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Welcome to the new school year!
Fall 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!
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Be sure to check out TWA's additional education resources!
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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, Science TEKS aligned K-8 resources and activities. Each program offers multiple activities, lesson plans, and discussions possible for the classroom.
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.
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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
- South Texas (newly expanded area): Brooks, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, La Salle, Starr, Webb, Willacy, and Zapata
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Special Opportunity for Bexar & surrounding counties
: Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Medina, Atascosa, and Bandera
- We have partnered with Kameron Bean of Wild Times Edutainment to offer Wildlife by Design presentations with live animals! Please contact Kameron Bean, [email protected] to schedule your next presentation.
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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!
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View the Fall 2016 calendar
- View trunk inventories
- View trunk TEKS, Scope and Sequence alignment, and lesson topics
- Stewarding Texas Lesson Binder now in EVERY Discovery Trunk!
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
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Distance Learning
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More programs are in the works - check the schedule on Connect2Texas and be on the lookout for our Distance Learning e-mail!
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*On-demand Webinar programs:
- Animal Skulls Investigation
- Bats-A-Billion
- Complete Metamorphosis
- Food Chain Fun
- Incomplete Metamorphosis
- Let's Talk Turkey
- Magic of Monarchs
- Prairie Dog Discovery
On-demand Webinars 101
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*Be on the lookout for more On-demand Webinars coming soon!
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Stewarding Texas - A Scientific Exploration
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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 hours
- Provides hands-on training for educators to incorporate natural resource and private land stewardship lessons into their teachings.
Be on the lookout for Summer 2017 schedule in February 2017
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L.A.N.D.S. Intensive Programs
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
- Learn how to incorporate L.A.N.D.S. notebook lessons into your classroom
- TEKS aligned lessons & activities
- Some workshops offer Project WILD certification
- 12 hours of SBEC or AT Master Naturalist hours
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L.A.N.D.S. Outreach Staff
Kassi Scheffer
Director of Education - Outreach Programs
Elanor Dean
Program Specialist - Discovery Trunks and Distance Learning
Elisa Velador
South Texas - Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr and Willacy Counties
[email protected]
Masi Mejia
South Texas - Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, La Salle, Webb, and Zapata 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
Kimberly Shaw
DFW Area - Dallas, Ellis, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties
New DFW-area educator coming soon!
Collin, Denton, and Wise Counties
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3660 Thousand Oaks Drive
Suite 126
San Antonio, TX 78247
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Stewarding Texas - Table of Contents