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Predicting/Making a Hypothesis

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Students analyze information from a variety of sources in order to create a hypothesis about the origin of an interesting family artifact.They create alternative hypotheses based upon available information to demonstrate that some information can be interpreted in multiple ways.

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hypotheses, the scientific method, artifacts

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artifacts, hypothesis, scientific method, social studies
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6th - 12th
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Science
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