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NOAA

Off Base

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How does carbon dioxide affect the world's oceans? The final installment in a series of six lessons has pupils research ocean acidification, then conduct an experiment to witness the delicate balance that exists in our seas. Materials...
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Curated OER

Food for Spaceflight

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
When astronauts get hungry in outer space, they can't just call and have a pizza delivered. In order to gain an appreciation for the challenges associated with space travel, young learners are given the task of selecting,...
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Towson University

Looking Into Lactase: Guided Inquiry

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Milk does a body good ... unless, of course, someone is lactose intolerant. Pupils play the role of pharmaceutical scientists in a guided inquiry lab about lactase. Lab groups collaborate to learn more about lactose intolerance, how...
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NOAA

Watch the Screen!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Can a sponge cure cancer? Life science pupils visit the drugstore under the sea in the fifth lesson of six. Working groups research the topic then get hands-on experience by testing the inhibiting effects of several plant extracts...
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Curated OER

What Can Scatterplots Tell Us?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use data from surveys conducted with parents, peers and themselves to create computer-generated scatterplots. They make inferences from their scatterplots.
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Ohio Department of Education

Observe Then Infer

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Upper elementary scientists learn that observations made can lead to inferences. They rotate through six weather-related stations that challenge them to make observations and then draw inferences from their observations. A...
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Curated OER

Mysterious Footprints

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners, after observing and responding to two pictures, consider the interaction of two unknown animals by examining the pattern of their footprints. They make observations, draw conclusions and propose possible explanations for the...
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Curated OER

Wilson Stands Alone in His Plan for World Peace

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the Fourteen Points. They examine motives behind Wilson's Fourteen Points and why most of them were rejected by France. They answers questions concerning primary resources (casualty list and before and after...
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Curated OER

Rocks on Parade!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders describe and classify rock samples. In this rock lesson, 3rd graders make inferences about rock samples by observing and measuring them. This lesson contains 5 different stations for the students to go to. 
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Curated OER

The Nature of Science and Technology

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders perform a variety of experiments to observe, form conclusions, and make inferences.  In this experiment lesson, 2nd graders experiment based on the result of a pre-assessment. Students share what they have learned.
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Curated OER

Marine Archaeology

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars examine marine archaeology. In this archaeological data lesson, students see how archaeologists use data to make inferences about shipwrecks. Young scholars read data and make their own inferences, write about marine life...
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Curated OER

Gummy Bear Math

For Teachers 1st
First graders predict, collect data, and create a graph based on gummy bear colors they are given. For this graphing lesson plan, 1st graders first predict how many colors of gummy bears there are. They then count the colors, graph them,...
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Curated OER

Recycling!

For Teachers K - 7th
The young scholars recall events from Dr. Seuss' story The Lorax and make connections to environmental issues affecting their lives. They are expected to reflect on the facts of the story and respond verbally stating the inferences they...
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Curated OER

Probability and Expected Value

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students collect data and analyze it. In this statistics lesson, students make predictions using different outcomes of trials.
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Curated OER

Egg Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars make detailed qualitative and quantitative observations. They are introduced to the process of developing repeatable procedures. Students practice collecting data. They review measurement skills. Young scholars become...
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Curated OER

Weighing a Dinosaur

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners role play as paleontologists who make inferences about the weight of dinosaurs. They use models and the density of water to make these inferences.
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Curated OER

Wreck Detectives

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate shipwrecks. In this marine archaeology lesson ,students collect data and make inferences about the causes of shipwrecks. Students work in groups to create their own model of a shipwreck using clay. Students then...
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Curated OER

Venn Diagram and UK Basketball

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze data and make inferences. In this algebra lesson, students collect and analyze data as they apply it to the real world.
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My Daily Life in Kansas

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use 'Read Kansas' cards to learn about the daily life activities of an Osage boy and a pioneer girl. In this similarities and differences lesson, 2nd graders write a paragraph and draw a picture comparing...
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Curated OER

Teaching and Learning Through Objects

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify and interpret the function, usefulness or utitlity, form, beauty or aesthetics, and meaning, context or story, of objects and how they learn new skills and make things that they learn traditionally, by observation and...
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Curated OER

Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the contributions of African Americans of the 20th century. In this African American history instructional activity, students examine portraits of Muhammad Ali, Romare Bearden, Lorraine Hansberry, Judith Jamison, and...
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Understanding How Potatoes Grow

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders make a KWL chart and brainstorm what they need for the project of growing potatoes. They choose one potato and plant it in water or peat moss cups and choose a location in which meets the needs of the plants and make their...
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Curated OER

Fertilizers, Pesticides and Human Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define several vocabulary terms related to chemicals and toxicology. Students calculate chemical concentrations in water and explain the toxicological principles that govern safety of substances. Students conduct an...
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Curated OER

Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and acquire an understanding of what the Civil Rights Movement consisted of, the issues that sparked the Movement, the people who participated and the events that occurred during the Movement. They also identify how to...

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