Field Study Trip Workshops

You asked for it!
Field Study Trip Workshops are back in Fall 2008!
Featuring the Wildflower Center’s celebrated
Exploring the Native Plant World curriculum


Join the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for our acclaimed workshop, providing you with the skills and materials necessary to engage your students in a life changing field study experience. Our training will help you to prepare for your field trip, provide you with educational materials on-site to enhance your visit, and help you reinforce lessons when you return to the classroom.

Educators who complete the workshop have priority reservation status, may schedule Field Study Trips (FST) to the Wildflower Center at a reduced rate, and have access to onsite teaching materials.

Registration

Registration Fee: $45 per person per day. Includes lunch, one activity guide (covering 2 grade levels) and other materials. Advance registration required. Classes are held select Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Saturday, September 6th, 2008
PreK - K: Shapes and Patterns in the Native Plant World
Pass around a drawstring bag with secret shapes inside, go on a scavenger hunt to find
the shapes in the natural world, design flowers using geometric shapes, make a nature
map, create a repeating timeline, and compare fruit and seed patterns.

Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Grades 1- 2: Changes in the Native Plant World
Conduct a class full of flowers swaying to Vivaldi's Spring, peek between paper petals,
watch a cavern form in minutes, play the Bluebonnet Game, and discover the part luck
plays in growing flowers.

Saturday, October 4th, 2006
Grades 3 - 4: Survival in the Native Plant World
Students "become" chloroplasts constructing food chains from available ingredients,
research what's up between native plants and their good buddies, make connections
between a novel

Saturday, October 11th, 2008
Grades 5 - 6: Adaptations in the Native Plant World
Create a complete water cycle inside the classroom, research plant community stages,
learn botany by compass, map plant habitats along the Wildflower Center's nature trails,
and compare plant coping methods in harsh environments.

Benefits Of Training

  • Priority reservations for Field Study Trips for the academic year
  • Pre and post visit TEKS aligned activities to use in your classroom included in the curriculum
  • Free use of backpacks full of activities and their materials provided on your FST visit
  • Six SBEC credit hours
  • TEEAC credit hours also available