Types of Science Investigations
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Students will distinguish between descriptive, comparative, and experimental investigations.
Experimental Design
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Given investigation scenarios and lab procedures, students will identify independent variables, dependent variables, constants, and control groups.
Taxonomy Standards
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Given examples, students will recognize the importance of taxonomy to the scientific community.
Taxonomy: Major Groups
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Given illustrations or descriptions, students will determine the classification of organisms into domains and kingdoms.
Relationships Between Organisms: Food Chains, Webs, and Pyramids
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Given illustrations, students will analyze the flow of matter and energy in food chains, food webs, and ecological pyramids.
Data Organization
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Given field and laboratory scenarios and laboratory data, students will construct data tables and graphs, using repeated trials and means to organize data.
Conclusions and Scientific Explanations
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Given laboratory investigation data, students will determine the best conclusion based upon that data.
Measurement
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Given investigation quantitative data, students will determine its degree of precision and/or accuracy and causes for uncertainties in measured data.
Newton's Law of Inertia
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This resource provides instructional resources for Newton's First Law, the law of inertia.
Conservation of Momentum
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This resource was created to support TEKS IPC(4)(E).
Newton's Law of Action-Reaction
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This resource is to support TEKS (8)(6)(C), specifically the Newton's third law or the law of action-reaction.
Scientific Notation
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Given quantitative data students will express and manipulate chemical quantities using scientific notation.
Significant Figures
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Given quantitative data, students will express and manipulate quantities using the correct number of significant figures.
Scientific Reasoning
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Given information extracted from current events, news reports, journal articles, marketing, or promotional materials, students will evaluate the claims for validity.
Investigating and Comparing Life Cycles
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A Tier I life science instructional resource for grade 3
Objects in Motion
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This resource provides flexible alternate or additional learning activities for students learning about the concepts of distance, speed, and acceleration. IPC TEKS (4)(A)
Protein Synthesis
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The learner explores the structure and function of the nucleic acids and enzymes important to the process of synthesizing proteins.
Cell Comparisons
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Learners compare a variety of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to determine similarities and differences among and between them.