below.

21. NOW ITS YOUR TURN… • In your lab teams, you will start on Round 2: • Pull out 3 checks • Write 1 observation for each check • Write 1 inference for each check and include evidence of how you got this inference • Write a final conclusion: What do you think is happening in these people’s lives?? Continue to Round 3 and complete the worksheet with your teams.

22. PURPOSE: • Science occurs all around us, even with money. • In this class we will observe how the world works and how we can discover new things about the world every day to change our opinion. • Scientific theory is in the way you walk, talk, and even in the way you judge other people as seen through this exercise. • So when you say you may not like science, how can you not like money? Money is science as much as rocks and earth are. • Science is constantly changing around us all we have to do is look.

23. CAN A PERSON GET SMARTER? Read the following statements. Raise a T if you think it is “true” an F is you think it is “false.” 1. ________ A person is born smart. 2. ________ The brain is like a muscle and can grow. 3. ________ A person can change how smart they are.

24. CAN A PERSON GET SMARTER? PART 2 • Read the “Malleable Intelligence” Article (7 minutes) • Answer the questions on the the Malleable Intelligence Reflection Worksheet (8 minutes)

25. “WE ARE WHAT WE REPEATEDLY DO. EXCELLENCE, THEREFORE, IS NOT AN ACT, BUT A HABIT.” ARISTOTLE • When you learn, what happens to the neurons in your brain? • Evidence #1: What happened with the animals who communicated with others? What about the animals that were alone? • Evidence #2: What does a baby learn when it grows up? How does this connect to malleable intelligence? • Evidence #3: What makes a student smart or dumb?

26. SETTING GOALS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING Why Set Goals: • To give you something to work for • To get what you want (when you want it!) • To judge you progress (working hard, tracking progress, making gains…) • To keep getting better at whatever skill you are working on • To keep becoming a better person By writing it down you can hold yourself accountable…

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28. HOMEWORK • List 3 observations and 3 inferences about our classroom. • Get supplies if you haven’t already: • SPIRAL NOTEBOOK • Folder • Glue stick • Pencil

29. EXIT TICKET • Name 1 observation from the picture to the right. • Name 1 inference from the picture to the right. • Why is science always “on-going?”