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Science
Region 3’s science team empowers educators and inspires students through hands-on training and personalized coaching. Our professional development deepens TEKS understanding, fosters critical thinking, and enhances scientific skills. By connecting classroom concepts to real-world applications, we cultivate the next generation of scientific thinkers and innovators.
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Living Materials Cooperative will provide live plants and animals to school campuses as needed for instructional projects. Use of living materials allows school children hands-on experience with various plants and animal species. The menu of materials available was expanded to include enrichment activities, glass microscope slide sets, handouts, new live animals, new microscopic organisms and new planting materials.
The menu of materials available includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Small mammals
- Fish
- Amphibians
- Nonvenomous snakes
- Plants
- Flower and vegetable seeds
- Microscopic organisms
- Glass microscope slide sets
- Enrichment activities, including handouts and teaching kits
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Provides clarification, guidance, and support to science stakeholders for the development and implementation of the K–12 science Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and science graduation requirements.
-Science TEKS Guide
-2017-2021 TEKS Side-by-Side Documents
-TEKS in Focus
-K-12 Vertical Alignment Documents
-Science TEKS Resources
-TEA STEM Toolkit
-Supporting Science TEKS with STEM One-Pager
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-Assessed Curriculum
-Blueprints
-Performance Level Descriptors
-Constructed Response Scoring Guides
-Additional Resources (Calculator Policy, Refernce Materials, Timeline for Assessing New Science TEKS, New Question Type Samplers)
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A Guide To Laws, Rules, Regulations, and Safety Procedures for Classroom, Laboratory, and Field Investigations