BOOK YOUR FREE SPRING PROGRAMS NOW!

Prepare your students for spring testing with our FREE programs!   

Spring semester Discovery Trunks, Wildlife by Design Classroom Presentations, and Distance Learning Programs are now available!   

 

Information about the Outreach Programs is below.  

 Contact us now or reply to this e-mail if you need more information! 
 

 For a quick overview of our Outreach Programs click here!  

* Custom hands-on & interactive presentations led by TWA Educators
* Perfect for Grades K-8 (ages 5-14)
* Up to six (6) programs per day
* Science TEKS aligned activities
* Available STATEWIDE
* Science TEKS aligned
* Hands-on materials
* Perfect for Grades K-8 (ages 5-14)
* 2-week reservation periods
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Be sure to check out TWA's additional education resources! 

* Subscribe to Critter Connections wildlife mini-magazine

* L.A.N.D.S. Intensive - Classroom notebook, Field Investigation Days & Necropsies

* TWA Adult Education - Webinars & Field Days

Outreach Teacher Workshops  
* Start planning for summer 2016!
* FREE to attend
* Available regionally
* Earn 6 SBEC hours
* K-8 Science TEKS-aligned lessons
* Live Videoconferencing
* On-demand Webinars (24/7)
* Includes interactive worksheets
* Designed for Grades 1-6
* 20-45 minute programs





To schedule a Wildlife by Design presentation, please contact your regional L.A.N.D.S. Outreach Educator for available dates and program topics.
 
Wildlife by Design programs are presentations delivered by our educators that spotlight wildlife and habitat conservation, all while bringing in hands-on, TEKS aligned resources and activities.  Each program offers multiple activities, lesson plans, and discussions possible for the classroom.  All programs are appropriate for ages 5-14. 

Presentation Topics: Skins & Skulls CSI, Let's Talk Turkey, Investigating Life Cycles & Where is Our Water? 
  • Each program is designed for a classroom-length period of time, approximately 30-60 minutes and for a group of 20-45 students.  
  • Each presentation date can include up to six (6) repeat programs.
  • DFW: Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise
  • Harris/Houston area: Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller
  • Rio Grande Valley: Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr, and Willacy
Discovery Trunks are a FREE resource available to any educator in Texas and are filled with Grades K-8 Science TEKS-aligned lessons, activities, and hands-on materials that you and your students can utilize as needed to fit your schedule!  We highly encourage sharing of the materials, allowing as many students to utilize the materials as possible!

 

RESERVE your Discovery Trunks ONLINE in a matter of minutes  

@ www.trunks.texas-wildlife.org  

- View the spring 2016 calendar  

- View trunk inventories

- View trunk TEKS, Scope and Sequence alignment, and lesson topics

 

Seven (7) Discovery Trunk topics:

Bats-A-Billion, Bird is the Word, Butterflies Flutter By, Exploring Adaptations, Let's Talk Turkey, More Than a Drop, Wildlife Investigations

 

New trunks
Distance LearningDistanceLearning
Distance Learning programs are FREE and offered as On-demand Webinars and via Videoconferencing.
 
February 17 - Animal Skull Investigation
February 25 - Creepy Critters
March 21 - Hawk Talk
April 5 - Prickly Porcupines
April 13 - The Magic of Monarchs
April 21 - Reptile Lifestyle
April 26 - Prairie Dog Discovery
May 5 - Bats-A-Billion
May 17 - Awesome Opossums

Check the schedule on Connect2Texas and be on the lookout for our Distance Learning e-mail!

Animal Skulls Investigation 
Bats-A-Billion
Food Chain Fun
Let's Talk Turkey

Magic of Monarchs

Prairie Dog Discovery  

 

Coming soon: Life cycle Series 

Complete Metamorphosis

Incomplete Metamorphosis

...and more

 

On-demand Webinars 101:

  • Available 24/7 on the TWA website.
  • 20-30 minute programs
  • Follow-along worksheets are provided
  • Post activities available

 

Sampling of Science Units covered: Conservation and Land Stewardship * Characteristics of Environments * Structure/Function and Survival * Basic Needs * Inherited Traits and Resemblance * Ecosystems - Biotic and Abiotic * Groundwater, Surface Water, and Watersheds * Populations and Communities
  • FREE to attend
  • Designed for Grade K-8 Science Educators
  • Six (6) hour workshops offering SBEC and TAGT hours
  • Provides hands-on training for educators to incorporate natural resource and private land stewardship lessons into their teachings.
It's never too early to start thinking about summer trainings.  Be on the lookout for a follow-up email from your regional educator in mid-February with the upcoming dates of teacher workshops in your area.  We are also looking for places to host workshops, so contact your regional educator and let them know of your interest for Summer 2016!  
L.A.N.D.S. Intensive ProgramsIntensive

L.A.N.D.S. Intensive Notebook

- Classroom lesson notebook, Field Investigation Days & Necropsies

- Geared for Grades 6-12

  

Trinity River Project 

- Aquatic-based classroom activities and field investigations, focusing on the Trinity River Basin

- Geared for Grades 4-5

 

Necropsy in a Box 

- Designed for Grades 7-12

- Facilitate a quail necropsy in your classroom - we will provide the quail and step-by-step instructions! 

 

 Teacher/Volunteer Training  

- June 21-23, 2016; Santa Anna, TX  

- Learn how to incorporate L.A.N.D.S. notebook lessons into your classroom

- TEKS aligned lessons & activities

- Some workshops offer Project WILD certification

- 20 hours of SBEC or AT Master Naturalist hours   

L.A.N.D.S. Outreach StaffContacts
 
Kassi Scheffer
Director of Education - Outreach Programs 
 
Elanor Dean
Discovery Trunks and Distance Learning 
 
Elisa Velador
Rio Grande Valley - Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and Willacy Counties
 
Adrienne Paquette
Harris Area - Liberty, Montgomery, Waller, and Northern Harris County ISDs
Jo Picken
Harris Area - Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, and Southern Harris County ISDs
 
Toni Purnell
DFW Area - Hood, Johnson, Parker, and Tarrant Counties 
 
Julia Farmer 
DFW Area - Collin, Denton, and Wise Counties
 
Kimberly Shaw
DFW Area - Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties
[email protected] 

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