Take Care of Texas Resources

Middle school students will participate in a hands-on activity where they sort recyclable items into categories and collaborate with peers to brainstorm action steps for promoting the 3 Rs: reduce, reuse, and recycle in their community.

This handout accompanies the How to Compost in Your Backyard video and allows educators to assess students understanding and listening skills in real time.

This engaging worksheet helps upper elementary students identify and label the key layers of compost.

This worksheet introduces lower elementary students to the building blocks of compost by coloring key components of a compost.

This fun word search worksheet helps students reinforce key composting vocabulary.

This interactive crossword puzzle challenges students to match compost related vocabulary with their correct definition.

This hands-on worksheet helps lower elementary students sort everyday items into “compost” and “trash” categories using simple pictures and clear labels.

In this hands-on lesson, students begin by sketching a local stream, observing its features and surroundings to build a visual understanding of watershed dynamics

Students become citizen scientists in this updated lesson plan by surveying plant and animal species within a local watershed, using field guides and data sheets to record their findings.

This new companion Turn and Talk discussion guide for the Texas River Biodiversity Virtual Field Trip helps students reflect on key concepts and share observations with peers.

Bring all the learning from the Testing Water series together with the Data Analysis lesson plan.

This is the accompanying worksheet for the Testing Water: Data Analysis lesson plan.

The How to Compost presentation is great to review what a compost is and the foundational aspects of making a compost bin at home.

The How to Compost presentation Notes provide teachers with supplemental material that can be used for different parts of the How to Compost presentation.

This flyer lets students, parents, and educators know all about the Take Care of Texas Video Contest for students in grades 6 -12.