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Unit A: Earth's Land

Page 58
Great Texas Trash-Off
Keep Texas Beautiful
Learn about the campaign to keep Texas beautiful.
http://www.ktb.org/

Page A72
Graphing Texas Beach Trash
Texas General Land Office–Coastal Issues
http://www.glo.state.tx.us/adopt-a-beach/counties998.html

Unit B: Properties of Matter

Page B19
Measuring Distances in Texas
Texas Mileage Guide
The Texas Mileage Guide helps to chart the mileage between locations in Texas.
http://www.window.state.tx.us/comptrol/texastra.html

How far is it?
Mapping distances in Texas is elementary.
http://www.indo.com/distance

Page B32
Gold Mining in Texas
The Handbook of Texas Online
Discover where gold deposits have been found.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

Page B57
Iron Ore Deposits in Texas
The Handbook of Texas Online
Discover the facts about iron foundries in Texas. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

Page B59
Photography in Texas
The Handbook of Texas Online
Learn the history of photography in Texas.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/

Unit C: Classifying Living Things

Page C9
Animal Kingdoms in Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Nature: Wildlife Fact Sheets
See the wild side of Texas.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/wild.htm

Page C21
Vertebrates in Texas
Texas Parks and Wildlife Nature: Wildlife Fact Sheets
Learn about the vertebrates that took to the skies.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/wild.htm

Page C57
Texas Snakes
Texas Parks and Wildlife Nature: Wildlife Fact Sheets
Snakes play an important role in our world.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/nature/wild/wild.htm

Page C59
Endangered Texas Species
Endangered Species List
Learn more about the threatened and endangered animals in Texas.
http://www.tpwd.state/tx.us/nature/endang/endang.htm

Unit D: Magnetism and Electricity

Page D11
Texas Minerals
The Handbook of Texas Online
Discover the magnetic properties of minerals.
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online

Page D21
Texas Birding
Texas Partners in Flight
Learn how Partners in Flight helps to protect migratory birds and their habitats.
http://bb35.tpwd.state.tx.us/adv/birding/pif/txpif.htm

Texas Parks and Wildlife—Kids' Page
Learn about the birds of the wild.
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/adv/kidspage/kidspage.htm

Page D64
Texas Solar Car Race
Texas Solar Energy Society: Texas Junior Solar Sprint
Learn about the solar car racing in Texas.
http://www.txses.org/tjss/index.php3

Unit E: Weather and Climate

Page E31
Texas Weather
National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration
NOAA warns of dangerous weather and charts our seas and skies
http://www.noaa.gov .

USA Today: El Niño Information
Learn the answers to many questions about El Niño.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/nino/wnino0.htm

 


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