Outdoor Activities
The Texas Forestry Museum offers these tours and activities for groups visiting the Museum. Activities are also offered about a specific topic upon request. The Texas Forestry Museum is very flexible with times and group size. Each item listed takes 15 – 20 minutes to complete. Mix & Match to create your perfect museum adventure!
To schedule a tour call the Education Coordinator, Kaitlin Wieseman at (936) 633-6069.
| Outside Activities | ||
| Color Scavenger Hunt | Students find certain colors outside on the museum’s trail while on a scavenger hunt. | PreK – Kindergarten |
| Lifecycle of a Tree | Students discover the tree’s lifecycle by enacting a tree’s life. Then they take a walk on the museum’s outdoor trail and try to find trees at various stages in their lives. | PreK – 5th |
| Nature Hike/Hiking Guidelines | Students go on a short nature hike on the museum’s trail. Students and museum staff will discuss safe hiking guidelines. | All Grades |
| Nature Playscape | Students play outside with the Nature Playscape elements like the Rainbow Stepping Stumps,Travel by Trees, Gaga Pit, and Lawn Games. | All Grades |
| Nature Scavenger Hunt | Students search for certain natural objects outside on the museum’s trail. | 1st – 12th |
| Tree Identification | Students learn to identify six trees and they create a journal about the trees such as its common name, human uses for the tree, and wildlife uses for the tree. | 3rd – 12th |
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