EXPLORE THE ESTUARY:
TEKS Covered: 112.12 (a) 1-4, (b) 1, 2ACD&E, 3B&C, 4, 5A, 9A&C, 10A&B
Equipment used: hand lenses, collecting nets, field journals, discovery hoops
Vocabulary: living, nonliving, environment, organisms, parts of plants, parts of animals
| 1 | Observation Hike | Take a short hike and use your senses to explore the environment around you. |
| 2 | Pond Exploration | Make observations about the living and nonliving things you see and hear at the pond. |
| 3 | Insect Exploration | Use collecting nets, collecting jars, and hand lenses to investigate small critters, and draw your specimen. |
| 4 | Rock Exploration | Take some time to collect and sort the rocks by size, shape, color and texture. |
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