Students will distinguish between descriptive, comparative, and experimental investigations.

Given investigation scenarios and lab procedures, students will identify independent variables, dependent variables, constants, and control groups.

Given examples, students will recognize the importance of taxonomy to the scientific community.

Given illustrations or descriptions, students will determine the classification of organisms into domains and kingdoms.

Given illustrations, students will analyze the flow of matter and energy in food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids.

Given field and laboratory scenarios and laboratory data, students will construct data tables and graphs, using repeated trials and means to organize data.

Given laboratory investigation data, students will determine the best conclusion based upon that data.

Given investigation quantitative data, students will determine its degree of precision and/or accuracy and causes for uncertainties in measured data.

This resource provides instructional resources for Newton's First Law, the law of inertia.

This resource was created to support TEKS IPC(4)(E).

This resource is to support TEKS (8)(6)(C), specifically the Newton's third law or the law of action-reaction.

A resource for the instruction of (7)(11)(A) involving the use of dichotomous keys for identification.

Given quantitative data students will express and manipulate chemical quantities using scientific notation.

Given quantitative data, students will express and manipulate quantities using the correct number of significant figures.

Given information extracted from current events, news reports, journal articles, marketing, or promotional materials, students will evaluate the claims for validity.

A Tier I life science instructional resource for grade 3 

This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning activities for students learning about the concepts of distance,  speed, and acceleration. IPC TEKS (4)(A)

A Tier 1 earth science instructional resource for grade 3

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.

The learner explores the structure and function of the nucleic acids and enzymes important to the process of synthesizing proteins.