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Texas Wildlife Association

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Region 4 Education Service Center partners with the Texas Wildlife Association to provide students with interactive and engaging learning experiences related to texas wildlife and conservation.

Find all of the Texas Wildlife Association program resources by visiting their Taking Action and Continued Learning and Conservation Legacy webpages. They would also love your feedback on their programs! You can give them feedback by selecting your presenter's name below:

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Region 4 Education Science

Investigating Life Cycles

Investigating Life Cycles is an inquiry-based program that allows students to investigate and understand each stage of various life cycles using biofacts, kinesthetic activities, and plenty of fun facts, for a better understanding of the cycle as a whole. Students will learn the characteristics that allow a plant or animal to grow into a mature adult and how each stage affects its habitat and other plant and animal populations.

Presenter: Adrienne Paquette

Cost: Free

Audience: Kindergarten-8th Grade

TEKS: K. 9B K.10C K.10D | 1.10A 1.10B 1.10C 1.10D | 2.9A 2.10A 2.10B 2.10C | 3.9A 3.10A 3.10B 3.10C | 4. 10A 4.10B 4.10C | 5.9A 5.10A 5.10B 5.10C | 6.12C 6.12E | 7.10A 7.10B 7.12A | 8.11A 8.11B

Please register for ONE session:

Wednesday May 11, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday May 11, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday April 27, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday April 27, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday September 15, 2021

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday September 15, 2021

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

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Birds of a Feather

Birds of a Feather is an overview of bird adaptations. By investigating skulls and feet of different species of bird, students will discover what makes a bird a bird and how different birds use their adaptations to survive in their environments. Activities may include exploring bird anatomy, identifying a bird based on its skull and foot, experimenting with different bird beaks and how a bird might use a specific beak to get its food, measuring wingspan, and listening to bird vocalizations. The concept and importance of land stewardship, including native Texas birds, is introduced and reinforced throughout the presentation.

Presenter: Adrienne Paquette

Cost: Free

Audience: Kindergarten-8th Grade

TEKS: K.9B K.10B | 1.10A 1.10C | 2.9A 2.10A | 3.9A 3.10A 3.10B 3.10C | 4.7C 4.10A 4.10B 4.10C | 5.9A 5.10A 5.10B | 6.12E 6.12F | 7.10A 7.11B 7.12A 7.13A 7.14A | 8.11A 8.11B

Please register for ONE session:

Wednesday May 4, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday May 4, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday March 23, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday March 23, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday October 13, 2021

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday October 13, 2021

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Skins & Skulls

Skins & Skulls is a discussion of the identification and specialized adaptations of native Texas wildlife using animal skulls and skins. Participants will investigate the skulls of these animals to identify ‘mystery mammals’, all while learning about the animal’s habitat, food sources, and adaptations for survival. The concept and importance of land stewardship, including its wildlife, is introduced and reinforced throughout the presentation.

Presenter: Adrienne Paquette and Ali Kuehn

Cost: Free

Audience: Kindergarten-8th Grade

TEKS: K.9B | 1.10A | 2.9A 2.10A | 3.9A 3.10A | 4.7C 4.10A | 5. 9A 5.10A | 6.12E 6.12F | 7.10A 7.10B 7.11B 7.12A | 8.11A 8.11B

Please register for ONE session:

Wednesday April 13, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday April 13, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday March 16, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday March 16, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday October 27, 2021

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Wednesday October 27, 2021

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Stewarding Soil

Stewarding Soil is a series of activities that allows students to dig in and investigate soil! Students will learn how soil is formed; the characteristics of sand, silt, and clay; how soil health affects living and nonliving things; and what products come from soil. Throughout the program, students will gain a better understanding of why soil is so important to wildlife and people and how they can be stewards of this natural resource. The concept and importance of land stewardship, including soils, is introduced and reinforced throughout the presentation.

Presenter: Ali Kuehn and Adrienne Paquette

Cost: Free

Audience: Kindergarten-8th Grade

TEKS: K.5A K.7C K.9A K.9B | 1.5A 1.7A 1.7C 1.9A | 2.5A 2.7C 2.9A | 3.5B 3.7A 3.7C 3.9A | 4.7A 4.7C | 5 .9A | 6.12E | 7.10A | 8.11B

Please register for ONE session:

Wednesday February 23, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday February 23, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday January 19, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday January 19, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday December 15, 2021

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Wednesday December 15, 2021

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Where is Our Water?

Where Is Our Water? is an interactive program that covers a variety of water topics, from the water cycle to sources and usage of water to pollution and infiltration of groundwater into our aquifers. Activities and demonstrations will allow students to investigate and understand the human impact on water and how it affects our land and wildlife. The concept and importance of land and water stewardship is introduced and reinforced throughout the presentation. The main message is conservation!

Presenter: Ali Kuehn and Adrienne Paquette

Cost: Free

Audience: Kindergarten-8th Grade

TEKS: K.7C | 1.7C | 2.7C 2.8C | 3.5B 3.7C 3.7D 3.8B | 4.5A 4.5B 4.7A 4.7C 4.8B | 5.5A | 5.7B 5.8B | 6.5A 6.5B | 7.8B 7.8C | 8.5D

Please register for ONE session:

Wednesday February 16, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday February 16, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday January 26, 2022

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday January 26, 2022

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday December 8, 2021

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM

Wednesday December 8, 2021

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

Wednesday September 22, 2021

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Wednesday September 22, 2021

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Let's Talk Turkey

Let's Talk Turkey is an overview of bird adaptations. This program uses the wild turkey, along with other native wild Texas birds, to investigate what makes a bird a bird and how different birds use their adaptations to survive in their environments. Activities may include exploring bird anatomy, identifying a bird based on its skull and foot, experimenting with different bird beaks and how a bird might use a specific beak to get its food, measuring wingspan, and listening to bird vocalizations. The concept and importance of land stewardship, including native Texas birds, is introduced and reinforced throughout the presentation.

Presenter: Adrienne Paquette

Cost: Free

Audience: Kindergarten-8th Grade

TEKS: K.9B K.10B | 1.10A 1.10C | 2.9A 2.10A | 3.9A 3.10A 3.10B 3.10C | 4.7C 4.10A 4.10B 4.10C | 5.9A 5.10A 5.10B | 6.12E 6.12F | 7.10A 7.11B 7.12A 7.13A 7.14A | 8.11A 8.11B

Please register for ONE session:

Monday November 15, 2021

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM

Monday November 15, 2021

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM

7145 West Tidwell Road | Houston, Texas 77092-2096 | 713.462.7708

McKinney Conference Center: 7200 Northwest 100 Drive | Houston, Texas 77092

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