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Worksheet
Curated OER

Human Genetic Disorder Probabilities

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic disorders worksheet, students complete punnett squares for six different human genetic disorders. They predict the outcome of the offspring including the phenotypes and genotypes of each.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Does My River Flow?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars create a river. For this water flow lesson, students predict how they think their river will flow and then construct a river box. Young scholars create a landscape for the river to flow through, let the river flow and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Ogre Bully

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students listen to the book, The Ogre Bully, and discuss the problems the farmer and his family had during the story.  In this garden themed lesson, students examine different fruit and vegetables and plant them in soil to grow. ...
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Lesson Plan
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Miranda v. Arizona (1966)

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine Miranda v. Arizona. In this court decisions lesson, students analyze the self incrimination case and read other supplemental articles about police procedures and due process. Students discuss the Supreme Court decision...
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Table Settings

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make organized lists and find patterns to help them solve problems. They draw table formations and label how many people can sit there. They make predictions about how the tables be set up and what happen to the seating.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Earth and the Compass

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders construct a water compass to investigate the effects of Earth's magnetic field and other sources of magnetism. They predict, observe and draw conclusions from their investigation.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Another Dartboard

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders solve a word problem that involves predicting probabilities of an event and making deductions from probabilities. They discuss dice and coins and the probability of rolling each number or face of the coin, and in small...
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Lesson Plan
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Paper Airplane Contest

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research principles of flight. They design their own paper airplanes and make predictions about the performance of different designs. Students keep track of their findings in an electronic journal.
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Lesson Plan
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Making a Sundial

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make a sundial and explain how to use it. They describe the movement of Earth and the moon and the apparent movement of other bodies through the sky. They predict what happens when they put their sundials in the sun.
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Lesson Plan
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Investing Money

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in an simulated investment activity. They examine the purpose of different types of investments before they predict which will be the most successful. Finally, they simulate investing $1,000 in stocks, $1,000 in...
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Lesson Plan
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Spinning Probability

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the concept of probability. In this probability lesson, 6th graders create spinners that match specific sets of clues. Students use their spinners and worksheets to explore and predict probability.
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Lesson Plan
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Smoky Night

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders compare the neighborhoods they know to those of a different place and time. In this historical perspectives lesson, 2nd graders read Eve Bunting's Smoky Night and discuss the outcome of the story. Students also discuss...
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Lesson Plan
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Weather "Whys" Lesson 2 Seasons

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars explore seasons.  In this cross curriculum weather and seasons lesson plan, students identify characteristics of the four seasons and sequence related pictures. Young scholars listen to poems and stories about trees in...
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Lesson Plan
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Up, Up and Away

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders design and launch rockets.  In this rocket lesson plan, 4th graders observe the changes in outcome caused by size and fuel variables. Students navigate the NASA website to learn the parts of a rocket. Students load the...
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Lesson Plan
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Date with Destiny

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the outcome of the war in Iraq. In this Iraq history instructional activity, students discuss the effects of the war and the regime of Hussein. Students write and design textbook pages that feature the contemporary...
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Lesson Plan
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A Billion Hungry People

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover the inequality of food distribution.  In the hunger lesson, students discuss how some places and people do not get the food they need to survive. Students role play distributing pretend meals to people (of unequal...
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Unit Plan
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Six Blind Men And The Elephant

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice story related vocabulary. They create a list of adjectives to describe objects. They predict the outcome of the story while listening to it. They memorize an elephant rhyme.
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Lesson Plan
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Your Body: A Bacteria Incubator!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate their comprehension of PREDICTING AND HYPOTHESIZING by... ¿¿¿ Predicting a logical outcome to a situation, using prior knowledge, experience and/or evidence. AND ¿¿¿ Explaining reasons for that prediction. They...
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Lesson Plan
Tracy Pendry

Cardiovascular/Circulatory System

For Teachers 5th Standards
Explore the circulatory system with a cardiovascular pump activity that promotes discovery and discussion as class members create a functioning model of the heart. Continue the learning process through a web quest showcasing the body's...
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Activity
Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Teosinte Hypothesis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Don't want to sound corny, but your class will be a-maize-d by an engaging activity! Explore the history of the modern corn plant through a video and Punnett squares. Junior genetics experts get hands-on experience with actual research...
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Lesson Plan
Discovery Education

Future Fleet

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Turn your pupils into engineers who are able to use scientific principals to design a ship. This long-term project expects pupils to understand concepts of density, buoyancy, displacement, and metacenter, and apply them to constructing a...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Analyzing Residuals (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about patterns in residual plots with an informative math activity. Two examples make connections between the appearance of a residual plot and whether a linear model is the best model apparent. The problem set and exit ticket...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Tides, Sound Waves, and Stock Markets

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Help pupils see the world through the eyes of a mathematician. As they examine tide patterns, sound waves, and stock market patterns using trigonometric functions, learners create scatter plots and write best-fit functions. 
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Cannonball

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students calculate the speed, motion and distance of a projectile. In this geometry lesson, students obtain measurements while calculating velocity. They graph their results and make predictions.

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