Program – Guided Nature Hike & Nature Center tour
Description – A 1 or 2 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 5 Science will be addressed with this program
§112.7. Science, Grade 5
(a) Introduction.
- (6) Science concepts. The student knows that some change occurs in cycles. The student is expected to:
- (B) identify the significance of the water, carbon, and nitrogen cycles; and
- (C) describe and compare life cycles of plants and animals.
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- (9) Science concepts. The student knows that adaptations may increase the survival of members of a species. The student is expected to:
- (A) compare the adaptive characteristics of species that improve their ability to survive and reproduce in an ecosystem;
- (B) analyze and describe adaptive characteristics that result in an organism's unique niche in an ecosystem; and
- (C) predict some adaptive characteristics required for survival and reproduction by an organism in an ecosystem.
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- (10) Science concepts. The student knows that likenesses between offspring and parents can be inherited or learned. The student is expected to:
- (A) identify traits that are inherited from parent to offspring in plants and animals; and
- (B) give examples of learned characteristics that result from the influence of the environment.
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- (11) Science concepts. The student knows that certain past events affect present and future events. The student is expected to:
- (A) identify and observe actions that require time for changes to be measurable, including growth, erosion, dissolving, weathering, and flow;
- (B) draw conclusions about "what happened before" using data such as from tree-growth rings and sedimentary rock sequences;