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Texas Parks and Wildlife

Texas Parks and Wildlife: Tpwd Kids: Texas Regions

For Students 3rd - 8th
Texas Parks and Wildlife offers an excellent resource for elementary and middle school kids to learn the regions of Texas. The cross-curricular activities are great for hands-on experience. Explore the tabs at the top of the screen to...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Modern Economy of Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where young scholars refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they examine the economies of the four geographical regions of Texas,...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Environment of Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this instructional activity, they learn about the four physical regions of Texas, the geology...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas' Natural Environment

For Students 4th - 8th
Presents information and data on all aspects of the geography, natural resources, and climate of Texas, including natural disasters and extreme weather events.
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Counties of Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where learners refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they investigate the county in which they live, compare it to counties in the...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Texas Talk [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learn to appreciate the regional accent of a Texan, and to speak like one too. Includes a link to a Texas pronunciation guide.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...
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Bullock Texas State History Museum

Bullock Museum: Chapter Ten: Resources and Climates [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
A teacher guide designed to support a visit to the Bullock Museum, but can be used on its own using available resources. Includes information, discussion questions, activities, and worksheets. This module looks at the challenges Texans...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Llano Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
One of several species of pocket gophers residing in Texas and adjacent regions, the Llano Pocket Gopher stands out as one of the smallest. Its back is russet brown in color grading to paler along its sides. Learn more about the Geomys...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: White Ankled Mouse

For Students 4th - 8th
The White-ankled Mouse is common in rocky areas in both dry and humid regions on the Central Plateau of Mexico and in west and central Texas, southern New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It clearly prefers rocky situations, whether it lives in...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Jones's Pocket Gopher

For Students 4th - 8th
Many rodents that are adapted to arid conditions--pocket mice, harvest mice, grasshopper mice, deer mice, kangaroo rats, and ground squirrels--occur in the same regions as Jones's Pocket Gopher in western Texas and eastern New Mexico,...

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