STAR Legacy Cycle part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Blueprints:GeoFORCE Texas 12th Grade Summer Academy
Developed by researchers at the Vanderbilt-Northwestern-Harvard-MIT Engineering Research Center (VaNTH ERC), the STAR Legacy Cycle is an inquiry cycle that organizes educational resources and lessons in extended ...

Plate Tectonics: Earth in Motion part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Unit Collection
Unit Storyline Our Earth is a restless and dynamic planet. From the tallest mountain peaks of the crust to the very center of the core, Earth is in constant motion. Many features at the surface result from the ...

The Dynamic Earth: Plate Tectonic Processes part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Unit Collection
× Overview Our Earth is a restless and dynamic planet. From the tallest mountain peaks of the crust to the very center of the core, Earth is in constant motion. Many features at the surface result from the ...

Blueprint: Earth and Space Science - Texas Edition part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Blueprints
This page is under development and may be edited at any time. Some resources have not been cataloged, pending project approval. Some Units may not be "live," pending completion. In Texas, Earth and Space ...

The Solar System part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Unit Collection
Unit Storyline 4.6 billion years ago, in a now-familiar corner of the Universe within an arm of the emerging Milky Way galaxy, a randomly-moving cloud of interstellar gases and dust several light-years across ...

Earth is a Habitable Planet part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Unit Collection
Unit Storyline Earth at the dawn of its existence was an unwelcoming furnace of volcanic activity and noxious gases, hardly the verdant home to countless species that we know today. This transformation required ...

Mapping Earth part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Unit Collection
Unit Storyline Once humans began exploring Earth they developed navigation and mapping methods, and ways to record and communicate their understanding. Others followed after, expanding previous accomplishments and ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth: Earth's Structure part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Unit Collection
Unit Storyline The Earth works in mysterious ways but Geophysicists are up to the challenge. Although the deepest well ever drilled, the Kola well in Russia, only penetrated 0.2% of the Earth's depth, ...

Fossil Record and Evolution part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Unit Collection
× Overview Our Earth has been around for approximately 4.6 billion years. Fossils, or rocks with evidence that life, show that life formed on Earth nearly four billion years ago. The fossil record helps ...

Crossing the Shoreline: Gulf of Mexico part of DIG Texas Blueprints:Unit Collection
Unit Storyline The Gulf of Mexico is a marginal sea bounded by Mexico to the west and south, the United States to the north and northeast, and Cuba to the southeast. The Yucatan Channel between Mexico and Cuba ...