Discover: Picture Perfect Evidence

Investigators rely strongly on observations to give them information about a scene.  They are experienced at looking at all the details and considering what the clues might tell them.  From these clues, they are able to make inferences that might help them solve the mystery.

In this activity, you will see that much information can be obtained from making observations from a single picture.  You will have to consider carefully all the details in the picture.  Things that may not seem important at first glance may actually be the key to answering the question.  Be sure you observe carefully!

Question: How much information can be inferred from a picture?

Resources

Instructions

  1. Practice making inferences through observation:
    • Aerial Analysis Challenge
    • Click on the Play button.
    • Read the questions and look at the photograph carefully.  Make inferences about what you see and answer the question based on your observations.
    • Continue in the same manner through all the photographs.
    • When you are done, you can try again!