Welcome to the TeXas Earth and Space Science (TXESS) Revolution website!

This site contains a collection of learning activities that were implemented, and, in many cases, developed by the TXESS Revolution project and tested at their teacher professional development academies from 2008-2011. These activities can be used independently, or with one of the Blueprints for Instruction, which lay out a year long course in Earth and Space Science.

These resources were developed with federal funding from the National Science Foundation and financial support from the Jackson School of Geosciences and the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching at The University of Texas at Austin. We invite you to use and share these resources freely, but please use proper citation, as defined at the top of each activity.

Check out upcoming opportunities incorporating the TXESS Revolution model and or curriculum.

Browse our list of online activities for use in your classroom.

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