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Silent Sensory Stations

Observation and Inference

Formative

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Lab Description

SILENTLY, using your five senses, try to identify what is inside the containers.

Use your observation skills to lead you to an inference

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Silent Sensory Stations - Observation and Inference

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Fish
Horse
Fireworks
Insect
Guitar

Make your observations, make your inference....

Coin Conundrum

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Silent Sensory Stations - Observation and Inference

KEY

PEBBLES

COTTON BALLS

AIR

PENNIES

SAND

WHITE PAPER

NAILS

TOOTHPICKS

PEPPERMINT

GRAPEFRUIT

CINNAMON

FABRIC SOFTENER

WHITE VINEGAR

SUGAR

SALT

VANILLA

ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL

EUCALYPTUS

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PENNIES

FIREWORKS

NICKELS

GUITAR

DIMES

FISH

QUARTERS

INSECT

NUTS

HORSE

Five Boxes Coin Conundrum

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These five boxes contain the following:

Five Nickels
Five Quarters
Five Pennies
Five Dimes
Five Steel Nuts

Use your observation skills to identify which box contains which items.