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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Introduction to Macroeconomic Policy Around the World

For Students 11th - 12th
In this chapter, you will learn about the following: Diversity of countries and economies across the world, Improving countries' standards of living, Causes of unemployment around the world, Causes of inflation in various countries and...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 18: Causes of Inflation in Various Countries and Regions

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Identify the causes and effects of inflation in various economic markets and Explain the significance of a converging economy.
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A&E Television

History.com: Coahuila

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Coahuila, one of Mexico's major steel producers, and also the region that straddles the Sierra Madre Oriental Mountains. Find out about the history, learn some important facts, and understand famous landmarks of the region.
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

For Students 9th - 10th
This link leads you to the home page of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where you can explore the museum's encyclopedic collections of art from all historical periods and from all geographic regions of the world.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Quartic Regions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is an application of derivatives and of definite integrals. It introduces students to an interesting property of Quartics which students can verify using the CAS of their TI-89.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cubic Regions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This application of derivatives and definite integrals introduces students to an interesting property of cubics and a method of proving that property using the TI-89 scripts. They then use the CAS of their TI-89 to generalize upon...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Branch and Bound

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson is best used as an extension to linear programming in which the solutions to the proposed problem must be integers. The Branch and Bound method operates on the optimized point,...
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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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University of Texas at Austin

Univerisity of Texas: Maps of the Americas

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of maps of all countries in the Americas including relief maps, political maps, and reference maps.
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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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University of Texas at Austin

The Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection contains more than 250,000 maps covering all areas of the world, and ranging from political and shaded relief maps to the detailed and the historical. Select from a region of the world or an area of highlighted interest.
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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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Nebraska Studies

Nebraska Studies: High Falutin' Beef

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an impressive history of the introduction of beef to the Great Plains region complete with videos, photos, and lesson plans.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Cross Timbers of Texas, 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1911 showing the cross timbers of Texas north of Austin. The map is keyed to show the Grand Prairie and Black Prairie regions.
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Curated OER

Perry Castaneda Library Map Collection: Arctic Region

For Students 9th - 10th
Map of the Arctic Ocean region.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Natural Regions of Africa, 1920

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1920 of Africa and Madagascar showing principal physical features and natural regions. The map is color-coded to show lowlands, uplands and plateaus, the Kongo basin, the older, worn down mountains, and young, rugged...
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A&E Television

History.com: The States

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn unique facts about each American state. You can also read a more in-depth history of each state, watch videos and play a game about all the states.
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Thomas Intermediate School: Southwestern States Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
Teachers and students can find activities for the Southwest, the states of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and Oklahoma. The grade is based on the number of activities and the quality of work.
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The Edwards Aquifer: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
In hopes of informing the citizens of the Edwards Aquifer region, Gregg Eckhardt has set up a site presenting facts about the Edwards Aquifer in Texas. Included are links to questions and answers, endangered species, charts and graphs,...
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University of Texas at Austin

Ut Library Online: Historical Map Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive collection from the University of Texas Library Online of detailed maps of many regions of the Earth.
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Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Nash Prairie Preserve

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the beauty of America's prairies and examine efforts to preserve this vanishing part of America's landscape.
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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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University of Texas at Austin

Map of Disputed Areas in Kashmir

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive map of the region of Kashmir and the areas under dispute by India and Pakistan.
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eSkeletons

E Skeletons: Tarsier

For Students 9th - 10th
Examine the skeletal anatomy of the Tarsier's skull illustrated through the University of Texas at Austin's eSkeleton lab.

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