TEKS 2017 Connections:

• • 3.5(A): measure, test, and record physical properties of matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float

• • 4.5(A): measure, compare, and contrast physical properties of matter, including mass, volume, states (solid, liquid, and gas), temperature, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float

• • 5.5(A): classify matter based on measurable, testable, and observable physical properties, including mass, magnetism, physical state (solid, liquid, and gas), relative density (sinking and floating using water as a reference point), solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric energy

⭐TEKS 2021 Connections:

• 3.6(A) measure, test, and record physical properties of matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float in water

• 4.6(A) classify and describe matter using observable physical properties, including temperature, mass, magnetism, relative density (the ability to sink or float in water), and physical state (solid, liquid, gas)

• 5.6(A) compare and contrast matter based on measurable, testable, or observable physical properties, including mass, magnetism, relative density (sinking and floating using water as a reference point), physical state (solid, liquid, gas), volume, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy and electric energy

TEKS 2017 Connections:

• • 6.10(A): build a model to illustrate the compositional and mechanical layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, asthenosphere, and lithosphere

• • 8.9(B) relate plate tectonics to the formation of crustal features

⭐TEKS 2021 Connections:

• 6.10(B) model and describe the layers of Earth, including the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust

• 7.10(B) describe how plate tectonics causes ocean basin formation, earthquakes, mountain building, and volcanic eruptions, including supervolcanoes and hot spots

TEKS 2017 Connections:

• • Integrated Physics & Chemistry I.5(G): explore the characteristics and behaviors of energy transferred by waves, including acoustic, seismic, light, and waves on water as they reflect, refract, diffract, interfere with one another, and are absorbed by materials

  • Physics P.7(C): compare characteristics and behaviors of transverse waves, including electromagnetic waves and the electromagnetic spectrum, and characteristics and behaviors of longitudinal waves, including sound waves

⭐TEKS 2021 Connections:

• I.6(E) plan and conduct an investigation to evaluate the transfer of energy or information through different materials by different types of waves such as wireless signals, ultraviolet radiation, and microwaves

• P.8(B) compare the characteristics of transverse and longitudinal waves, including electromagnetic and sound waves