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Ecoregions of Texas
Students map the ecoregions in Texas and illustrate the vegetation native to the region. They will use their maps to investigate why prehistoric hunter-gatherers might have decided to live in one area over another, such as the ancient...
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Texas Native Plants
Students "adopt" a plant for use during this lesson plan. They take digital photographs of the plant over time, and measure and record the growth of the plant. Students write an article describing the plant and its needs for optimum...
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Reading Comprehension Activity
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read 3 different passages and answer a set of multiple choice questions for each. Answers can be submitted and scored on line.
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Wild Flower Project
High schoolers photograph as many different kinds of wild flowers that they see around their school. In this wild flower lesson plan, students take different pictures of wild flowers after identifying their characteristics and coming up...
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Wildflowers in Bloom Photo Abum
The Wildflowers in bloom photo albumcontains an extensive look at beautiful images of many of the most showy wildflowers.
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Texas a & M University: Wildflowers in Bloom
Full-color photographs help identify various wildflowers as well as an index by scientific and common name. Hyperlinks lead to a description as well as basic facts on each wildflower.
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Texas a & M University: Information About Flowers
Site from the Texas A & M University provides an alphabetical index to flowers.
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The Six Flags of Texas
A difficult site to categorize but a useful one to educators, parents, and students. In addtion to serving as a doorway to a variety of business enterprises in the Lone Star State, it offers a numerous, useful educational sites:...