Enhancing Observational Skills through the 5 Senses and Devices

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Explore how the 5 senses - sight, touch, hearing, taste, and smell - interact with our environment and how observations can be enhanced using specialized devices beyond human senses. Discover examples like a graduated cylinder, microscope, spring scale, wind vane, and compass that extend observational capabilities. Test your observational skills, accuracy, and perception through visual cues and technological aids.

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OBSERVATION OBSERVATION THE 5 SENSES THE 5 SENSES INCLUDE: INCLUDE: 1) 1) SIGHT SIGHT 2) 2) TOUCH/FEEL TOUCH/FEEL 3) 3) HEARING HEARING 4) 4) TASTE TASTE 5) 5) SMELL SMELL INTERACTION OF INTERACTION OF OUR SENSES OUR SENSES WITH THE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENT

TESTING YOUR POWERS TESTING YOUR POWERS OF OBSERVATION OF OBSERVATION

3. CHECK TO DETERMINE IF YOU 3. CHECK TO DETERMINE IF YOU WERE ACCURATE. HOW MANY WERE ACCURATE. HOW MANY OBSERVATIONS USING ONLY OBSERVATIONS USING ONLY SIGHT DID YOU HAVE CORRECT SIGHT DID YOU HAVE CORRECT (1, 2, OR 3)? (1, 2, OR 3)?

CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE OR CAN BE USED TO IMPROVE OR EXTEND OUR POWERS OF EXTEND OUR POWERS OF OBSERVATION. THESE OBSERVATION. THESE DEVICES HAVE BEEN DEVICES HAVE BEEN INVENTED BY PEOPLE TO INVENTED BY PEOPLE TO EXTEND THE HUMAN SENSES EXTEND THE HUMAN SENSES BEYOND THEIR NORMAL BEYOND THEIR NORMAL LIMITS, AND THUS ENABLE LIMITS, AND THUS ENABLE US TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS US TO MAKE OBSERVATIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE IMPOSSIBLE OR HIGHLY IMPOSSIBLE OR HIGHLY INACCURATE. INACCURATE.

E. EXAMPLES E. EXAMPLES

CYLINDER CYLINDER 1. GRADUATED 1. GRADUATED

2. MICROSCOPE

3. SPRING SCALE

4. WIND VANE

5. COMPASS

BALANCE 6. TRIPLE BEAM

7. TELESCOPE

THERMOMETER 8.

GLASS 9. MAGNIFYING

10. RULER

F. WHICH INSTRUMENTS CAN BE USED TO ACCURATELY MEASURE EACH OF THESE?

II. INFERENCE AN INTERPRETATION OF AN AN INTERPRETATION OF AN OBSERVATION BASED ON ONE S OBSERVATION BASED ON ONE S KNOWLEDGE AND/OR KNOWLEDGE AND/OR EXPERIENCE EXPERIENCE

A. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU A. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU OBSERVED THE OBSERVED THE APPEARANCE OF MORE APPEARANCE OF MORE AND MORE CLOUDS AND MORE CLOUDS THAT WERE DARKER THAT WERE DARKER AND DARKER IN COLOR, AND DARKER IN COLOR, YOU MIGHT INFER THAT YOU MIGHT INFER THAT IT WILL RAIN IT WILL RAIN

B. LIST THE OBSERVATIONS AND INFERENCES B. LIST THE OBSERVATIONS AND INFERENCES THAT YOU CAN MAKE BASED ON THIS PICTURE: THAT YOU CAN MAKE BASED ON THIS PICTURE: OBSERVATIONS: OBSERVATIONS: INFERENCES: INFERENCES:

IDENTIFY EACH STATEMENT IDENTIFY EACH STATEMENT AS EITHER AN AS EITHER AN OBSERVATION OBSERVATION OR AN INFERENCE INFERENCE: : OR AN

(A) THE DOG (A) THE DOG IS IS GROWLING. GROWLING. (B) THE DOG (B) THE DOG IS ANGRY. IS ANGRY.

(A) (A) THE PEBBLE IS SM0OTH AND ROUNDED. THE PEBBLE IS SM0OTH AND ROUNDED. (A) (A) THE THE PEBBLE WAS CARRIED BY A STREAM PEBBLE WAS CARRIED BY A STREAM. . (A) (A) THE PEBBLE IS LIGHT BROWN IN COLOR. THE PEBBLE IS LIGHT BROWN IN COLOR.

(A) (A)BY TOMORROW, THE STREAM WILL OVERFLOW BY TOMORROW, THE STREAM WILL OVERFLOW ITS BANK. ITS BANK. (A) (A)THE RIVER IS HIGH, MUDDY AND FLOWING THE RIVER IS HIGH, MUDDY AND FLOWING SWIFTLY. SWIFTLY. (A) (A)THE RAINFALL HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS AND IS THE RAINFALL HAS BEEN CONTINUOUS AND IS HEAVY. HEAVY.

(A) THE TIRE (A) THE TIRE HAS A LEAK. HAS A LEAK. (B) THE TIRE (B) THE TIRE IS FLAT. IS FLAT.

(A) THERE IS A (A) THERE IS A TRACK ON TRACK ON THIS TRAIL. THIS TRAIL. (B) THE TRACK (B) THE TRACK WAS MADE BY A WAS MADE BY A LARGE DEER. LARGE DEER.

(A) THE LEAVES (A) THE LEAVES ON THE TREE ON THE TREE ARE MOVING. ARE MOVING. (B) THE LEAVES ON (B) THE LEAVES ON THE TREE ARE THE TREE ARE MOVING, SO WIND MOVING, SO WIND MUST BE MUST BE BLOWING. BLOWING.

ON SYSTEM IS BASED A. A CLASSIFICATION PROPERTIES OR PROPERTIES OR CHARACTERISTICS OF AN CHARACTERISTICS OF AN OBJECT OBJECT

ORGANIZE DATA/OBJECTS ORGANIZE DATA/OBJECTS IN A MEANINGFUL WAY IN A MEANINGFUL WAY TO . AN INVESTIGATOR SYSTEM ENABLES B. A CLASSIFICATION

C. CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS USING C. CLASSIFY THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS USING THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ON THE NEXT THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ON THE NEXT PAGE. PAGE. PLACE THE NAMES OF THE ANIMALS IN THE PLACE THE NAMES OF THE ANIMALS IN THE DIAGRAMS. DIAGRAMS. HINT: HINT: BEGIN BY COMPARING AND BEGIN BY COMPARING AND CONTRASTING CHARACTERISTICS. CONTRASTING CHARACTERISTICS.