Balance and Stability in Texas

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Balance and Stability in Texas
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Think about these questions

• How do the physical characteristics of regions
  in Texas affect the lives of the people of the
  past and present?
• Why did Explorers such as Coronado come to Texas?
  Explain the relationship of the push-pull
  theory to exploration.
• What factors can affect changes to the Earths
  surface by wind, water, and ice?
• How are soils important to people?

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• Get ready to go on a trip through Texas!
• In this Organizing Idea you will learn about the
  balance and stability among Texas landforms,
  American Indians, explorers of Texas, and changes
  to Earths surface.

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Are you ready to be a geologist?

• You will work to explore weathering, erosion, and
  deposition of rocks by ice, wind, and water while
  discovering the physical properties of soil.

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• Next, you will focus on the four landform regions
  of Texas and discover a very interesting fact
  about these regions.

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• As we continue on our trip through Texas, you
  will learn about the first Texans, the American
  Indians, who lived in Texas before 1500 as well
  as the people who explored Texas long ago.

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• Your trip through Texas will be fascinating, and
  we hope you are ready!

Texas or Bust!