Quick Write:Answer the following questions without leaving your seat. Then tell if each answer in an observation or inference.

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Announcements:

Scientist choice due today

Quiz tomorrow

1. Where is the science safety poster currently located?

2. Where are the rulers currently located?

3. What is sitting on top of the cabinet behind my desk?

4. What is behind the active board?

5. What poster did I most recently hang on the wall?

Scientist Choices

On the gold paper write:

Your Name

Science Period #

Scientist Choice

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Envelope Inferences!

a. What has happened to this envelope?

b. What are the clues or evidence that these events have happened?

Record in a chart:

Claim (inference) Evidence (observation)

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• The envelope’s construction• Where the envelope started• Who mailed it• Is the sender male or female• How was it sealed• How it traveled• What stops it made• Who handled it• Who received it• How was it opened• What do you know about the people involved?

Possible questions/topics to explore:

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What questions can not be answered from your evidence?

Envelope Sequence

a. Choose 5 or 6 events about one envelope.

b. Put the events in order with evidence.

Record in a chart:

Sequence of Events Evidence

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Sharing envelope inferences

~10 min to record a sequence 6 or 7 events for the new envelope

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Sharing envelope inferences

~Compare and discuss with the original envelope pair.

~Collaborate and refine the envelope history.

~Record any changes

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Observation: Getting information directly with your senses.Inference: A logical conclusion based on observation and past

experience.

Classify the following as observations or inferences:1. There were two stamps on the envelope2. The envelope was mailed on September 9, 19973. The person who sealed the envelope was a woman4. The letter was opened with a letter opener5. The ink on the address is black6. An address is printed in the upper left-hand corner7. The letter was mailed from the address in the upper left-

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