2024-2025
Registration will open on May 7th for Elementary Junior Master Naturalists and Middle School/High School Junior Master Naturalists! Our theme will be “Water Wonders” Come join us!
Here is the registration link.
Please continue to scroll for the 2024-2025 Elementary and Middle School/High School Junior Master Naturalists schedules.
Elementary Junior Master Naturalists are hands on classroom activities with some field trips.
Middle School/High School Junior Master Naturalist Program will be exclusively field trips on Saturday Mornings.
Elementary Junior Master Naturalist program will begin in September 2024
Note: Participants for Elementary JMN will need to join an iNaturalist project.
Join us for the 2024-2025 Junior Master Naturalist program. Our theme for both age groups is Wild About Wild Things.
The program focuses on Junior Master Naturalists getting outside, making observations, and learning about the creatures seen.
- Elementary JMN will have 1 1/2 hour meetings twice a month on Thursday evenings starting at 6:00 pm including monthly invites to the Good Water Master Naturalist seminar. Meetings will be held at the AgriLife Extension Building.
- Some months will have 1 class and 1 field trip.
- Middle School will have field trips on Saturdays once month.
Elementary JMN Grades: 3rd-5th grade
Middle School/High School JMN Grades: 6-12th grade
Fees:
Elementary: $51 Total ($25 JMN Registration, $25 4H Membership, and $1 iNaturalist youth set-up)
Middle School $71 Total ($50 JMN Registration, $25 4H Membership and $1 iNaturalist youth set up)
The JMN registration fee may be paid through PayPal or a mailed check during registration. Registration is not complete until this fee is paid. Additional information will be sent in September for 4H fees and to set up the iNaturalist account.
Each participant will receive a Junior Master Naturalist t-shirt prior to field trips.
Program Start Date: September 5, 2024
Registration Link: https://txmn.org/goodwater/junior-master-naturalist-registration/
Elementary 3rd – 5th
Sept 5 – Introduction – Ecology
Sept 19 – Mammals
Oct 3 – Insects
Oct 19 – Insect Field Trip
Nov 7 – Spiders
Dec 4 – Reptiles
Jan 9 – Hawks & Owls
January 30 – Seed and insect eaters
Feb 8 – Bird Field Trip
Feb 20 – Marine Animals
March 6 – Dragonflies
March 20 – Pollinators & Butterflies
April 5 – Pollinator Field Trip
April 17 – Crusrtaceans, mollusks & Invasives
May 1 – Bats
May 15 – Bat Field trip & Graduation
Middle School/High School 6th-12th
Our Middle School program will meet once a month on Saturday mornings for field trips.
Proposed Field Trips
Bat Refuge
All Things Wild
Nature Trackers
Austin Nature Center
Mothing
Butterfly
Birding Event
Snakes
Raptors
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