Texas Experience Science 6-8
Texas Experience Science 6-8 brings science concepts to life, creating dynamic, motivating, and interactive experiences for today’s Texas classrooms.
- Meets 100% of TEKS, ELPS, and TRR
- Phenomena-driven
- Three-dimensional learning
- Student-centered explorations
Engage Students in Real-World Phenomena
Students learn by exploring, collaborating, and communicating their ideas. In Texas Experience Science 6-8, the 5E model is used to scaffold inquiry instruction.
100% Texas
Texas Experience Science 6-8 is designed in collaboration with Texas teachers, supervisors, and academic experts whose experience and study of best practices have positively impacted student learning.
Phenomena-Driven
Texas Experience Science 6-8 uses phenomena from Big Bend, the Hill Country, the Panhandle, the Gulf Coast, to the Piney Woods for students to experience and investigate phenomena.
Flexible Teacher Support
Prepare for classroom instruction with flexible planning, background, and prep videos.
Dynamic Digital Resources
Click, interact, and learn with a variety of purposeful, TEKS-based, digital resources.
Engage and Motivate All Texas Learners in Science 6-8
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Differentiation
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Multilingual Learners
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Multimodal Learners
Differentiation
Target Student Learning-
Differentiated Instruction notesResources in the Texas Teacher Guide provide suggestions to assist students who may struggle with conceptual connections and address the needs of diverse learners.
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ELPS StrategiesPurposeful strategies at different levels of language proficiency support teachers at the point of instruction to ensure all students are engaged in the content and learning process.
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Extension ActivitiesFound within the Elaborate section of each Experience provides students with a means to enrich and deepen their understanding of core content. The variety of resources available promotes student choice and extension opportunities for all levels of students.
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Leveled LabsLeveled labs are also available in a Guided Inquiry and Open Inquiry format to level the playing field for all students to have the same Hands-on Lab experience.
Multilingual Learners
Develop Language Proficiency-
Multilingual SupportTexas Experience Science integrates ELPS Strategies specific to the content within the Experience and addresses all four levels of language proficiency levels. The program also includes guidance for linguistic accommodations (communicated, sequenced, and scaffolded).
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Embedded Translation ToolThe Realize Reader™ Translation Tool allows students to translate selected text into more than 100 languages- many include text-to-speech audio support.
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Student CollaborationMultiple opportunities for student collaboration and science discourse are provided within Texas Experience Science. From the initial Topic kickoff of the Everyday Phenomena to the Experience or Topic wrap-ups, teacher prompts encourage classroom discussions and small group interactions.
Multimodal Learners
Create a Multisensory Experience-
Multidimensional LearningTexas Experience Science exposes content to learners in multiple ways. Short reading passages, writing activities, inquiry projects, technology, collaboration, hands-on activities, and games are important in providing rich, multidimensional learning experiences.
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Variety of Learning StylesStudents access content utilizing several senses — visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic — to make connections and transfer knowledge to long-term memory recall.
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Varied AssessmentsTexas Experience Science provides a variety of assessments to gather meaningful insights into student understanding and progress. These assessments include multiple Exit Tickets in each Experience, Lesson Quizzes, writing prompts, and performance assessments.
Texas Experience Science 6-8
Built for Texas!
See what Texas Experience Science 6-8 can offer your classroom.
Texas Experience Science 6-8 Online
Savvas Realize® provides access to all Texas Experience Science digital resources and downloadable, editable print materials to meet every Texas standard. 1EdTech certified for easy integrations.
Our elite partners motivate and excite Texas students. Videos, games, simulations, hip-hop songs, and hands-on activities engage students and connect them to content in meaningful ways.
Frequently Asked Questions about Texas Experience Science
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What is Texas Experience Science?Texas Experience Science, a TEKS-based program, brings science concepts to life, creating dynamic, motivating, and interactive experiences for today’s middle school classrooms. This hands-on, curriculum supports 3-dimensional learning and prepares students for STAAR® success.
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What are the components of Texas Experience Science?
Texas Teacher Guide includes content background and teacher prep support. Topic and Experience (Lesson) instruction is streamlined and provides time stamps to ease planning. Topic Planners provides a comprehensive and fast-track plan for flexibility of implementation.
Texas Student Activity Companion provides a compilation of activity pages for students to record their sensemaking process. Includes vocabulary support, hands-on, readings, and activity sheets.
STAAR® TEKS Preparation Workbook, Grade 8 Students practice TEKS-based questions and incorporate practice reading informational passages in preparation for the Grade 8 STAAR test. Practice with interpreting charts, graphs, and diagrams is also included.
The Texas Experience Science Digital Course on Savvas Realize® provides planning tools, videos, interactivities, teacher presentations, assessments, and more.
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Does Texas Experience Science support all learners, including students with disabilities, English learners, and students identified as gifted and talented?
Texas Experience Science 6-8 is designed to target the TEKS with rich instructional support, high-quality interventions, and extensions across all Topics to engage students in their learning process.
The instruction found in the Teacher Guide includes information that coaches teachers on scaffolding content throughout a Topic and in making on-time instructional decisions for the diverse population in their classroom.
Explore the following key features within the Teacher Guide:
- Differentiated Instruction. These boxes, illustrated above, provide point-of-use instructional support directly related to the content being taught within the 5E lesson model in the Teacher Guide. This information is also found within the Teacher Presentations to make it more accessible while teaching using digital tools.
- Blue Font “Teacher Talk” appears periodically within an Experience to help engage students in classroom discussions. The questions are presented in student-friendly language and help teachers keep the learning progression on track.
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What types of science material kits does Savvas provide?Savvas offers a variety of lab materials kits to support the doing of science. These include consumable and non-consumable material kits, refills for the consumables, labware kits, and safety kit.
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How can I sign up to receive an Texas Experience Science demo or sample?Please complete the request information form and your account manager will reach out to you promptly.