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Circuit Designers

Resource ID: TXLSR12.007
Grade Range: 5
Subject: Science

Students will work in small groups of two to three on a structured challenge around circuits which includes requirements such as including using a switch or a conductor. They will then use that knowledge to work on a collaborative challenge to solve a relevant problem related to elephant poaching. Students will create a containment system that will have an alarm system, a lighting system, and a way to pass through. Finally, they will review the other projects and discuss similarities and differences in the design.

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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

Resource ID: TXLSR14.049
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

Students will categorize cells as prokaryotic or eukaryotic by identifying the presence or lack of a nucleus.

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Lights, Camera, Action!

Resource ID: TXLSR7.004
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

Students compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy by creating a real-world model through a movie.

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Does it have Potential?

Resource ID: TXLSR13.048
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

Students will work with partners to investigate how mass, potential energy, and kinetic energy act on objects dropped from varying heights.

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Gravity in Space

Resource ID: TXLSR7.005
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

Students will participate in stations that reinforce their understanding of gravity, especially gravity in space.

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Biotic and Abiotic Factors of an Ecosystem

Resource ID: TXLS252
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

Students will explore abiotic and biotic factors in various ecosystems by working through stations. Students will be able to identify and describe abiotic and biotic factors within an ecosystem.

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Manifest Density

Resource ID: TXLSR14.018
Grade Range: 5
Subject: Science

Students will design a foil boat and add mass to test relative density.

Students describing how they got their boat to float.

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Stop, Collaborate, and Rotate

Resource ID: TXLS092
Grade Range: 5
Subject: Science

Students will explore the Earth's rotation and its relation to the Sun and the Moon. Then, students will create a visual representation of this relationship and present it to the rest of the class.

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Uses of Energy Lab

Resource ID: TXLS018
Grade Range: 5
Subject: Science

Students will rotate through lab stations equipped with objects and videos as they explore the uses and conversion of five different types of energy.

 

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Push Back, Pull Forward

Resource ID: TXLS118
Grade Range: 3
Subject: Science

Students will conduct an experiment to demonstrate force such as pushes and pulls.

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Motion Pictures

Resource ID: TXLS028
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

In this lesson, students will be introduced to the concept of motion representation using distance vs. time graphs. Students will recognize labeling of axes, steepness related to speed, horizontal lines as non-motion, and downward slope as return to origin.

 

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Earth: A Tilted Affair

Resource ID: TXLS059
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

After a brief review of direct and indirect sunlight, students will arrange heat maps and globes around a drawing of the Sun based on the tilt of Earth and how it affects Earth’s temperature.

 

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Got Force?

Resource ID: TXLSR11.023B
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

Students use various surfaces and a weighted car to see how far the car will travel using balanced and unbalanced forces.

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Earth’s Movements

Resource ID: TXLSR5.012
Grade Range: 5
Subject: Science

Students will work in small collaborative groups to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth as it revolves around the Sun which creates a day and night cycle.

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Going on an Expedition

Resource ID: TXLS127
Grade Range: 5
Subject: Science

Students observe how dunes and canyons are created through agents of erosion by weathering and erosion.

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Let's FIND Speed!

Resource ID: TXLSR5.004
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

This research lesson requires students to distinguish between speed, distance, and time. Students will use formulas to calculate the three using a checklist. Students will also create their own speed, distance, or  time word problem using the knowledge gained in this lesson.

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What's going on with our plates?

Resource ID: TXLS232
Grade Range: 6
Subject: Science

The students will work collaboratively in small, ability-based groups in stations that will require them to use their academic vocabulary, academic language, and self-assessment to generate a product showing what they have learned.

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Emergency!

Resource ID: TXLSR14.053
Grade Range: 11
Subject: Science

After being placed in groups, students will apply vector addition and subtraction strategies along with a map of the Paradise, California area to determine which town should evacuate first when threatened by the Camp Wildfire. 

Students analyzing their map

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