Learn About Texas’ Lands, Waterways, and Wildlife

Free Lesson Materials on the Flora and Fauna of Texas

Discovery Trunks are available for reservation to all Texas schools, homeschool co-ops, and organizations with the desire to educate the youth of Texas. Currently, seven different trunk topics are available focusing on Texas wildlife and ecosystems. Reservations are handled on a first-come, first-served basis – sign up now!

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K-8 Science Scope and Sequence Alignment

Adaptations and Survival, Animal Behavior, Animals Groups, Aquatic Plants, Aquifers, Basic Needs, Camouflage and Mimicry, Classification, Complete and Incomplete Metamorphosis, Conservation of Natural Resources, External Characteristics of Living Things, Feeding Adaptations, Food Chains and Food Webs, Groundwater and Watersheds, Habitats, Environments, and Ecosystems, Heredity, Inherited Traits, Interaction of Living and Nonliving Things, Interdependence, Journaling, Levels of Organisms within an Ecosystem, Life Cycles, Natural Sources of Water, Physical Characteristics of Environments, Physical Characteristics of Living Things, Pollution, Populations and Communities, Predation, Reproduction, Seasons and Adaptations, States of Matter, Structure, Function and Survival, Uses of Water, Water Cycle and its Processes, Water Testing, Weathering, Erosion and Deposition

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Adaptation Investigations

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Bats-A-Billion

There are over 1,100 species of bats, accounting for 1/5 of the mammal species in the world. Bats are nocturnal, flying mammals that live in a variety of habitats. Learn about unique adaptations that allow bats to echolocate, fly, and hang upside down and explore why they hibernate and migrate.

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Butterflies Flutter By

There are between 15,000 and 20,000 species of butterfly in the world and hundreds of species in Texas alone. This trunk investigates all aspects of these delicate creatures including their life cycle, migration, and their role in the natural world. Get hands on with real butterfly models and learn about their unique adaptations.

Animal Skull Photos
Animal Photos
Animal Scat Photos
Texas Tracks

Adaptations Game (3-7) Awesome Animal Adaptations! (3-7)
Camouflage It! (3-7)
Gambel’s Quail Craft (K-5)
The Busy Beaver (3-7)
What Does Resemble Mean? (K-2)
When the Going Gets Tough! (2-5)
Wildlife Conservation Beginnings (4-8)

Placement 101 Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore (3-5)
Skins & Skulls CSI (3-8)
Teeth 101 The Eyes of Texas (3-8)
What Teeth Tell Us (3-5)

Exploring Interdependence (1-5)
Flow of Energy in a Food Web (3-5)
Food Chain Fun (1-5)
Understanding Interdependence (1-3)
Web of Life (3-12)

Cottontail Census (3-6)
Make a Field Journal (3-8)
Making Animal Tracks (3-8)
My Memory Place (2-8)
Observations with Leopold (K-5)
Observations with Leopold (6-12)
Quail CSI Nest Predation (4-12)
Song Map (K-8)
Wildlife Scent Stations (3-8)

Butterfly Life Cycle Measurement (K-8)
Measuring Texas Plants and Animals (K-8)
Measuring Texas Tracks (K-8)
Non-standard Measurement (K-2)

Animal Birth Announcement (K-1)
Animal Coloring Worksheets (K-8)
Animals With Bones (K-2)
Critter Questions Worksheet (3-5)
Eastern Fox Squirrel (K-2)
Energy Flow in an Ecosystem (3-5)
Food Chains (2-5)
Gator Energy (2-5)
Land or Water (1)
Location and Movement of Animals (K-1)
Look Alike Match-Up (K-1)
Look Alike Reading (K-1)
Northern Raccoons (K-1)
Physical Characteristics of Living Things (K)
Structural Adaptations of Wildlife (2-5)
Teeth ID (3-5)
Thinking Map – Environmental Behaviors (3-5)
Water – A Basic Need (K-2)
Who Eats Who? (1-3)

Pre/Posttest
Science TEKS alignment
Glossary
Frayer Thinking Map

Animal Skull Photos Powerpoint
Animal Photos PowerPoint

Animal Adaptations Game cards
Animal Adaptations picture cards
Camouflage It! PowerPoint
Gambel’s Quail Craft template
Resemblance pictures
I Have, Who Has Cards

Eye Placement 101 Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore data sheet
Skins & Skulls CSI worksheet
Skins & Skulls CSI bilingual worksheet
Teeth 101
The Eyes of Texas chart
Tooth Sleuth chart

Exploring Interdependence cards
Exploring Interdependence PowerPoint
Flow of Energy in a Food Web chart
Food Chain Fun cards

Cottontail Census activity sheet
Make a Field Journal data sheet
Making Animal Tracks data sheet
My Memory Place word splash
Observations with Leopold (K-5) data sheet
Observations with Leopold (6-12) data sheet
Quail CSI Nest Predation PowerPoint
Quail CSI Nest Predation data sheet
Wildlife Scent Stations PowerPoint
Wildlife Scent Stations data sheet

Pre/Posttest
Science TEKS alignment
Glossary
Frayer Thinking Map

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Life of a Bird

All birds have the same life cycle from egg -> chick -> adult, but there are many differences along the way. This trunk will delve into the life cycle and life of a bird, including behavior, migration, songs, and human encounters. Materials include life cycle posters, egg models, calls, migration maps, and books and lessons.

FUNDING FOR DISCOVERY TRUNKS IS GRACIOUSLY PROVIDED BY:

San Antonio Livestock Exposition, Inc.

East Foundation

Sportsmen’s Club of Fort Worth

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

James Green Wildlife & Conservation Initiative

Texas Conservation License Plates Program

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