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1. NASA: Human Spaceflight

2. YouTube Video: A History of Space Exploration

3. NASA: Space Games

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1. Let’s Talk: How is it possible for humans and other organisms to live and survive on planet Earth? What characteristics does Earth have that other planets do not?

2. Characteristics of Earth – There are three main characteristics that allow life to exist on planet Earth. Describe the importance of each.

3. Solar System 101 – Brief video over our solar system.

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1. Discovery Education: Watersheds – Short video that offers information about watersheds and how rainfall can affect groundwater.

2. Let’s Talk: Take a look around your house, yard, or neighborhood. What are some ways that human activities in your area impact our water system?

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1. Discovery Education: Groundwater Watch the animation video provided. There are various parts, including information about groundwater, aquifers, and more. Answer the questions that follow:

· What is groundwater?

· What is an aquifer?

· Describe how the water cycle relates to groundwater.

· What is “depletion of groundwater”?

2. Let’s Talk: Take a look around your house, yard, or neighborhood. What happens to the water when it rains? Does it drain well or does collect in certain areas? Why or why not?

1. Let’s Talk: In your backyard, front yard, or nearby area of land or a garden, study the plants and animals that are in that area. What would happen if you cleared out that land? What would start to grow first? How would that bit of land change over a year of time?

2. Mount Saint Helen’s – Time Lapse Video: In 1980, Mount Saint Helen’s erupted. Study the short video. How did the land change after the eruption? How did the land change from the year 1981 to 2001?

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1. Discovery Education: Science Nation – Scientists study the aftermath of wildfires to discover information about how the fires impact the ecosystem.

Science Nation Video (CC)

2. Let’s Talk: After viewing the video, discuss what kind of information the scientists discovered. How does this help with future wildfires?

3. The Wildfires of Bastrop, TX: Discussion Questions – Study the pictures shown and discuss the questions that follow.

The Wildfires of Bastrop, TX

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1. Let’s Talk: Floods – with your student, talk about how recent floods have impacted the various ecosystems around the Conroe area. How has the landscape changed? How did this affect wildlife?

2. Discovery Education: Video

The Dust Bowl – Science and History Meet; in this video segment, students learn about the catastrophic event of the 1920’s known as The Dust Bowl. The combination of drought and over-farming brought on one of the most catastrophic events in history.

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1. STEMscopes: Picture Vocabulary

Critical vocabulary with definitions and pictures.

2. Discovery Education: Video Segment

Powerful Weather – brief description of thunderstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

3. Let’s Talk! Ask your child what happens in Galveston when a hurricane comes ashore. What happens to the sand on the beach? Is it eroded? What happens to the animals that live in that ecosystem? Where do they go? How do they survive?

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1. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: Informational reading and videos

https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/hunter-education/online-course/wildlife-conservation/texas-ecoregions

2. Texas Ecoregions Map

https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/birding/pif/assist/pif_regions/