Energy Transformations

A Tier I resource for TEKS (6)(9)(C), energy transformations.
Diggin' into Digestion

This Tier 1 resource provides flexible alternative or additional learning opportunities for students to distinguish between physical and chemical changes in matter in the digestive system.
Natural Selection and Selective Breeding

A Tier 1 life science instructional resource for Grade 7
Ecological Succession

A Tier 1 life science instructional resource for Grade 7
Organic or Inorganic?

This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning opportunities for students to identify organic compounds, Grade 7 Science TEKS 7(6)(A).
The Digestive System: Fact or Fiction?

This resource provides flexible alternative or additional learning opportunities for students to identify the main functions of the digestive system.
Elements and Compounds

This resource provides flexible alternative or additional learning opportunities for students to differentiate between elements and compounds on the most basic level, Science TEKS (6)(5)(C).
Science Academies for Grades 5–8, Part 2 for Trainers

This resource contains the files needed for trainers responsible for training science teachers in grades 5–8 across Texas.
Gravity

Using interactives, students will demonstrate that gravity is the force that governs the motion of our solar system.
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).
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.
Potential and Kinetic Energy

This resource provides Tier I instruction ideas for Grade 6+ science teachers in the area of potential and kinetic energy.
Matter and Energy - Elements versus Compounds

Given illustrations or descriptions, students will differentiate between elements and compounds.
Potential and Kinetic Energy

Given descriptions, illustrations, or scenarios, students will compare and contrast potential and kinetic energy.
Energy Transformation

Given descriptions, illustrations, or scenarios, students will identify energy transformations, such as how energy in a flashlight battery changes from chemical energy to electric energy to light energy.
Average Speed

Given diagrams, data, or scenarios, students will calculate average speed using distance and time measurements.
Matter and Energy - Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids

Given illustrations or descriptions, students will compare metals, nonmetals, and metalloids using physical properties such as luster, conductivity, or malleability.
Matter and Energy—Chemical Reactions

Given descriptions or illustrations, students will investigate how evidence of chemical reactions indicates that new substances with different properties are formed.
Changes in Motion

Given diagrams or scenarios, students will measure and graph changes in motion.