Table of Contents

Earth and Space ........................................................................................................................................................81 –151

3.7A.. ………………… … ………………… …… ….81 –90

40. Weathering

41. Odd
One Out

42. Decomposition

43. Soil
Formation

44. Decaying
Deposits

3.7B... ………………… … ………………… ……..91 –100

45. Rapid Changes

46. Landslide

47. Volcanic Eruptions

48. What
Happened?

49. Wildfire

3.7C (2018 –2019); 3.7D (2017 –2018) …….. . .102 –110

50. Why Wood?

51. Cotton
and Wool*

52. Plants and
Medicine*

53. The
Meaning
of
Conservation*

54. Ways to
Conserve*

*For additional activities, see Warm
Up Activities for
2017 –2018. These
activities feature content that will not be
covered by the
revised
science
TEKS after the
2017 –2018
school year.

3.8A …………… ……. … ………………. …. …..111 –121

55. Comparing Wind Vanes

56. Reading
Rain Gauges

57. Temperature

58. Weather Record

59. Weather Changes

3.8B ………… ………… …………. … ……. …...122 –131

60. Describing
the
Sun*

61. Heat Needed*

62. Plants Need Sunlight*

63. Powering
the Water Cycle

64. The
Sun’s Energy

3.8C. ………… ……… ………….. …… …… …..132 –141

65. Model Movement

66. A
True
Statement

67. Model Limitations

68. Making
a
Model

69. Model Illustration

3 .8 D…………………… ……………………….142 –151

70.
Earth’s Solar System

71.
A
Planet or Not

72.
Remember the Order

73.
Center of the
Solar System

74. Inner and
Outer Planets