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Creating The Virtual Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is about the concept of earthquake design. The lesson includes the integration of technology and how it can be used to create buildings and structures for withstanding an earthquake. Students also define...
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Mendellian Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars describe the inheritance patterns other than simple dominance. They are taught how Mendel's principles apply to all organisms. Students review the use of Punnett Squares. They are taught the principles of probability...
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Curated OER

Laetoli Trackway Puzzle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students try to reach a "best explanation" after viewing diagrams.  In this trackway instructional activity students complete several worksheets, make observations and hypothesize.
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Weather Forecasting Basics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze weather diagrams and weather maps. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders explain why it is important to know the weather. They complete a handout at the end of the lesson.
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Inventory of Ebenezer Wells (1730-1783), Nephew of Ebenezer Wells (1691-1758)

For Teachers 11th
Students understand that farming was still the backbone of the economy at the beginning of this period. Students compare inventories from the first turn (1680-1720) and the second turn (1780-1820).
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Curated OER

Climate, Corals, and Change

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine oxygen isotope ratios and how they are related to water temperature. They also identify three forcing factor changes for climate change.
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Curated OER

Just Jelly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify common gelatinous zooplankton in the Canada Basin and their ecological role. They compare and contrast feeding strategies of at least three different types of gelatinous zooplankton.
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Curated OER

Geologist and Core Sampling

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe a cupcake and attempt to answer each question on the observation page. They write three sentences that explains how a geologist takes core samples of the earth's surface. Students make sketches and write...
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Elder's Cloud Observations

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study cloud types and Native language terms for clouds and cloud types. In this cloud types lesson, students listen to a Native American speaker discuss clouds and the words used to describe clouds. Students complete a worksheet...
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Strategy Guide: Teaching How Scientists Make Inferences [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This guide includes an introductory section about visual evidence, a general overview of how to use this strategy with many science texts, and a plan for teaching how to use visual evidence to make inferences with the Seeds of...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Using Word and Picture Clues to Make an Inference

For Teachers 1st Standards
First graders will use text evidence to make inferences about word and word phrase meanings in a text. Word and picture clues will be used to help students form inferences.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Introduction to Making Predictions and Inferences

For Teachers 1st
First graders will engage in a shared reading of "Mr. C's Dinner" so that we can build a foundation for understanding what it takes to make good predictions and inferences.
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Siu Edwardsville: Professional Development Center: Lesson Plan: Inference [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson teaching the use of word selection, context, structure, and specific references in making inferences within non-fiction texts.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: "The Last Leaf": Making Inferences

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This learning module has a series of screencast videos and practice exercises designed to teach students how to make inferences based on explicit and implicit information found within a text.
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Better Lesson: What the Heck Is That? Inferring the Purpose of an Object

For Teachers 5th Standards
In this instructional activity, 5th graders use their prior knowledge and inference skills to determine uses of unfamiliar objects. They participate in group discussions and analyze the key information they have in order to reach...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Relevant Information and Valid Inferences (English I Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] An inference is a guess based on the information within a situation. It is valid if the guess is logical. This lesson teaches you how to check a completed draft for relevant...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Dead Men's Tales: Inferring Height From Bone Length

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore the work of forensic scientists by inferring an individual's height from the length of certain long bones. Create bone/height relation charts and measure length using metric units. This activity was created to be used with the...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Teach the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
To improve students' reading comprehension, teachers should introduce the seven cognitive strategies of effective readers: activating, inferring, monitoring-clarifying, questioning, searching-selecting, summarizing, and...
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TES Global

Tes: Coraline 5 Reading Assessment

For Students 4th - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan provides a way to assess students' understanding of inferences about the traits of characters in the Neil Gaiman's novel Coraline.
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Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Inferential Reading

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Teaching students to "read influentially" helps them learn how to read more strategically. This technique is derived from the teaching model that learners develop knowledge via the process of interpreting new information in light of past...
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Read Works

Read Works: Predicting 3rd Grade Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a instructional activity designed to teach students to make predictions based on relationships between characters. The instructional activity is based on the book Soupy Saturdays with the Pain...
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Read Works

Read Works: Predicting 1st Grade Unit

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit designed to teach students to make predictions and support them with details from the text. Lessons are based on the books Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes and No Roses for Harry! by...
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The Critical Thinking Consortium: A Teacher's Guide to the Gardener [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart won the Caldecott Honor in 1998. It centres around a set of letters about a young girl who moved from the countryside to the city. In the lessons in this teaching guide, students must make inferences from...
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Wisconsin Educational Communication Board: Into the Book

For Students K - 1st Standards
This series of videos and interactive activities provide an excellent set of resources for teaching or learning the 8 research based reading strategies provided here. After receiving your "key" you can investigate the features inside and...

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