OBSERVATIONS vs. INFERENCES OBSERVATIONS vs. INFERENCES.

OBSERVATIONSvs.

INFERENCES

OBSERVATIONSvs.

INFERENCES

observationsobservationsThings that can be described using your five senses.

Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell

They are based on facts - NOT opinoins.

Things that can be described using your five senses.

Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell

They are based on facts - NOT opinoins.There is a tree with lights and ornaments

•There is a fireplace with a fire burning

•There are objects wrapped in paper.

There is a tree with lights and ornaments

•There is a fireplace with a fire burning

•There are objects wrapped in paper.

INFERENCESINFERENCES

Using your observations to make a GUESS about an object or outcome. Using your observations to make a GUESS about an object or outcome.

Based on what I see I conclude that it must have been Christmas when this picture was taken.

Based on what I see I conclude that it must have been Christmas when this picture was taken.

Determine if the following statements are observations or inferences.Determine if the following statements are observations or inferences.

OBSERVATION OR INFERENCEOBSERVATION OR INFERENCE

1. There are two adults and one child in this picture.

2. They are a family.

3. The man is wearing a dark shirt.

1. There are two adults and one child in this picture.

2. They are a family.

3. The man is wearing a dark shirt.

4. The guy on the right is wearing a red hat.

5. The guy on the left is taller.

6. They are playing a game in someone’s backyard.

4. The guy on the right is wearing a red hat.

5. The guy on the left is taller.

6. They are playing a game in someone’s backyard.

7. There are three swords.

8. It is summer.

9. He is on a ladder.

10. He is not a mentally stable person.

7. There are three swords.

8. It is summer.

9. He is on a ladder.

10. He is not a mentally stable person.

11. The boat is white.

12. The boat was washed up on the shore by a large wave.

13. There is a rowboat near the stern of the boat.

14. Somebody forgot to tie up the rowboat.

11. The boat is white.

12. The boat was washed up on the shore by a large wave.

13. There is a rowboat near the stern of the boat.

14. Somebody forgot to tie up the rowboat.

Make three observations and two inferences about the picture.

Make three observations and two inferences about the picture.

HOMEWORKHOMEWORK

Find a picture (online, from a newspaper, from a magazine, from a family album) and write three observations and an inference about it.

Find a picture (online, from a newspaper, from a magazine, from a family album) and write three observations and an inference about it.