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Magazine Madness
Students look at pictures cut out of magazines to determine what is happening in the picture and predict what will happen next.
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Opposites
First graders take a picture walk through of the big book "Moonbear's Books" and make predictions on what they think is happening. Echo read to check predictions. Students generate words that are opposites on chart paper.
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Record 'The' Results
Third graders predict how many times they'll see the word "the" in a newspaper page and highlight all the "the"s they find. After reviewing definitions of range, median, mode, mean they create a Stem and Leaf Plot and a Back-to-Back Stem...
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You May Already Be a Winner!
Second graders flip coins and tally the outcomes. They play the You May Already Be a Winner! game with cards under their chairs. Some cards are winners, some might be and the others are not. They play to explain the probability concept.
Curated OER
High School Mathematics Problems from Alaska: Investigation of Herring Statistics
Students read complex charts, find measures of central tendency, calculate large numbers, create histograms and box plots. They answer questions using the "Fisherman's Copy" of statistics.
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Predicting the Route of the Monarch's Spring Migration
Young scholars consider the habits of the monarch butterfly and predict the path it take as it migrates in the spring.
Curated OER
World-Class Competition
Pupils investigate the demographics and team history of some of the countries participating in the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament.
Curated OER
Statistics and Shopping
Students examine statistics and data analysis concepts from the practical questions that arise in everyday life.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Injured Otter
A young, injured otter must find his way during the winter in Yellowstone National Park in this segment from Nature.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Who Will Probably Come to the Party?
Students use tree diagrams to find possible outcomes and make predictions for probability story problems.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wolong's Pandas
Wild pandas are treated at the Wolong Conservation Center in this video segment from Nature.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Trb 4:2 Investigation 6 Collecting Weather Data
Students will Collect data, then make weather predictions from the weather patterns.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Chicken Space
Build a space craft for animals traveling to space on this site! Students will use their knowledge of geometric shapes to build a space craft to fit all the animals.
BSCS Science Learning
Bscs: Frog Symphony
This inquiry focuses on analyzing spatial and temporal data for frog calls to determine the best time of day and location to hear a symphony of frogs. Click on the link for teaching guides and handouts.
Other
Bscs: Budburst Lilac Festival
In this self-directed activity, students use graphs and maps of lilac phenology data to determine the best time to host a lilac blossom festival in their area. A handout with everything the student needs to complete this lesson plan is...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Cannibal Critters and Cannibal Critters Cont.
Students will explore probability and statistics using predictions and histograms. Theoretical and experimental probability will also be examined.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Hurricane Hunters: Tracking Katrina and Rita
In this activity students can use data collected on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to study functions, predictions, and probability models. Students will track the two hurricanes to see how the paths of the hurricanes affected the Gulf...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Chances Are
Focus on the "language" of probability by listing events from your life that are certain, impossible, likely and unlikely to happen. Determine the likelihood of an event occurring using a probability scale, based on a data set, and by...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mystery Box Scientific Method Inquiry Lab
In this activity, students will use their senses to form hypotheses from observations. They will develop methods of collecting data, other than visual, by trying to determine the contents of several small boxes and should be able to...
Other
Pete's Potpourri: Numerical Weather Prediction in Faq
This site discusses weather forecast computer modeling, or numerical weather prediction (NWP). It also discusses the development of the concept of front and air masses, as well as which computer forecast models are currently being used...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Increasing Comprehension Through Prediction Strategies
Contains plans for a lesson about predicting the outcomes of stories based off their first lines. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as...
Other
Graph pad.com: Comparing Linear Regression to Nonlinear Regression
This resource presents a complete and detailed look at linear regression. This guide provides lots of details and graphs to explain each concept.
Microsoft
Microsoft Education Lesson Plan: Candy Is Dandy
Explore color distribution of M&M candies using this detailed lesson plan. An engaging integrated lesson that requires understanding of spreadsheets and formulas, and logical reasoning. Links to related websites.