An elementary science teacher wants to find out how the class is coming along on using the science process skill of inferring. What would be an appropriate activity?
A) Have the students write descriptions of similarities and differences between a mouse and a gerbil.
B) Provide the students with photographs of animal tracks and have them tell what animal made each of the tracks.
C) Have the students tell which chime in a set of wind chimes will ring at the highest pitch.
D) Have the students decide what is meant by "sink" on a sink-or-float activity.
E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Providing students with photographs of animal tracks and having them tell what animal made each of the tracks requires the use of inferring. They are using their observations to make an educated guess or hypothesis about which animal made the tracks.

An Elementary Science Teacher Wants to Find Out How the Class