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Basic Science Process: Predicting Skills

The document discusses the science process skill of predicting. It provides examples of predictions and explains that predictions are based on observed patterns and are reasoned statements. The document also contains activities asking readers to identify observations, inferences and predictions in scenarios and provides examples of using sunrise times to make predictions.

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Basic Science Process: Predicting Skills

The document discusses the science process skill of predicting. It provides examples of predictions and explains that predictions are based on observed patterns and are reasoned statements. The document also contains activities asking readers to identify observations, inferences and predictions in scenarios and provides examples of using sunrise times to make predictions.

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BASIC SCIENCE PROCESS

SKILL -
PREDICTING

KPLI SCIENCE MINOR


LESSON NOTES
BY
SYLVESTER SAIMON SIMIN
SMD, KTTC
WHAT?
• Predicting is a process of forecasting events
based on observations and previous
experiences or certain pattern of reliable
data.
• Prediction are reasoned statements based
not only on what we observe but also on the
mental models we have constructed to
explain what we observe.
• Predictions are not just wild guesses
because guessing is often based on little or
no evidence.
• Written in future tense
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EXAMPLES
• I see it is raining and the sun is coming out.
There could be a rainbow.
• When I flip the switch the lamp will light.
• The weak magnet picked up five paper clips;
I predict the strong magnet will pick up more.
• If I release both balls at the same time, they
will hit the ground at the same time

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PREDICTION BASED ON OBSERVED PATTERNS
Date Sunrise Time
1. What time did the sun appear to rise on
Jan 1 7:24 Jan 1? On Feb 1?
Jan 15 7:20
Feb 1 7:12 2. Would you expect the sunrise time for
Feb 15 6:52
Jan 15 to be about halfway between
sunrise time for Jan 1 and Feb 1? Is it?
Mac 1 6:35
Mac 15 6:08 3. Use the halfway method to predict the
Apr 1 5:42 sunrise time for Feb 15. What is your
Apr 15 5:21 prediction?
May 1 5:00 4. Predict the sunrise time for Oct 15.
Jun 1 4:31
5. Predict the sunrise time for Sep 10.
Jul 1 4:33
Aug 1 4:56
Sep 1 5:25
Oct 1 5:54
Nov 1 6:28
Dec 1 7:01
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SELF CHECK
4. 5.
Nov 1 – 6:28
Oct 1 – 5:54
Oct 1 – 5:54
- Sep 1 – 5:25
34 min difference
29 min difference
Half of 34 min is 17 min
Oct 1 – 5:54 10/30 of 29 min = 10 min
+ 17 min Sep 1 – 5:25
6:11 predicted sunrise time + 10 min
for Oct 15 5:35 predicted sunrise time
OR for Sept 10
14/31 of 34 min = 15 min
Oct 1 – 5:54
+ 15 min
6:09 predicted sunrise time
for Oct 15

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WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
• Information gained through the senses :
OBSERVATION
• Why it happened : INFERENCE
• What I expect to observe in the future :
PREDICTION

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ACTIVITY 1
Read the frames of the cartoon. Indicate whether each statement
is an observation, inference or prediction

1. In about 2 minutes that mountain is going to blow sky-high. ( )


2. I can feel the rumbling beneath my feet. ( )
3. The rumbling is caused by the volcano. ( )
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ACTIVITY 2
WRITE YOUR OBSERVATIONS, INFERENCES & PREDICTIONS
FOR THE FOLLOWING PHOTOGRAPH

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OBSERVATIONS INFERENCES PREDICTIONS

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THANK YOU

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