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| Our School Field Trips are set up as an a la carte menu of activities that range from TEKS oriented Science and Math Studies |
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| Click on a course title to be taken directly to the description. |
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| Click here for the Course Descriptions. |
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Get to Know a Tree |
40 minutes |
3rd - 8th |
$125 |
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Into The Pond |
50 minutes |
1st - 5th |
$125 |
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Erosion Study |
40 minutes |
K - 4th |
$125 |
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Walk The Trail Hunt |
40 minutes |
K - 5th |
$125 |
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What is Soil? |
50 - 60 minutes |
K - 5th |
$125 |
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Fish Prints |
40 minutes |
K - 5th |
$125 |
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Hey It's a Fossil |
40 - 60 minutes |
K - 5th |
$125 |
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Rocket Science |
30 - 40 minutes |
1st - 5th |
$125 |
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A Watershed Speaks! |
50 - 60 minutes |
4th - 8th |
$125 |
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Growing Crystals |
30 - 40 minutes |
2nd - 6th |
$125 |
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Launches |
40 minutes |
2nd - 8th |
$125 |
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Glop Factory |
30 - 40 minutes |
2nd - 6th |
$125 |
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Pollution Patrol |
30 - 45 minutes |
K - 8th |
$125 |
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Track It |
40 minutes |
3rd - 6th |
$125 |
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Circle Loom Weaving |
40 - 50 minutes |
2nd - 8th |
$125 |
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Clothespin Critters |
45 minutes |
K - 6th |
$125 |
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Sand Painting |
60 minutes |
K - 8th |
$125 |
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Birds of Texas |
45 - 60 minutes |
K - 6th |
$125 |
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Bookmark Bobbers |
30 - 60 minutes |
K - 6th |
$125 |
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Hand Prints of Nature |
40 - 70 minutes |
3rd - 8th |
$125 |
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Bubble Paper |
45 minutes |
K - 8th |
$125 |
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Archery |
45 - 60 minutes |
4th and Up |
$125 |
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Shooting Sports |
45 - 60 minutes |
6th and Up |
$125 |
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Fishing |
40 - 50 minutes |
K and Up |
$125 |
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Canoeing/Kayaking |
40 - 60 minutes |
K and Up |
$125 |
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Hiking |
40 - 60 minutes |
K and Up |
$125 |
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Camping Skills |
45 - 60 minutes |
2nd and Up |
$125 |
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Home Sweet Home |
60 - 70 minutes |
3rd and Up |
$125 |
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Beginner Compass |
40 minutes |
1st - 5th |
$125 |
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Geocaching |
40 - 60 minutes |
3rd and Up |
$125 |
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Hit The Trail |
45 - 60 minutes |
3rd - 8th |
$125 |
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Climbing Wall |
60 minutes |
4th and Up |
$200 |
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Giant Swing |
60 minutes |
4th and Up |
$200 |
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Get to Know a Tree |
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Ever asked how old is that tree or how tall is it? This class will show you simple ways to answer those |
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questions along with other useful facts about trees. Class size limited to 18 students. |
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Into the Pond |
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Aquatic life is diverse and in our very own pond that remains true. Participants will have a chance to |
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study the various aquatic life forms found around the pond and creek. Class size limited to 18 students. |
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Erosion Study |
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What is erosion and what are the factors that contribute to it? Is it ever beneficial to have? Answer these |
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questions here! Class size limited to 18 students. |
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Walk the Trail Hunt |
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Go on a nature hike and learn to identify various plants, animals and insects. Also be on the lookout |
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for what might be called home! Class size limited to 18 students. |
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What is Soil? |
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Learn what effects soil has on water filtration as well as how soil is made. Class size limited to 18 |
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students. |
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Fish Prints |
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Learn about fish anatomy, body shape and other adaptations that give certain fish an advantage. Students |
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will print a fish outline and be able to distinguish the different areas. This lesson can also be joined with |
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fishing or aquatic studies to round out the lesson. Class size limited to 18 students. |
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Hey, It's a Fossil |
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Ever asked how a fossil is made? Learn the process in this class as well as make your own fossil |
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paperweight. Class size limited to 18 students. |
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Rocket Science |
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Want a fun way to teach kids how to form hypothesis and how to draw graphs? This is the class made for |
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guessing and fun! Class size limited to 18 students. |
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A Watershed Speaks! |
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What is a watershed? Is it possible to measure the volume of rain falling on one? These are all questions |
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that will be answered during the lesson. Students will learn to identify watersheds and calculate water |
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volume. Class size limited to 18 students. |
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Growing Crystals |
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Students will have the chance to learn about the various kinds of crystals such as ice/frost/snow, rocks |
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(quartz, diamonds) and salt/sugar. Students will then have the chance to make their own crystal garden. |
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SPECIAL NOTE: This course will require the crystal gardens to be transported back with the student and |
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cared for. |
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Launches |
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Students will have the chance to learn about the scientific method and launch objects! By launching |
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objects of various sizes and weight, students will formulate conclusions and illustrate with a graph. |
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Glop Factory |
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Have your students learn about the wonders of oobleck. What other object is solid when squeezed and |
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liquid with no surface tension? |
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Pollution Patrol |
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What is pollution and how does it end up in our water sources? These are just a couple questions that |
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will be answered during this lesson. Students will learn about how watersheds transport pollution |
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into our water and simple ways that it can be removed. |
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Track It! |
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Students will have the chance to play CSI with nature and use tracks to determine what events occurred |
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in the area. By identifying various tracks, stories can be told about what animals came for water, what an |
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animal might have been hunting and so on. Come see what nature can tell us! |
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Circle Loom Weaving |
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Use a hand-held loom to weave a yarn bracelet, necklace or keychain… |
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Clothespin Critters |
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Use common art materials to design realistic or invented insects. Can also be used to design a beetle, |
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which is also Texas' most diverse insect at 18,000 species. |
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Sand Painting |
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Take home an original design in colored sand. |
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Birds of Texas |
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Create a 3D paper bird of the imagination or common to Texas. |
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Bookmark Bobbers |
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Turn a fishing bobber into an everyday object. |
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Hand Prints of Nature |
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Use fingers and hands as brushes - to paint a pond or trail scene |
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Bubble Paper |
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Blow Paint Bubbles to create artistic paper! |
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Archery |
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Learn safety, sound shooting techniques and get plenty of practice on our archery range. We use |
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Matthews Genesis bows in our instruction which is the official bow of the National Archery in the Schools |
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Program. We also have have several traditional recurve bows. |
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Shooting Sports |
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Learn to safely shoot BB/Pellet Guns, .22 calibar rifles and shotguns with us. |
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Fishing |
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Our stocked pond and pier will provide hours of catch and release fun! Learn the basics of fishing such as |
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knots, bait and handling fish safely. |
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Canoeing/Kayaking |
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Learn to paddle safely on our pond and see that is the perfect blend of adventure and relaxation. Learn |
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different paddle strokes and safety basics. |
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Hiking |
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Our well mulched trails wind through the woods and interpretive signs along the way will teach you about |
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the various plants and trees. |
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Camping Skills |
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Learn the essentials of camping such as good tent site selection, pitching a tent, starting a fire, cooking |
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in the outdoors and map/compass use. All skills learned will follow the Leave No Trace ethics for Outdoor |
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Adventure to teach responsibility in the outdoors. |
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Home Sweet Home |
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In this course, students will learn the basics of how to build a shelter in the wilderness. Students will |
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work in a small group to develop a plan and build their own shelters. Topics will also include Leave No |
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Beginner Compass |
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This course provides a great introduction for students on how to plot a bearing with a compass. Students |
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will find north with a compass and then complete a small course that guides them back to the starting |
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point. |
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Geocaching |
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This is a high tech scavenger hunt using GPS technology. Learn the basics of the sport such as finding a |
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waypoint and placing one. After one lesson you will be ready to apply those skills to seek out your own |
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hidden cache! Want more info on this growing sport? |
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Hit The Trail |
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Learn to leave behind signs telling people where to go to look for a special destination. Useful for helping |
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rescuers and friends find your location or getting back to that favorite spot without a GPS. |
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Climbing Wall |
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Learn basic climbing technique and challenge yourself on our 45' vertical wall. |
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Giant Swing |
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Go for an extreme swing ride here at the center. You will be attached to a cable and then pulled up to a |
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point that you wish to stop. Let go of your release rope and enjoy the sensation of flying! Also a great |
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class to teach momentum and energy. |
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Back to Adventure |
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