Week 15 Blog Post

 Olivia Langosch

This week I learned about making inferences off of observations. The activity we did with the canisters, we tried to find the person who had the same item in the canister as we did. We made a lot of different observations to find the other person, but we had a hard time guessing what was in our canisters. We thought it was a little marble at first, then when we opened it, it was a mint lifesaver. So, we got it completely wrong. 

I thought it was confusing trying to find the other person. I had a hard time trying to find the other canister that matched mine, but after Mr. L said that we could have used the materials in our surroundings, it made me thing how much easier it would have been, instead of just trying to listen for the same sounds and assuming the weight is the same. 

I will use this in my future teaching career because I think this lesson added some mystery and curiosity to the activity. It was fun and hands-on for us, so for kids I think they would stay engaged and learn about making observations and inferences based on this activity.