Our chapter will set up and staff our outreach table and engage with middle school students. Details TBD. One of the Ranch’s most popular events is the annual Monarch Madness. This interactive program provides students and their teachers with an opportunity to learn about and experience the diversity and importance of the unique Coastal Bend... Read More →
TPWD hosts a fishing event for children. STMN staffs the chapter outreach table and helps teach children how to fish. Signup here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d4da8ac2aa1f4c16-kidfish2#/
Class is open to the public and everyone must register in advance by contacting Chad Huckabee Objectives: understand the function of dichotomous keys; use dichotomous keys to ID several plants, fish, and insects; understand the different formats and technical jargon associated with dichotomous keys. Meet in the Education Room at the Botanical Gardens.
Presenters: Art Siebert and Phil Woods; must register with Chad by February 11. Objectives are to become familiar with barrier island beach ecology; to be able to recognize and identify 10 species of beach animals and plants; to become familiar with Phyla of Animals and Kingdoms of Plants found on beach; and to be conversant on... Read More →
Objectives: to learn to identify 25 native plants and become familiar with the characteristics of 5 plant families; learn to recognize the parts of plants and flowers and understand their function.
Objectives: to learn to identify 25 native plants and become familiar with the characteristics of 5 plant families; learn to recognize the parts of plants and flowers and understand their function.
Objectives: to learn to identify 25 native plants and become familiar with the characteristics of 5 plant families; to distinguish between epiphytic and parasitic plants; to classify plants based on functional plant groups; to name several representative plants of chaparral, riparian, and woodland habitats.
Join Chad and Art aboard the Texas Floating Classroom. The number of participants is limited to 30. To register fill out this form by February 28: https://forms.gle/YgnsGZCSgiV9cnfs6 Objectives include: conducting marine vertebrate and invertebrate collection in the bay; learning the operation and function of an otter trawl, a bottom grab, and a plankton net; examining... Read More →
Objectives: to learn to identify 25 native plants and become familiar with the characteristics of 5 plant families; learn to recognize the parts of plants and flowers and understand their function.
Objectives: to learn to identify 25 native plants and become familiar with the characteristics of 5 plant families; learn to recognize the parts of plants and flowers and understand their function.
