Types of Science Investigations
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Students will distinguish between descriptive, comparative, and experimental investigations.
Experimental Design
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Given investigation scenarios and lab procedures, students will identify independent variables, dependent variables, constants, and control groups.
Cell Homeostasis: Osmosis
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The focus of this resource is cell homeostasis and, more specifically, osmosis. Students investigate the concept through a virtual lab, recording and analyzing data, creating sketches to represent vocabulary, and discovering the role of aquaporins in water transport through the cell membrane.
Objects in Motion
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This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning activities for students learning about the concepts of distance, speed, and acceleration. IPC TEKS (4)(A)
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
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This resource provides alternate or additional learning opportunities for students learning the three Newton's Laws of Motion. It includes a collection of interactive materilas, videos, and other digital media. Physics TEKS, (4)(D)
What’s Trending with the Elements?
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This resource, aligned with Chemistry TEKS (5)(C), provides alternative or additional tier-one learning options for students using the periodic table to identify and explain trends.
Food Chains, Food Webs, and Energy Pyramids
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This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning opportunities for students to diagram the flow of energy through living systems, Seventh Grade Science TEKS (7)(5)(C).
The Arrangement of Elements: The Periodic Table
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This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning opportunities for students to interpret the arrangement of elements on the Periodic Table, Eighth Grade Science TEKS (8)(5)(C).
Protein Synthesis
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The learner explores the structure and function of the nucleic acids and enzymes important to the process of synthesizing proteins.
Cell Comparisons
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Learners compare a variety of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to determine similarities and differences among and between them.
Monohybrid and Dihybrid Crosses
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Learners calculate the probability of genotypic inheritance and phenotypic expression using mono- and dihybrid crosses.
Mechanisms of Evolution Beyond Natural Selection
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Learners analyze and evaluate the effects of other evolutionary mechanisms.
Evidence for Evolution
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Learners analyze and evaluate how evidence of common ancestry among groups is provided by the fossil record, biogeography, and homologies, including anatomical, molecular, and developmental.
Introduction to Plate Tectonics
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This resource is intended to use for Tier I classroom instruction.
Human Impact
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This resource can be used, in conjunction with best practices, for Tier I classroom instruction.
Introducing the Atom
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A resource to be used for Tier I instruction for the introduction of the structure of atoms.
Potential and Kinetic Energy
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This resource provides Tier I instruction ideas for Grade 6+ science teachers in the area of potential and kinetic energy.
Disruptions of the Cell Cycle: Cancer
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Given illustrations or descriptions, students will identify disruptions of the cell cycle that lead to diseases such as cancer.
Taxonomy Standards
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Given examples, students will recognize the importance of taxonomy to the scientific community.
Taxonomy: Major Groups
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Given illustrations or descriptions, students will determine the classification of organisms into domains and kingdoms.