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Tuesday 1 July 2014

The Nature of Science - observing and inferring

Observing bird feathers created a lot of interest and presented a whole range of wonderings. Using magnifying glasses we made observational drawings and recorded what we noticed in detail, including measurements. From here we then began to draw inference from the observations e.g. Jo noticed that the shaft of the feather was 'see through' [transparent] so she inferred that it must be hollow.




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