Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills Solar System & Related Topics

(K.5) Science concepts. The student knows that The student is expected to: organisms, objects, and events have (B) observe and identify patterns including properties and patterns. seasons, growth, and day and night and predict what happens next; and

(2.7) Science concepts. The student knows that The student is expected to: many types of change occur. (D) observe, measure, and record changes in weather, the night sky, and seasons.

(3.11) Science concepts. The student knows that The student is expected to: the natural world includes earth materials (C) identify the planets in our solar system and and objects in the sky. their position in relation to the Sun; and (D) describe the characteristics of the Sun.

(4.11) Science concepts. The student knows that The student is expected to: the natural world includes earth materials (C) identify the Sun as the major source of energy and objects in the sky. for the Earth and understand its role in the growth of plants, in the creation of winds, and in the water cycle.

(5.6) Science concepts. The student knows that The student is expected to: some change occurs in cycles. (A) identify events and describe changes that occur on a regular basis such as in daily, weekly, lunar, and seasonal cycles;

(5.12) Science concepts. The student knows that The student is expected to: the natural world includes earth materials (C) identify the physical characteristics of the and objects in the sky. Earth and compare them to the physical characteristics of the moon; and (D) identify gravity as the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun and the moon in orbit around the Earth.

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