2025-2026
Registration will open on May 15th for Elementary Junior Master Naturalists and Middle School/High School Junior Master Naturalists! Our theme will be “Earth Wonders.” Come join us!
Here is the registration link.
Please continue to scroll for the 2025-2026 Elementary and Middle School/High School Junior Master Naturalists schedules.
Elementary Junior Master Naturalists are hands on classroom activities with some field trips.
Elementary Junior Master Naturalist program will begin in September 2025
Middle School/High School Junior Master Naturalist Program will be exclusively field trips on Saturdays.
Note: Participants for Elementary JMN will be encouraged to join the JMN iNaturalist project.
Join us for the 2025-2026 Junior Master Naturalist program. Our theme for both age groups is Earth Wonders.
The program focuses on Junior Master Naturalists getting outside, making observations, and experiencing the topics discussed in class.
- 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 4, 2025
Registration Link: https://txmn.org/goodwater/junior-master-naturalist-registration/
Elementary 3rd – 5th
Sept 4 – Geology Part 1 – Simultaneous parent orientation to program
Sept 18 – Geology Part 2
Oct 2– Paleontology
Oct 16 or 25 – Paleontology Field Trip Texas Memorial Museum
Nov 6 – Archaeology
Nov 20 – Caves
Dec 11 – Soils
January 1 – First Day Hike
January 15 – Astronomy
Feb 5 – Worms
Feb 19 – Lichens Fungi
March 5 – Weather –
March 28 – Lady Bird Johnson WIldflower Center Field Trip
April 2 – Wildflowers
April 16 – Native Grasses
May 7 – Trees
May 15 – Field Trip – Mills Pond
Middle School/High School 6th-12th
Our Middle School program will meet once a month on Saturday mornings for field trips.
Proposed Field Trips
Canyon Lake Gorge
Wild Cave or Wild Cave tour at Inner Space Caverns
Westcave Outdoor Discovery Center
McKinney Falls State Park or St Edwards Volcano areas
Wild Basin
Dinosaur Foot Prints Camp Tejas or Leander
Native Grass Hike – River Ranch
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center or Stilling Basin Lake Georgetown
Gault Site
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