EARLY ESTUARY SETTLERS:
TEKS Covered: 112.15 (a) 1-4, (b) 1, 2B&F, 3A&D, 4, 9
113.15 (a) 1-8, (b) 1BC&D, 2A&C, 4BC&D, 5A&B, 7, 8A, 9, 10, 12A&E, 13B, 17B, 20B, 21B&D, 22C&E, 23
Equipment used: cameras (not provided), hand lenses, journals
Vocabulary: industry, refinery, seaport, airport, landport, import, export, agriculture, farming, ranching, adaptation, Karankawas, hunter, gatherer, deposition, erosion, weathering, soil
| 1 | Industry Today | Learn how nature and industry work together for conservation. |
| 2 | Early Agriculture | Walk a trail and learn about early economic activities such as farming and ranching. |
| 3 | Water for Wildlife | Discover the benefits of water for wildlife and for our populations. Think about things you can do to help water conservation. |
| 4 | Early Settlers | Become an early settler in the Coastal Bend and think about all the things you would need to survive. Learn about Audubon and how early bird science began. |
| 5 | Native Americans | Think like a Native American living in the Coastal Bend when there were no other inhabitants. Discover and sketch things you would have used. |
| 6 | Soils | Identify different particle sizes of soil and how they arrived at the Delta. Discover the importance of coastal soils. |
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