Beaver Technology Center for Math & Science fourth graders travel to Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip and Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence fourth graders take part in an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip.
GISD’s Beaver Technology Center for Math & Science students traveled to Austin on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip, Friday, May 17, to experience what they are learning in Texas History. Students visited the Texas State Capitol and the Bullock Texas State History Museum.
Additionally, fourth graders from GISD’s Walnut Glen Academy for Excellence traveled to Austin and San Antonio on an Education in Action Discover Texas Field Trip Thursday, May 16, to experience what they are learning in Texas History and science. Students visited the Texas State Capitol, The Alamo, and Inner Space Cavern.
During the charter bus ride to Austin, students from Beaver Technology Center for Math & Science discussed why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage and participated in activities and games in preparation for their visit. In Austin the students visited the Texas State Capitol where their legislators, The Honorable Bob Hall, State Senator, District 2 and The Honorable Ana-Maria Ramos, State Representative, District 102, office. Students saw first-hand where Texas laws are made as they toured the State Capitol including the Senate and House of Representatives chambers. At the Bullock Texas State History Museum students traveled back in time through the Texas Revolution and learned about the events that created our Lone Star identity. The students’ visit to the museum concluded at the multi-sensory Texas Spirit Theater with the Star of Destiny where they saw and experienced the history of our great state including a gusher exploding from an East Texas oil derrick and the takeoff of Saturn V as seen from Mission Control at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston.
During the charter bus ride to Austin, Walnut Glen Academy students discussed why Texans are so proud of their unique heritage and participated in activities and games in preparation for their day. In Austin the students visited the Texas State Capitol where their legislators, The Honorable Bob Hall, State Senator, District 2 and The Honorable Ana-Maria Ramos, State Representative, District 102, office. Students saw first-hand where Texas laws are made as they toured the State Capitol with a focus on Texas leaders, past and present. Students then traveled to San Antonio where they toured The Alamo, one of the most famous missions in the United States and learned about the Battle of the Alamo’s role in the Texas Revolution. On the way home, the students visited Inner Space Cavern where the students panned for, and identified, minerals found in the cavern. Through participation in hands-on activities, they learned about the water cycle and how all living creatures in ecosystems are interconnected. They concluded their day by watching the Earth’s processes at work as they traveled underground to explore Inner Space Cavern.
“Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips are based on the understanding that the most effective way for students to learn is through experience,” stated Jennifer Pasteur, Education in Action’s Executive Director. “Student activities during Discover Texas Field Trips reinforce and supplement Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) learning objectives in fun and hands-on ways at significant Texas sites that bring the content to life.”
Education in Action’s Discover Texas Field Trips make it easy for teachers to take their 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade classrooms on organized, fun, and educational site-based learning experiences. Discover Texas Field Trip staff members handle all details, including round-trip charter bus transportation, reservations, and TEKS-based program curriculum, so participating teachers can focus on their students and making connections between the experience and what students are learning in the classroom.
Discover Texas Field Trips are presented by Education in Action, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering educated and involved young people. In addition to one-day Discover Texas Field Trips to Austin, San Antonio, Waco/Georgetown, Dallas, and Fort Worth, Education in Action also offers summer Lone Star Leadership Academy camps for outstanding 4th-8th graders. For more information about Education in Action visit www.educationinaction.org
Written by Education in Action
Information and photos provided by Garland ISD.