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Glaciologist in Action Lab icon
Glaciologist in Action (Lab)

Resource ID: TXLSR20.003
Grade Range: 4
Subject: Science

Students participate in a hands-on lab in which glacier (ice) effects on the Earth’s surface is demonstrated.

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Communication in Space

Resource ID: TXLSR14.057
Grade Range: 7
Subject: Science

Students will work in cooperative groups to create an accurate arrangement of mirrors that work together to relay a laser beam from a Mars space station to Earth’s Mission Control, which will model utilizing satellites in space for communication, an accommodation necessary for manned space exploration.

Teacher In Action

Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells icon
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.

Teacher Summing Up Lesson

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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.

Newtons Second Law icon
Newton's Second Law

Resource ID: TXLSR13.047
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will work in partners to investigate Newton’s second law by testing a series of experiments with varying conditions.

 

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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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OnTRACK Grade 8 Science: Force, Motion, and Energy

Grade Range: 6 - 8
Subject: Science

Students will explore the relationship between force, motion, and energy. 

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Escaping the Nucleus

Resource ID: TXLS216
Grade Range: 7
Subject: Science

Students will work in groups to complete an escape room challenge that replicates the process of gene expression.

 

 

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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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Biodiversity

Resource ID: TXLS243
Grade Range: 7
Subject: Science

Students will explore biodiversity concepts through several activities including a video, a card sort, think-pair-shares, food webs, and four corners.

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Consumers and Producers

Resource ID: TXLS251
Grade Range: 4
Subject: Science

Students will investigate various ecosystems to determine what producers and consumers are, as well as their needs within an ecosystem.

Biotic and Abiotic Factors of an Ecosystem icon
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.

Drumming Up Some Sound Energy icon
Drumming Up Some Sound Energy!

Resource ID: TXLS096
Grade Range: Kindergarten
Subject: Science

Students will explore sound energy by creating their own drums using a variety of materials. Then, students will listen for the loud and soft sounds that each of the drums creates.

Introduction of Lesson using a video of drums

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Stages of Ecological Succession

Resource ID: TXLSR20.022
Grade Range: 7
Subject: Science

Students will collaborate on a electronic slideshow presentation and observe, record, and describe the role of ecological succession including both primary and secondary succession.

 

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Convergent Plate Boundaries

Resource ID: TXLS135
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will design and test models that will identify crustal features formed by convergent plate boundaries.

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Full Speed Ahead

Resource ID: TXLS006
Grade Range: 8
Subject: Science

Students will use hover pucks to measure speed over a distance of six meters. Once speed has been calculated, students will determine velocity using the same data. Finally, students will be able to label all points of acceleration.

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Building a Watershed

Resource ID: TXLS122
Grade Range: 7
Subject: Science

Students will model the effects of human activity on watersheds.

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Save the Factory!

Resource ID: TXLS071
Grade Range: 4
Subject: Science

Students will design an experiment to test the outcome of friction in force and motion. The students will create an inclined plane demonstrating their knowledge of mechanical energy and the effects of gravity on an object. Students will use previous knowledge of friction to complete their task of stopping their object. Critical thinking skills will be the focus of the lesson as students will have to utilize their scientific problem-solving skills to make decisions regarding their experiment.

 

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Modeling the Path of Digestion

Resource ID: TXLS139
Grade Range: 7
Subject: Science

Students model the path of digestion using household items.

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Scientifically Magnetic!

Resource ID: TXLS060
Grade Range: Kindergarten
Subject: Science

Students will review the steps of the scientific method and conduct an investigation that involves sorting magnetic and nonmagnetic objects.

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