FREE Science programs for the spring semester!

TWA offers FREE TEKS-aligned programs about wildlife, water, and the environment for your classroom!

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. Learn more below and share this E-blast with anyone you think may benefit from our FREE programs.

Wildlife by Design Presentations

Wildlife by Design brings science TEKS-aligned wildlife and natural resources conservation presentations into the classroom virtually for FREE via interactive wildlife-based lessons, activities and demonstrations.

Presentations are available virtually, by request on the first Friday of each month, starting in February 2022
20-45 students per presentation
3-6 repeat presentations that day
Designed for grades K-8
5 program options – Skins & Skulls, Birds of a Feather, Where Is Our Water?, Investigating Life Cycles, and Stewarding Soil

Learn more and request a presentation!

Discovery Trunks

Hands-on materials and lessons for your classroom or educational program
Available for FREE statewide
Intended to be shared and used with groups (40+) of students
2-week reservation periods
7 trunk topics available

Learn more and sign up!

Distance Learning On-demand

We offer Distance Learning programs anytime in an On-demand Webinar format and as interactive recordings of some of our most popular live animal programs. All science TEKS-aligned programs are FREE, 15-40 minutes long with interactive questions and a follow-along worksheet.

On-demand Webinar Topics:

Life Cycle

Complete Metamorphosis

Frog Life Cycle

Incomplete Metamorphosis

The Magic of Monarchs

Water Cycle and Aquatic Ecosystems

Aquifers and Spring Ecosystems

Wetland Ecosystems

Grassland Ecosystem

Prairie Dogs

Soil

Stewarding Soil

Classification

Classifying Living Things

Food Chains

Food Chain Fun

Animal Adaptations

Adaptable Armadillos

ASI: Animal Skull Investigations

Bats-A-Billion

Let's Talk Turkey

Videoconference Recordings with Live Animals:

More coming in Spring 2022!

Critter Connections Subscriptions

FREE Educational mini-magazine
Published quarterly in February, April, September, and November
Digital subscriptions, hard-copy classroom sets (25), and hard-copy individual subscriptions available
Each issue features a species profile, plant profile, puzzles, activities, and more!
Targeted for youth ages 13 and younger
Read-along videos of former issues

Subscribe here!

FREE Summer Teacher Workshops

We offer 6-hour (CPE credits available) hands-on teacher workshops each summer to introduce attendees to the Texas Wildlife Association and provide in-class and outdoor lessons and activities.

Registration for Summer 2022 workshops opens late February

Learn more about workshops!

Stewarding Texas Lessons

Did you know that TWA has over 40 TEKS-aligned lessons about conservation and natural resources which are available anytime for FREE?

K-12 Science TEKS-aligned
Available online anytime!
Topics that align with your classroom's scope and sequence.
Sections include: Stewarding Texas, Land & Habitats, Wildlife 101, Observing Wildlife, and Water

Learn more and create an account!

Texas Wildlife Association

In addition to our educational programs, the Texas Wildlife Association offers a wide array of other resources. Learn more from this newsletter and share these resources with anyone you think may be interested in our program offerings.