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Sunrise/Sunset

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discovver what causes the dramatic colors of a sunset by seeing the changing color of light as it passes through a clear container of water to which milk is gradually added. They measure the liquids and observe what happens...
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Not Just the Facts

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Encourage your learners to explore the differences between hard news and news analysis. They outline a complex news analysis about the upcoming presidential election, then endeavor to write an analysis of the same topic, using local...
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Move It!!!

For Teachers K
Students explore motion by observing the movement of people and duplicating those movements. They compare and contrast various kinds of movements and identify different types of movements in pictures. They build an object that can be...
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The Magical Diving Sub

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss and predict if a given object sinks or floats. They record their predictions on a data sheet. Pupils test the objects and organize them into floating/sinking groups. Students observe the floating and sinking of a...
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Layers of the Rainforest

For Teachers 2nd
What a great way to discuss the rainforest! Learners discuss the importance of adaptation in the environment and how it is linked to survival. They use critical thinking and inference skills to place animals and insects in the different...
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Dinosaur Tracks and Critical Thinking

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Get your young scientists excited about geology through the study of dinosaur tracks! They will use their power of observation to learn how tracks are made and use critical thinking strategies to suggest a scenario in which they were...
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It's a Gas! Or is it?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Examine the effects of temperature and pressure on solubility and the states of matter of ocean water. Learners make inferences about the unique chemistry of ocean water at different depths. They engage in an activity related to...
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"Rikki-tikki-tavi"

For Teachers 7th - 8th
“Rikki-tikki-tavi” provides an opportunity to model for readers how to use background information to enrich understanding of a story. Class members observe animal behavior, listen to biographical background on Rudyard Kipling, study...
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The Museum as a Time Capsule: Mongolian Example

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make defensible inferences based on observation of perceived evidence. They use observation and inference to recognize the validity of alternative approaches or solutions.
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Carbons to Computers - 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gather and classify information from observation of photographs; to have students differentiate between fact and inference.
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Plastics and Rubber: What's the Difference?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe how to classify things into groups based on physical properties.  In this plastic and rubber lesson students group and sort items to help them to better identify properties. 
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Visual Learning: A Slow, Press-ious Process

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students observe a photograph and make inferences.  In this investigative lesson students study how to find facts in pictures and draw inferences from them. 
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Testing Foods

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students perform an experiment using brown paper bags to determine which foods have oil in them. This task assesses student's abilities to make simple observations and inferences from them.
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The Gummy Worm Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lab experiment with gummy worms. In groups, they record the qualitative and quantitative observations during the lab. They use their senses to make inferences about the experiment and share them with the class.
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Can You See It, Touch It, Hear It?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars develop and practice observational skills through lab activity.
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Rock Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create replica symbols of rock are found in Wisconsin and work cooperatively to create a rock art panel. They observe rock art to find their meanings and reasons why they were created.
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Classifying Rocks

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders classify rocks. In this rocks and minerals lesson, 3rd graders observe, make inferences and conclusions about rocks, minerals, soil and fossils.
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Traditional Stories about Wind

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars observe and talk about wind using no weather instruments. In this wind lesson plan, students use their senses to observe wind. They also interview an Elder about wind.
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the Sound Detective Scientist

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students identify sounds in their environment and acquire listening and inferring skills.
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Using Adjectives to Describe Observations

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write observations of organisms based on both audio and video sources. They describe organisms which they view using appropriate adjectives.
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Clues to the Past

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students take a 1.3 mile walking tour of Chippokes Plantation, inspect significant historic buildings and artifacts, and make inferences about plantation life from their observations while answering a series of questions.
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Aspect, Treeline, and Climate

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Head to the treeline and beyond to examine how this feature of the landscape affects weather and climate, which gives scientists clues about its health. Class members' observations of photographs provide the data that drives the...
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Ecosystems, Human Activity, And Interactions, Oh My!: Human/Environment Interaction

For Teachers 5th
Word clouds about ecosystems hook learners into a lesson that explores Yellowstone wildlife. Young scientists create cause-and-effect relationships after examining data and recommend solutions to their observed problems. More data...
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Classification of Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers identify observable features of eight dinosaurs and create a sorting chart using SMART Notebook on a SMART Board (or, in case you do not have a SMART Board, a chalk or dry-erase board).

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