All programs are Science TEKS-aligned for Grades K-8 and are available at no cost!
Our programs are about wildlife and natural resources conservation, covering a variety of topics including the water cycle, animal adaptations, life cycles, soil, food chains, and much more.

In light of recent events, we have developed new procedures and adapted several of our programs to suit a virtual format. Learn more below and be on the lookout next month for another E-blast focusing on Distance Learning and some of our new digital programs.
Distance Learning
On-demand Webinars
  • Available anytime (24/7)
  • 15-30 minute programs
  • 14 programs available
  • Thought-invoking questions
  • Follow-along worksheets provided
  • Post activities available
Youth Videoconferencing
  • Live animals and demonstrations
  • Viewable with videoconferencing equipment, or online
  • Follow-along worksheets provided
  • Designed for Grades 1-6
  • 45 minute programs
Discovery Trunks
  • Available statewide at no cost for groups of 40+ students
  • Hands-on materials and lessons for the classroom or reserve a trunk to use for virtual lessons
  • New cleaning procedure implemented for Fall 2020
  • 2-week reservation periods or flexible reservations available by request
  • 7 Trunk Topics: Bats-A-Billion, Bird is the Word, Butterflies Flutter By, Exploring Adaptations, Let's Talk Turkey, More Than a Drop, Wildlife Investigations
Critter Connections
  • Educational mini-magazine
  • Published quarterly in February, April, September, and November.
  • NEW: Digital subscriptions
  • Hard-copy Classroom sets (25) and individual copies also available
  • Each issue will include a species profile, plant profile, puzzles, craft activities, and much more!
  • Targeted for youth ages 13 and younger
  • Coming soon: Critter Connections - read along videos and live programs
Wildlife by Design
For the fall semester, we will offer all presentations in a virtual format. We have made this decision with you and your students’ health and safety in mind. As the spring semester approaches, we will revisit the possibility of joining you in your classroom.
  • Interactive classroom presentations led by TWA educators
  • Available regionally - virtual statewide programs coming soon
  • Up to 60 minutes/presentation
  • For groups of 20-50 students
  • 5 Presentation Topics: Skins & Skulls, Stewarding Soil, Birds of a Feather, Investigating Life Cycles and Where is our Water?
Stewarding Texas
  • 40 conservation and natural resource lessons and media
  • Available online anytime!
  • Subset of lessons provided and aligned with each Discovery Trunk
  • Sections include: Stewarding Texas, Land & Habitats, Wildlife 101, Observing Wildlife, and Water
Kassi Scheffer
Director of Youth Education
Thank You to Our Program Supporters!
The Fondren Foundation
The Scott Petty Foundation
Betty S Kelso Foundation
The Elma Dill Russell Spencer Foundation