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Unit Plan
National Security Agency

It's Probably Probable

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners make predictions and draw conclusions from given information as they learn the meaning of probability in this vocabulary-rich, integrated activity that presents a variety of teaching strategies to motivate and reach all learning...
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Curated OER

Take a Chance on Probability

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Connect ratios, probability, and combination outcomes with a challenging activity idea. It guides your learners through probability of an event as fractions or ratios, on a number line, and with correct vocabulary. The class will be...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

We're Off To the Races!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a magnet to "race" objects from one side of a racing track to another. They predict what the results are, then run the race. Pupils sort and graph which items were successfully moved, they attempt to race again. This...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Secrets of the Mummies

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
How did the ancient people of Egypt preserve their dead so well that their bodies are still recognizable today? Learn the painstakingly complex process they used for preservation. Young scholars read and summarize a narrative detailing...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Engaging Young Scientists with Inquiry: Part One

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Building inquiry into your science lessons will make science concepts more concrete for your class.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Predicting Outcomes I: Pre Test

For Students 5th - 8th
In this predicting outcomes activity, students answer multiple choice questions about predicting outcomes of different stories. Students answer 8 questions total.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Activity: Predicting Outcomes

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this math activity worksheet, students practice making predictions as they respond to 3 short answer questions and 1 test prep question.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Possible Outcomes 7

For Teachers 6th
In this math worksheet, 6th graders make predictions about the possible outcomes for two word problems and correlate the data found in the graphic organizer.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Cause-Effect Facts and Predictions

For Students 5th - 10th
In this cause and effect learning exercise, students choose the correct words to complete the sentences about facts and predictions of cause and effect relationships. Students complete 21 sentences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probabilities for Number Cubes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of probability.  In this probability lesson, students roll a six-sided number cube and record the frequency of each outcome.  Learners graph their data using a frequency chart and keep tally marks in a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chances Are

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are involved in activities that give them experiences predictingthe likelihood of certain events occurring. They become aware that certain outcomes are equally likely, more likely,or less likely than others to occur. Students...
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Worksheet
Raytheon

Probability, Percent, and Proportion

For Students 6th - 8th
In this probability and predictions learning exercise, middle schoolers read 1 page of facts, then solve 8 pages of problems related to probability, with answers keys included.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Probability: Predicting Outcomes and Likelihood

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore probability and its use in predicting events and outcomes. Through guided practice and hands on exploration, they determine whether an event has a probablity of likely, unlikely, impossible, or certain. Students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Making Predictions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this predicting outcomes worksheet, students use the information they already know and what the author is telling them to make a prediction. Students read several short passages and then write their predictions on the line.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Story Predictions Chart

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this predictions worksheet, students complete the graphic organizer for a story that helps them predict the outcome of the story.
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Lesson Plan
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Three Skeleton Key

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Encourage your learners to interact with the text as they read. While reading "Three Skeleton Key," class members note predictions, define words and study their meanings, take notes on how the suspense builds, and jot down ideas about...
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Lesson Plan
MENSA Education & Research Foundation

Probably Probability

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Reinforce the concept of probability with a series of lessons highlighting the idea of likelihood, probability formulas, relative frequency, outcomes, and event predictions. The collection is made up of four lessons offering informative...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Using Linear Models in a Data Context

For Teachers 8th Standards
Practice using linear models to answer a question of interest. The 12th installment of a 16-part module combines many of the skills from previous lessons. It has scholars draw scatter plots and trend lines, develop linear models, and...
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Activity
US Department of Agriculture

Sink or Float?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
Will it sink or will it float? Learners predict the outcome as they drop random objects into a container of water. Then, they keep track of the results and record the data in a t-chart to draw a final conclusion.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Informally Fitting a Line

For Teachers 8th Standards
Discover how trend lines can be useful in understanding relationships between variables with a lesson that covers how to informally fit a trend line to model a relationship given in a scatter plot. Scholars use the trend line to make...
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Normal Distributions (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
From z-scores to probability. Learners put together the concepts from the previous lessons to determine the probability of a given range of outcomes. They make predictions and interpret them in the context of the problem.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Modeling with Polynomials—An Introduction (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Linear, quadratic, and now cubic functions can model real-life patterns. High schoolers create cubic regression equations to model different scenarios. They then use the regression equations to make predictions.
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Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Calculating Conditional Probabilities and Evaluating Independence Using Two-Way Tables (part 2)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Without data, all you are is another person with an opinion. Show learners the power of statistics and probability in making conclusions and predictions. Using two-way frequency tables, learners determine independence by analyzing...
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EngageNY

Interpreting Residuals from a Line

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What does an animal's gestation period have to do with its longevity? Use residuals to determine the prediction errors based upon a least-square regression line. This second lesson on residuals shows how to use residuals to create a...

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