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Statistical Accuracy and Reliability
Ninth graders assess the accuracy and reliability of current survey data and how it is represented. They design a survey, collect data, and use technology to analyze the data and present the results. Students examine scatter plots and...
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner
Students read and analyze a poem about a speaker's posthumous view of war, assess the purpose of an author's note and evaluate the effect of the point of view on the reader's response. They work in groups to discuss and analyze the poem.
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Creating The Virtual Model
Learners engage in a lesson that is about the concept of earthquake design. The lesson includes the integration of technology and how it can be used to create buildings and structures for withstanding an earthquake. Students also define...
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Runaway Slaves, An American Experience
Sixth graders explore, analyze and study how one's personal experiences impact one's perspective and actions. They interpret ideas and events of slavery from the different perspectives of an abolitionist, slave owner, United States...
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Mendellian Genetics
Students describe the inheritance patterns other than simple dominance. They are taught how Mendel's principles apply to all organisms. Students review the use of Punnett Squares. They are taught the principles of probability and...
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Laetoli Trackway Puzzle
Students try to reach a "best explanation" after viewing diagrams. In this trackway lesson students complete several worksheets, make observations and hypothesize.
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Elder's Cloud Observations
Students study cloud types and Native language terms for clouds and cloud types. In this cloud types lesson plan, students listen to a Native American speaker discuss clouds and the words used to describe clouds. Students complete a...
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Weather Forecasting Basics
Eighth graders analyze weather diagrams and weather maps. In this earth science lesson, 8th graders explain why it is important to know the weather. They complete a handout at the end of the lesson.
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The Chromosome Connection
Students evaluate the degree of chromosome similarity and difference between humans and apes. Students infer about the relationship between a human and ape based on similarities found.
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Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Strategy Guide: Teaching How Scientists Make Inferences [Pdf]
This guide includes an introductory section about visual evidence, a general overview of how to use this strategy with many science texts, and a plan for teaching how to use visual evidence to make inferences with the Seeds of...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Using Word and Picture Clues to Make an Inference
First graders will use text evidence to make inferences about word and word phrase meanings in a text. Word and picture clues will be used to help students form inferences.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Introduction to Making Predictions and Inferences
First graders will engage in a shared reading of "Mr. C's Dinner" so that we can build a foundation for understanding what it takes to make good predictions and inferences.
Other
Siu Edwardsville: Professional Development Center: Lesson Plan: Inference [Pdf]
Lesson teaching the use of word selection, context, structure, and specific references in making inferences within non-fiction texts.
CPALMS
Cpalms: "The Last Leaf": Making Inferences
This learning module has a series of screencast videos and practice exercises designed to teach students how to make inferences based on explicit and implicit information found within a text.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: What the Heck Is That? Inferring the Purpose of an Object
In this lesson, 5th graders use their prior knowledge and inference skills to determine uses of unfamiliar objects. They participate in group discussions and analyze the key information they have in order to reach conclusions.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Relevant Information and Valid Inferences (English I Writing)
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] An inference is a guess based on the information within a situation. It is valid if the guess is logical. This lesson teaches you how to check a completed draft for relevant...
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Dead Men's Tales: Inferring Height From Bone Length
Explore the work of forensic scientists by inferring an individual's height from the length of certain long bones. Create bone/height relation charts and measure length using metric units. This activity was created to be used with the...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Teach the Seven Strategies of Highly Effective Readers
To improve students' reading comprehension, teachers should introduce the seven cognitive strategies of effective readers: activating, inferring, monitoring-clarifying, questioning, searching-selecting, summarizing, and...
TES Global
Tes: Coraline 5 Reading Assessment
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson plan provides a way to assess students' understanding of inferences about the traits of characters in the Neil Gaiman's novel Coraline.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Inferential Reading
Teaching students to "read influentially" helps them learn how to read more strategically. This technique is derived from the teaching model that learners develop knowledge via the process of interpreting new information in light of past...
Read Works
Read Works: Predicting 3rd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a lesson designed to teach young scholars to make predictions based on relationships between characters. The lesson is based on the book Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One by Judy...
Read Works
Read Works: Predicting 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A two-lesson unit designed to teach students to make predictions and support them with details from the text. Lessons are based on the books Wemberly Worried by Kevin Henkes and No Roses for Harry! by...
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The Critical Thinking Consortium: A Teacher's Guide to the Gardener [Pdf]
The Gardener by Sarah Stewart won the Caldecott Honor in 1998. It centres around a set of letters about a young girl who moved from the countryside to the city. In the lessons in this teaching guide, students must make inferences from...
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Wisconsin Educational Communication Board: Into the Book
This series of videos and interactive activities provide an excellent set of resources for teaching or learning the 8 research based reading strategies provided here. After receiving your "key" you can investigate the features inside and...
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