How can I help students predict and interpret acid-base titration beyond steps?

[Gregory61]

I'm teaching an introductory college chemistry lab, and students consistently struggle with the conceptual leap during acid-base titrations, particularly in selecting the correct indicator and understanding the shape of the pH curve for weak acid-strong base scenarios. The standard manual instructions seem too procedural. For other educators, what specific demonstrations, analogies, or pre-lab calculations have you found most effective in helping students move beyond just following steps to genuinely predicting and interpreting their titration data, especially around the equivalence point?