Texas Aquatic Science Curriculum
Texas Aquatic Science is a comprehensive
aquatic science curriculum, from molecules to ecosystems, and headwaters to ocean, for middle school and high school students.
The curriculum consists of an online student textbook, a teacher guide, specially produced videos, and supplementary materials.
Teacher Guide
To ensure the protection of answers throughout the Texas Aquatic Science Teacher Guide and its sub-parts, they are password protected. Click the Access Request Form (hyperlinked to the current form) to verify your email and receive the password.
Teacher Guide and Answer Key Access (password protected)
Additional Materials
- Fish Flash Cards
- Maps
- Wetlands Poster
- Coastal Wetlands Poster
- Children’s Books Corresponding by Chapter; An Annotated Bibliography (PDF)
Workshops
Each workshop will meet the following goals:
- Introduce educators to TPWD & TAS materials and resources.
- Provide a sample of field and classroom activities for coastal and inland aquatic habitats.
- Review 2021 TEKS alignment.
Cost: FREE
When: TBD
Interested in a Texas Aquatic Science training (virtual - 1.5 hours or in-person - 3-4 hours but requires at least 5 participants), contact Melissa Felty (Alderson) at ConservationEdu@tpwd.texas.gov
Student Materials
Student Textbooks available from Texas A&M University Press
and Kindle version available from Amazon.com.
Features:
- Written for middle school and high school students.
- Designed to help teachers make students aware of the importance of water to life, aquatic ecosystems, and what we must do to conserve water and aquatic life.
- Hands-on classroom and field activities
- Short (around 2 minutes each) videos
- Students learn and demonstrate their new knowledge in creative products and performances.
- Science investigations, games, models, Internet projects,
- Field based assessments of water quality and environmental conditions in a variety of field trips
- Lessons embed higher order thinking skills, provide depth and complexity of learning, and engage students in many contexts and methods.
2021 TEKS aligned
All TAS activities are aligned with the Texas Education Agency's Science Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for:
- 6th-8th grade
- Aquatic Science
- Environmental Systems
2021 Science TEKS in Texas Aquatic Science
Texas Aquatic Science Brochure
Texas Aquatic Science is supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service through the Sport Fish Restoration Program funds.
Texas Aquatic Science is a cooperative education project sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife, The Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University. Texas Aquatic Science was modeled after the Missouri Department of Conservation‘s (MDC) curriculum, Conserving Missouri’s Aquatic Ecosystems. Support was provided by the Ewing Halsell Foundation, San Antonio and the Sport Fish Restoration Program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.