Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of making predictions using surveys. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the...

Short descriptions give readers a quick look at 100 year-old predictions that came true.

The history of human evolution is described, from the first aquatic animals that developed the ability to walk on land and the pivotal organisms from then up to the present day. The author then goes on to make interesting predictions...

In 1968, a science fiction writer named James R. Berry wrote an article entitled '40 Years in the Future' for the magazine Mechanix Illustrated. It was his futuristic vision of the 21st Century. Berry's predictions of a world featuring...

Contains plans for a lesson plan about predicting the outcomes of stories based off their first lines. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well...

Describes some fantastic predictions made in the 1930s for what technology might bring in the future, for example, the creation of a sea in the Sahara Desert and the widespread ownership of personal airplanes. (Published 26 December 2014)

Students investigate the interaction between greenhouse gases, solar radiation, and the Earth's surface and oceans for the impact on global warming. By altering variables, they can project what reduction in greenhouses gases is needed in...

This downloadable slideshow focuses on prediction and inference including the similarities and differences between them, when the reader does each, and questions to ask as you are reading.

This video segment adapted from NOVA scienceNOW features new advances in predicting the intensity of hurricanes. [5:49]

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read an informational text about the predictions of a futurist and answer questions on comprehension, text support, main idea, vocabulary, and more. Links to a paired text and paired text...

Contains plans for two lessons about circular stories like those of Laura Joffe Numeroff, who is known for the book "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Students read stories with circular plots as models before composing their own. In...

People in the early 20th century were hopeful about the future that innovation might bring. The technology that came out of World War I, and the growing potential brought by electricity (half of all U.S. homes had electric power by 1925)...

Literary response and prediction are the focus of this lesson plan. Knowing story structure is an important skill for literary analysis, and this gives teachers a way to help learners develop this skill. Includes links to web resources,...

This is an introductory lesson plan to a second grade weather unit. The students will be observing the weather each day for one week and recording their observations in a chart. The students will be integrating information from the...

This article describes eight cognitive strategies - including monitoring, tapping prior knowledge, and making predictions - to help readers develop their comprehension skills.

This learnng resource, a trial edition, contains an assortment of interactive maps. One map shares voting trends over past United States Presidential years. A voting prediction map is also provided.

Published in 1998, this article offers 10- and 20-year predictions for how technology would change the world we live in.

Practice reading and comprehensions skills using the Geronimo Stilton book series. Choose activities from areas such as character studies, analysis of words and pictures, plot and making predictions. Reproducibles are included.

Article reports on why measuring the size of raindrops from space may help improve weather predictions. Includes video.

This lesson plan uses the text "Granddaddy's Gift" in order to develop and improve comprehension, prediction, and discussion skills. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

NASA site provides detailed information on the 2004 transit of Venus across the sun. Also explores the modern value of Venus transits and how they aid in the study of astronomy.

Article defines Mendel's law of independent assortment, provides examples, and takes a look at how it is used to make predictions. Also, discusses dihybrid crosses and 4 x 4 Punnett squares.

This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Elizabeth Howard's Aunt Flossie's Hats, Mem Fox's Wilford Gordon McDonald Partridge, Bill Martin's Knots On A Counting Rope, and Lucia Gonzales' The Bossy...

This is a set of lessons where students investigate tree rings and what scientists can learn from them. They measure tree rings and correlate the data to precipitation patterns in order to make predictions about the climate. For an...