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Probability or Ability?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Pupils use their non-dominant hand to catch candy which they tossed in the air. They estimate how many they catch in a second round. They record and determine how the probability changed the second time.
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Curated OER

A Self Directed Inquiry into the Identification of Unknowns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain experience in designing an experiment and use logic in selecting specific tests for unknowns. Students recognize the use of spreadsheets in helping one to make clear comparisons.
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Curated OER

BIOME VIDEO Exchange Project

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students videotape information about the biome in which they live without naming it and send this to other students across the nation so they can guess which biome it comes from. Students include local ecosystems, information concerning...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Miss Nelson is Missing Activity Card

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this literature activity, students complete an activity at home as a response to the book Miss Nelson is Missing. Students read a statement on the card, decide what is real or imaginary and record their "yes" or "no" answer on the...
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Curated OER

Birth, Growth, And Development

For Teachers K - 5th
Students understand that all living things have a life cycle that includes being born, developing into an adult, reproducing, and eventually dying.
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Curated OER

Listen to a Shape

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify basic shapes (circle, square, rectangle, triangle) and describes the attributes of each. They use magazines to find examples of each shape, and then make a collage.
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Curated OER

Cool! Awesome! What is it?

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students infer what a mysterious object is in a photo. For this inference lesson, students practice their scientific skills to identify what they see. Students enjoy solving the mysterious identity of objects and extending their...
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Curated OER

Statistics and Probility

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders collect data and make predictions. In this geometry instructional activity, 7th graders work in tiers collecting data and plotting it. They make inferences and predictions about their collected data.
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Curated OER

History Detective: The Case of the Mysterious Trunk

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students role play as history detectives. In this historical inquiry lesson, students discuss what detectives do, analyze a trunk of "artifacts" and make conclusions about its fictional owner. Students complete six pages of related art,...
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Brief Content 3

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this sentences and phrases worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences and phrases and choose the best word to complete them. Students complete 25 sentences and phrases.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Junie B. Jones Introduces Literacy Mystery Boxes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for seven lessons that use the book "Junie B., First Grader (at last!)" by Barbara Park to develop reading comprehension, summary and writing skills. Students create literacy mystery boxes based off the text. In addition...
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University of California

University of California at Berkeley: Understanding Science: Mystery Boxes

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An interesting lesson where students collaborate to create a visual image of what the inside of a sealed box looks like. The box has a marble or other type of sphere inside it, as well as partitions and/or ramps. Students come to...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mystery Box Scientific Method Inquiry Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
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...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Phonics Through Literature Learning About the Letter M

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for lessons that teach about the letter M using a "Mystery Box" filled with items starting with M and the books "Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" and "Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree" by Eileen Christelow. In...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: Keister

For Students 9th - 10th
Originally meaning a woven container, the word keister has roots all over the place. The devil's tool box? Sure. A safe? That too. So, how did it become associated with the buttocks? Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel get to the bottom of...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Myth of Pandora's Box

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Iseult Gillespie explores the mystery of Pandora's box.
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SRI International

Performance Assessment Links in Science: Mystery Boxes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students test their observation skills as they make predictions about the objects that are in three different boxes.
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Website
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Sir Dig a Lot: History Mysteries: Pandora's Box

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
An engaging way to understand the ancient Greek story of Pandora's Box in a modern day way.
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Michigan Reach Out

Guess What! A Lesson About Atoms

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson plan outlining a very simple way to introduce students to how the structure of the atom was determined. Uses a mystery box with surprise items inside.
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Graphic
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Atom

For Students 3rd - 5th
A lesson plan outlining a very simple way to introduce students to how the structure of the atom was determined. Uses a mystery box with surprise items inside.

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