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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: What's Poppin
Compare weights and volumes using popped and unpopped popcorn.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Oh No! My Ominoes!
Explore pentominoes by determining congruent and non-congruent shapes.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Rolling Races
Students play a game by rolling dice and determining the probability of outcomes of colors.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Belongs, Doesn't Belong
Students play a game to determine the rule that is being expressed.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Double Dipping
Determine all the combinations of ice cream by finding the pattern.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Springy Legs
Compare body and jump heights to other students to explore ratios, decimals, and fractions.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: And We Go Around
Collect and display data using a bar and circle graph to explore fractions and percents.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Exploring C/d= Pie
A collection of circular objects will be used to explore circumference and diameter of circles.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Divide and Conquer
Explore how to divide fractions through multiple activities and the division of whole numbers.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Pipe Cleaners
Pipe cleaners are used to create the perimeter of a rectangle in order to explore base and height.
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Mathematics Teks Toolkit: Cricket's Natures Thermometer
Compare the chirps of different crickets and in various temperatures.
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University of Texas: Karen Uhlenbeck's Personal Homepage
This personal homepage features recent accomplishments of this important woman mathematician.
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Texas Memorial Museum: Who Am I? [Pdf]
An activity where students use the discovery drawers at the Texas Natural Science Center to read clues and identify the organisms.
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Univ. Of Texas: Texas Memorial Museum: Creating a Freshwater Ecosystem [Pdf]
An activity where students create a mobile that represent a freshwater ecosystem that appears in nature. Requires Adobe Reader [PDF].
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Texas Memorial Museum: Hall of Geology and Paleontology Educator Guide [Pdf]
An educator guide to visiting the Texas Memorial Museum. Guide includes pre-visit activities, activities during your visit, post-visit activities, words to know, and websites for educators and students.
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Texas Memorial Museum: Hall of Geology and Paleontology Educator Guide [Pdf]
An educator guide to visiting the Texas Memorial Museum. Guide includes pre-visit activities, activities during your visit, post-visit activities, words to know, and websites for educators and students.
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University of Texas Austin: Electron Transport Chain
This site provides detailed information about electron transfer chains.
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[Archive] University of Texas at Austin: Models Are the Building Blocks of Sci
Chapter 4 of a textbook called Scientific Decision-Making. Explains the many ways that models are used in the real world, and their importance in the world of science. Describes their different uses in science and in numerous fields and...
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University of Texas: Texas Civic Health Index [Pdf]
An in-depth study of the state of Texans' civic involvement and social connectedness, from 2013.
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University of Texas: Potato Fish Adaptations [Pdf]
Using their knowledge of fish's adaptations, students create their own imaginary fish!
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University of Texas: Dopamine
Using dopamine as an example, the page gives a description of how neurotransmitters work and the effects of drugs and enzymes on neurotransmitter function.
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University of Texas: Neurons and Neurotransmitters
A good description of how the neurotransmitters are involved in cell communication. Very good site.
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University of Texas: Modeling Petrified Wood [Pdf]
An experiment that models the natural process of petrification.
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Philosophy of Law: Discrimination and the 14th Amendment
This page is an outline of a college lecture that carefully explains the phrasing and interpretations of the 14th Amendment.