Say What the Notes Support
Separate a recorded observation from a guess about later.
Supplied materials
- Use the supplied fictional observations or model. Paper and pencil are optional; spoken answers are welcome. No equipment or real experiment is needed.
Learn the idea
Evidence is information we can point to when we explain an answer. A weather note saying rainy lets us say rain was recorded then. A sentence about a day with no note is a guess. Guessing is allowed, but a guess should not be called a recorded observation.
A pretend record says Thursday cloudy and Friday rainy. There is no Saturday entry. We can describe Thursday and Friday and count one rainy entry. We cannot use these two notes to be certain that Saturday will be rainy. Scientists keep track of what they know and what still needs information.
- Listen to the two recorded entries.
- Say one sentence that repeats something in the record.
- Point to the missing Saturday entry.
- Choose the statement supported by the notes and explain which note helps.
See the method in action
“Friday was recorded as rainy” has evidence: the Friday entry. “Saturday must be rainy” has no Saturday observation and is not certain from this record.
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Friday was recorded as rainy.
The Friday note explicitly says rainy. The record says cloudy on Thursday and gives no Saturday note.
Take it further
Add a Saturday entry saying sunny. We can now say Saturday was recorded as sunny; the record still does not guarantee Sunday’s weather.
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