Building a structure: The Solar System

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CATEGORY 4- Excellent 3- Good 2- Okay 1- Unsatisfactory

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location. location. TEKS:

112.12. Science, Grade 1, Beginning with School Year 2010-2011.

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(A) Record weather information, including relative temperature, such as hot or cold, clear or cloudy, calm or
windy, and rainy or icy;

(B) Observe and record changes in the appearance of objects in the sky such as clouds, the Moon, and stars,
including the Sun;

(C) Identify characteristics of the seasons of the year and day and night; and

(D) Demonstrate that air is all around us and observe that wind is moving air.
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