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Curated OER

University of Texas: Zambia: Relief Map

For Students 9th - 10th
A relief map of Zambia showing the mountainous regions, rivers, lakes, and swamps. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
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Curated OER

University of Texas: Papua New Guinea: Relief Map

For Students 9th - 10th
A relief map of the islands of Papua New Guinea showing both the mountainous regions and coastal plains. Clicking on the map will enlarge it. From the Perry Castaneda Collection.
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TexasHistory.com

Texas history.com: Texas' Indian Reservations

For Students 9th - 10th
The State of Texas established two Indian reservations in the mid-1800s, overseen by the United States Indian agent, Major Robert Neighbors. At the time, Texas was rife with racism and distrust towards the native peoples, which was...
Article
University of Groningen

American History: Essays: Colonization in Texas: Cultivation of Cotton and Wheat

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the cotton economy in the Lower and Upper South of Texas in the 1800s, and the role transportation played in its growth, or lack thereof in some regions. Wheat was more widely grown in the Upper South where the yeomen farmed.
Unit Plan
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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Other

Galveston Bay Estuary Program: Habitat Restoration and Preservation

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the projects that have been undertaken in the Galveston Bay estuary region of Texas to restore and protect shoreline and wetlands habitats.
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library Online: Historical Maps of the Polar Regions

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection from the University of Texas Library Online of historical maps contains a variety of maps from various parts of the polar region and from different parts of history. Each map is accompanied by a brief description and is...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Region Between Two Curves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is an application of integration. Students use calculus to find the area of a region and the volumes of solids generated by the region. They use the CAS of their TI-89 and calculus to determine the exact answers.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Irregular Polygon Centroids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students explore finding the centroid of an irregular polygon by finding the mean of the coordinates of the polygon's vertices. Further, students find the centroid given that...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Key Curriculum Press Algebra: Project the Mandelbrot Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will choose a small region on the boundary of the Mandelbrot Set and create a graph of that smaller region.
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Other

Cis: Shaping Texas: The Effects of Immigration, 1970 2020

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines trends in immigration to Texas in the decades from 1970 on, and the impact on the population of various regions and cities in Texas. Written in 1995, the projections it offers are for 1995-2020. The article also looks at how...
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Other

Conservation History Association of Texas: The Texas Legacy Project: Maps

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of links to a variety of maps and exercises about state resources, and help give historic background and regional context to the environmental issues that arise in Texas.
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Texas A&M University

Texas A&m University: Moments of Inertia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from the Math department of the Texas A&M University and contains wonderful information on Centers of mass and moments of inertia. Pictures, charts, graphs along with great text is all included.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World: Key Concepts & Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This section provides a summary of the key concepts discusses in Ch. 18: Macroeconomic Policy Around the World from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Where's Cheetah?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students set up a search region for a yacht that sank into the ocean. Using cylindrical coordinates and a little trigonometry, students are able to block off a certain portion...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Trying to Find a 'Best' Fit a Heuristic Approach

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this Derive activity, students determine the optimal location for a warehouse so that it is close to the center of a circle that passes through all the outlets of a store in the region.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Location! Location! Location!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to Voronoi diagrams, which split a plane into regions corresponding to distances to given points. The lesson is framed in the context of splitting a city into...
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Us Universities: Alphabetic

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage of UT Austin Web Central contains an alphabetic list of regionally-accredited U.S. universities.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Texas Regions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will identify 7 major Texas regions. The flipchart has links to the Texas Parks and Wildlife website with characteristics of each region. There are 20 Activote assessment questions at the end...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Centroid and Orthocenter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students analyze the location of the centroid and orthocenter for different triangles.
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US House of Representatives

History, Art, and Archives: Barbara Charline Jordan 1936 1996

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the first African-Americans elected from the Deep South and the first black Congresswoman ever from that region, read about how Barbara Jordan emerged as a powerful interpreter of the Watergate impeachment investigation.
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Curated OER

University of Texas: Maps: Political Map of the Caucasus and Central Asia

For Students 9th - 10th
On this map you can see the republics of the Caucasus, tiny compared to their neighbors in Central Asia, nestled between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.
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Curated OER

University of Texas: Iran: Regional Physiography

For Students 9th - 10th
A great map showing the physical features of Iran. See how it is bordered by mountains. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection.
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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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