Brazos Bend State Park Volunteer Organization
BRAZOS BEND STATE PARK

GRADE THREE – SCIENCE 

Program – Guided Nature Hike & Nature Center tour

Description – A ½ or 1 mile guided nature hike through a bottomland hardwood forest and around several aquatic ecosystems.   Hike leaders will discuss native plants & animals, ecosystems and how they interact with one another.  Students will be allowed to tour the nature center at their own pace, ask questions, view exhibits and touch a live animal.

Time required –Approximately 2 - 3 hours

Size requirements – less then 100 students, students will be divided into smaller groups

Cost - $1.00 per person and a $20.00 activity fee for the group 

Reservations must be made in advance and are subject to availability 

The following Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Grade 3 Science will be addressed with this program

§112.5. Science, Grade 3

(b)  Knowledge and skills.

  1.  (2)  Scientific processes. The student uses scientific inquiry methods during field and laboratory investigations. The student is expected to:
    1. (A)  plan and implement descriptive investigations including asking well-defined questions, formulating testable hypotheses, and selecting and using equipment and technology;
    2. (B)  collect information by observing and measuring;
    3. (C)  analyze and interpret information to construct reasonable explanations from direct and indirect evidence
  3. (8)  Science concepts. The student knows that living organisms need food, water, light, air, a way to dispose of waste, and an environment in which to live. The student is expected to:
    1. (A)  observe and describe the habitats of organisms within an ecosystem;
    2. (B)  observe and identify organisms with similar needs that compete with one another for resources such as oxygen, water, food, or space;
    3. (C)  describe environmental changes in which some organisms would thrive, become ill, or perish; and
    4. (D)  describe how living organisms modify their physical environment to meet their needs such as beavers building a dam or humans building a home.
  5. (9)  Science concepts. The student knows that species have different adaptations that help them survive and reproduce in their environment. The student is expected to:
    1. (A)  observe and identify characteristics among species that allow each to survive and reproduce; and
    2. (B)  analyze how adaptive characteristics help individuals within a species to survive and reproduce.
  7. (10)  Science concepts. The student knows that many likenesses between offspring and parents are inherited from the parents. The student is expected to:
    1. (A)  identify some inherited traits of plants; and
    2. (B)  identify some inherited traits of animals

    Updated: Sat, Feb 3, 2007

    The purpose of the Volunteer organization is to assist and educate the visitors of Brazos Bend State Park through
    information and interpretive programs and to assist in the care and conservation of the Park.

    Brazos Bend State Park
    21901 FM 762
    Needville, TX 77461
    (979) 553-5101