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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Scientific Inquiry: Outcomes and Predictions

For Students 3rd - 8th
A video and a short multiple-choice quiz on identifying possible outcomes and making predictions.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Titanic Shipwreck: How Can We Predict the Weather?

For Students 1st - 3rd
Join Tim on the Titanic Shipwreck to understand about weather predictions. Learn about weather forecasts and different instruments that help determine what the weather will be. Win stars for every correct answer and earn a certificate at...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Science Fact or Opinion?

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the relationships of facts, explanations, and opinions in science.
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Other

Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: How's the Weather? [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students make their own weather station by using homemade version of real weather measurement equipment and use their equipment to make observations and predictions about the local weather.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Cube Puzzle and Toilet Paper Roll Model in Teaching the Nature of Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson incorporates inexpensive materials such as carton boxes, toilet paper roll tube, strings and toothpicks. It engages students to conduct pattern observation, prediction, testing and ends up with a model construction. It also...
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Eggs Plore Science by Making Meringues

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Practice the scientific steps of making predictions, observations, and discoveries while making this simple meringue recipe.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Science Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers the scientific experimental design.
Interactive
PBS

Nova Online: How Many Pearls? A Weight & Volume Game

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This interactive game has students apply skills in estimation, measurement, and basic addition using pearls. Students are asked to estimate the number of pearls in a treasure chest by making predictions and using number sense. The skills...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science : Scientific Explanations and Interpretations

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Presents the relationships of facts, explanations, and opinions in science.
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Read Works

Read Works: Storm Warning

For Teachers 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about an interview between a storm survivor and his son. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Hard Times for Honeybees

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about problems created by the decreasing bee population. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Whoop It Up!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that asks the reader to make predictions about s scientist who work to teach cranes to migrate. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Science of Puddles

For Teachers K - 1st
Students will look at their schoolyard and determine where a puddle will form after a heavy rain. They will map the school yard and draw chalk lines to demonstrate their predictions. After a rain children will check their predictions and...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today Hurricane Damage

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will construct a graph and a regression model which shows the relationship between wind speed and the force of the wind. The students will analyze the math model that fits the data to make predictions from the model.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today More of u.s.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the USA TODAY Snapshot "More of U.S.", construct a graph from the data, produce a mathematical model (linear) for the data, determine the rate of change for the data, and make predictions about future population levels.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Science of Racing: Hitting the Mark

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Since running a race car is VERY expensive, race engineers know a great deal about how speed, time and distance relate. In this activity, you will investigate the relationship between distance traveled, speed and elapsed time. You will...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today the Usa's Expanding Weight Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity reveals the incidence of obesity in the United States. Students will analyze "The USA's expanding weight problem" and other data to then construct a graph, analyze the trends in the data and make predictions about the future.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Arec: Model for Enhancing Science Literacy Using Field Geology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This course enhances science literacy by emphasizing the repeated practice of making observations, posing questions & developing hypotheses around a narrowly focused aspect of Minnesota Geology. Students construct new knowledge using...
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Other

North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences: Groundhog Day 2010 [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Designed for Grades K-8, this teaching guide is chock-full of ideas for celebrating Groundhog Day, with activities like making shadow puppets, examining weather lore and studying cloud formations.
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Code.org

Code Studio: Picturing Data

For Students K - 1st
Use a Play Lab project to collect data and make predictions. Use this unplugged activity to introduce data.
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Read Works

Read Works: Will Human Life on Earth Come to an End?

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about science fiction authors and their predictions about space travel. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Other

Desmos: Will It Hit the Hoop?

For Students 9th - 10th
Students explore projectile motion in this activity as they look at videos and predict whether basketballs will land in the hoop. They then show their predictions in graphs of parabolic curves and compare their predictions to the actual...
Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Lab 1: Think Globally: Act Locally

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment in a series of experiments that explores Earth Science Systems. This lab introduces students to the parts of the Earth system: the atmosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and pedosphere. As the students learn about the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Predicting Earthquakes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The signs scientists might see prior to an earthquake occurring.