Partnership with the Dixon Water Foundation
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Kids On the Land partners with The Dixon Water Foundation to teach a next generation of Texans to love the land where they live and give them knowledge to grow up and protect our environmental resources.
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We are working together to successfully expand the classroom walls out of doors. Scholars in this STEM environmental education program use math and science in hands on learning experiences.
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Third graders do the work of an entomologist, learning all about insects.
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One of our favorites is the Cochineal insect. The students learn the history of the “Perfect Red”
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Fourth graders learn to be naturalists!
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There are so many ways seeds are dispersed! It is so much fun to know they are part of the cycle!
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Making seedballs is the perfect hands on exercise for fourth graders!
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We are so grateful for our partnership with the Dixon Water Foundation and the work we are all doing to create the next generation of land stewards.