Pre-discussion Writing

Partner Sharing

Class Discussion

  1. List two examples of qualitative observations that you made.
  2. List an example of a quantitative observation that you made.
  3. What observation helped you figure out which powder was baking soda?
  4. Why did you have to do more than one kind of test to figure out which powder was which?

Share your ideas with someone next to you:

  • Compare your answers. What is the same?
  • Contrast your answers. What is different?

“An example of a qualitative observation that I made is ____________ . An additional qualitative observation was ______________________. “

“Based on our observation that powder #___________ became ____________ when we added ______________, we were able to infer that it is ________________________."

“It was necessary for us to do multiple tests in order to _____________ because ___________.”

“My observation was similar to _________’s observation; however, we thought that it was __________ due to __________.”

SciGen Unit T1 • Observation & Inference