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For Students 10th - Higher Ed Standards
Predict the future of education through a mathematical analysis. Using a project-based learning strategy, classes examine the pattern of student-to-teacher ratios over a period of years. Provided with the relevant data, learners create a...
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The Parched Plains: Weather And Climate

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How do meteorologists differentiate between droughts and dry spells? Introduce the concepts of weather forecasting and prediction with an insightful research-based lesson from the K20 series. Partners synthesize individual research from...
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What You See Is What You Read

For Teachers K - 3rd
Using the popular text Franklin Goes to the Hospital, youngsters make predictions by looking at the cover of the book. They draw their predictions, listen to the story, and compare their predictions to what actually happened in the story. 
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Tomato Exploration

For Teachers K - 2nd
Create tomatoes in 15-20 minutes using this fun and interactive lesson plan! Learners listen to a book about tomatoes (recommendations listed), and focus on the vocabulary word tomato. They count the syllables and practice the plural....
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A Hidden Beauty

For Teachers K - 2nd
Expose the beautiful mystery of bulbs as young botanists learn all about these fascinating plants. They glean information from a short text before observing actual bulbs (consider an onion), and comparing their findings with predictions....
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Little Boy Blue

For Teachers 1st
First graders read nursery rhymes and celebrate Mother Goose. In this drawing conclusions and predicting lesson, 1st graders create new ending for the nursery rhymes. Students gather data and make a graph showing their favorite rhyme.
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Measuring Snowfall

For Teachers K - 4th
Students predict the amount of snowfall for the week and measure snowfall.  In this measuring snowfall lesson plan, student use a precipitation gauge to measure the week's snowfall; and analyze the data to determine whether or not...
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The Great Big Especially Beautiful Easter Egg

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students make predictions about the book The Great Big Especially Beautiful Easter Egg by doing a picture walk. In this comprehension lesson plan, students read the book, see if their predictions were right, and draw pictures of their own.
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Fall Leaves Fall! Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K
Students discover facts about leaves. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify different types of leaves, and make predictions about which types of leaves they think they will find in their community. Students collect...
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The Hopi Indians

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make a mask of who they are as an individual after studying the Hopi Indians. In this Hopi Indians lesson plan, 4th graders compare and contrast the Hopi life with theirs, make predictions, and learn about culture.
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The Secret School

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make predictions and go over vocabulary for the story The Secret School. In this reading lesson plan, 4th graders use comprehension skills as they read the story and have to read to them.
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Historical Events

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make predictions about the story Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt based on what they know about slavery. In this predictions lesson plan, 4th graders finish reading the story to see if they were right.
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Groundhog Day

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use the SMART Board to learn about Groundhog day and create a tally chart of predictions for whether he will see his shadow or not. For this Groundhog day lesson plan, students respond to questions throughout the lesson.
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Phoebe The Spy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book, Phoebe The Spy, by Judith Berry Griffin. They complete comprehension activities, make predictions about what happen next, and create a PowerPoint book report for the story.
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Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Students engage in reading comprehension activities for the story "Pinky and Rex and the Just Right Pet". In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students make prediction drawings before reading the story, create new illustrations for...
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit

For Teachers K
Students read The Tale of Peter Rabbit and make predictions through a picture walk before they read. In this reading lesson plan, students also color the pages of the booklet and put it in the correct order.
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Trends Forecasting

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students practice trends forecasting to predict the weather. In this forecasting lesson plan, students learn how meteorologists predict the weather by looking at weather trends. They then predict their own forecast, analyze the results,...
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The Frog and the Ol' Black Fly

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore frogs.  For this cross curriculum literacy and frogs lesson, students predict the plot and then listen to the book The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner. Students define "predator" and identify foods a frog might eat. ...
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Weaving Weather Maps with the World Wide Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners access the Internet and use real time data from the American Meteorological Society to create a detailed weather map. They make weather predictions based on the data collected.
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Just Me and My Mom

For Teachers 1st
First graders create predictions for the story, Just Me and My Mom. In this language arts lesson, 1st graders read and discuss the story. Additionally, students draw pictures of the events of the story to show who, what, where, and when....
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Investigation: Blast Off!

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore physics by participating in a class experiment. In this flight lesson, 1st graders create a spinner using construction paper and snap cubes which fly when spun right in class. Students make predictions as to which...
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Talking About Photographs

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students ask questions and make predictions about photographs that they are shown. In this asking questions and communication lesson plan, students do this with teacher provided photographs and photographs they have brought in themselves.
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Parachute Drop

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners will have fun creating a parachute to collect data with. They will construct the parachute in small groups, measure the materials, and create an observation sheet. Then they drop the parachute and make predictions about how long...
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Using the Synoptic Code for the Prediction of Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students construct a thermoscreen for the experiment. For this earth science lesson, students make observations and interpret them using synoptic codes. They predict the weather based on gathered information.

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