Matter and Energy - Atomic Structure

Using interactive exercises, students will describe the structure of atoms and the locations of particles with in the atom.
Gravity

Using interactives, students will demonstrate that gravity is the force that governs the motion of our solar system.
Light Years

Students will identify how light years are used to measure distances and sizes of components of the universe.
How Global Patterns of Atmospheric Movement Influence Local Weather

Students will identify how global patterns of atmospheric movement influence local weather.
Oceans and Weather Systems

Students will identify the role of the oceans in the formation of weather systems such as hurricanes.
Organisms and Environments - Organisms Interactions

Students will describe producer/consumer, predator/prey, and parasite/host relationships as they occur in food webs.
Organisms and Environments - Competition of Abiotic and Biotic Factors

Students will examine how organisms and populations in an ecosystem depend on and may compete for biotic and abiotic factors such as quantity of light, water, range of temperatures, or soil composition.
Organisms and Environments - Humans and Ocean Systems

Students will identify how humans depend on ocean systems and explain how human activities such as runoff, artificial reefs, or use of resources have modified these systems.
Weathering and Decomposition

A Tier 1 earth science instructional resource for grade 3
Soil

A Tier 1 earth science instructional resource for grade 1.
Food Chains, Food Webs, and Energy Pyramids

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

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).
Sedimentary Rocks and Fossil Fuels

A Tier 1 earth science instructional resource for grade 5.
Light: Reflection and Refraction

This is a tier I instructional resource to provide a scaffolded learning experience for TEKS (5)(6)(C).
Introduction to Plate Tectonics

This resource is intended to use for Tier I classroom instruction.
Human Impact

This resource can be used, in conjunction with best practices, for Tier I classroom instruction.
Introducing the Atom

A resource to be used for Tier I instruction for the introduction of the structure of atoms.
Investigating and Comparing Life Cycles

A Tier I life science instructional resource for grade 3
Potential and Kinetic Energy

This resource provides Tier I instruction ideas for Grade 6+ science teachers in the area of potential and kinetic energy.
Motion of the Ocean | Nature Cat

Sing along with Nature Cat, Nature Dog, and their friends and learn about how the ocean currents work with this “Motion of the Ocean” song! From the Nature Cat: Ocean Commotion special.