Laying the Foundation
This course is designed to demonstrate the application of the 5E instructional model in a K-4 classroom, specifically in the area of science, and develop and deepen understanding of the CCRS, ELPS, and RtI frameworks.
Force and Motion: Engage
Vertically aligned Engage activities for Engage portion of the 5E lesson model.
Force and Motion: Explain
Vertically aligned Explain activities for Explain portion of the 5E lesson model.
Force and Motion: Elaborate
Vertically aligned Elaborate activities for Elaborate portion of the 5E lesson model.
Grade 4: Electrifying Energy
This resources provides a grade 4 energy lesson.
Kindergarten: Energy is Everywhere
Kindergarten Energy Lesson
Grade 1: Energy in Everyday Life
Grade 1 Energy Lesson
Grade 2: Increasing and Decreasing Energy
Grade 2 Energy Lesson
Grade 3: Exploring Energy
Grade 3 Energy Lesson
Investigating and Comparing Life Cycles
A Tier I life science instructional resource for grade 3
Objects in Motion
This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning activities for students learning about the concepts of distance, speed, and acceleration. IPC TEKS (4)(A)
Newton's Three Laws of Motion
This resource provides alternate or additional learning opportunities for students learning the three Newton's Laws of Motion. It includes a collection of interactive materilas, videos, and other digital media. Physics TEKS, (4)(D)
What’s Trending with the Elements?
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.
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).
Working on Work
This resources is appropriate for Tier I instruction for the scientific concept of work.
Mechanisms of Evolution Beyond Natural Selection
Learners analyze and evaluate the effects of other evolutionary mechanisms.
Evidence for Evolution
Learners analyze and evaluate how evidence of common ancestry among groups is provided by the fossil record, biogeography, and homologies, including anatomical, molecular, and developmental.
What's Happening with the Weather?
This resource shows how to observe and describe weather changes from day to day and over seasons.
Human Impact
This resource can be used, in conjunction with best practices, for Tier I classroom instruction.