A presentation to introduce scientific thought. This is NOT the scientific method, as students get drilled and killed with it when they are in the lower grades. This is inference, observation, predictions, modeling, journal articles, and oral defenses. You know, the more advanced stuff you always wish someone had taught you in school.

1. Scientists have a special
way of looking at the
world around us.

2. Observations
Gathering information using your five
senses: sight, smell, touch, hearing, and
sometimes taste

3. Observations
Gathering information using your five
senses: sight, smell, touch, hearing, and
sometimes taste
Make three observations about this
picture

4. Inferences
An interpretation based on your
observations and prior knowledge

5. Inferences
An interpretation based on your
observations and prior knowledge
Make an inference about what happened
in this picture

6. Predictions
Making an inference about a future event based
on current evidence or past experiences