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6a Differentiate observation from inference (interpretation) and know scientists' explanations come partly from what they observe and partly from how they interpret their observations.
Holistic Rating: In-Depth coverage of this standard.
| Activities on pages A4-A5, C32-C33 and C50-C51 provide in-depth coverage of this standard and address science content for this grade level. |
Aspects that help student learning:
The cited activities for in-depth coverage address science content at the 4th grade level.
Page A5 includes a description of the difference between observing and inferring.
Aspects that do not help student learning:
Publisher cites many activities as meeting the standard that do not relate to science content standards at this grade level.
Many of the activities cited for this standard include a brief prompt to infer, but do not include any depth about this skill.
Teacher's Edition that we used cited these pages as addressing this standard, but we did not find a significant correlation:
A9, A48, A50-A51, A138.
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