No, only Title I schools in the Austin Independent School District are eligible.
AISD 5th grade teachers that have been trained and attended a week of Earth Camp led by City staff may participate in Teacher-Led Earth Camp! To schedule contact Susan Wall
The four Earth Camp Field Guides are available below for you to download. They require Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing. If you are scheduled for Teacher-Led Earth Camp, an Assistant will bring the field trip materials. If you would like to purchase materials, reference the "Materials" PDF file.
Field Trip Guide Contents * required when leading Teacher-Led Earth Camp
Edwards Aquifer/Barton Springs
- * Sinkhole Lesson
- *Karst Watering Holes Lesson (420 kb)
- Cave PowerPoint Lesson (42 kb)
- Cave PowerPoint Presentation
Barton Springs
- * Barton Springs Tour Lesson (210 kb)
- * Tour Map
- * Splash! Exhibit Lesson (111 kb)
Scavenger Hunt *only print the Lesson for the Park you will visit
All Parks Scavenger Hunt Lesson
- Blunn Creek Game Sheet - English (557 kb)
- Blunn Creek Game Sheet - Spanish (528 kb)
- Blunn Creek Trail Map (522 kb)
- Bull Creek Game Sheet - English (485 kb)
- Bull Creek Game Sheet - Spanish (479 kb)
- Bull Creek Trail Map (4 mb)
- Walnut Creek Game Sheet - English (671 kb)
- Walnut Creek Game Sheet - Spanish (567 kb)
- Walnut Creek Trail Map (146 kb)
- Slaughter Creek Game Sheet - English (515 kb)
- Slaughter Creek Game Sheet - Spanish (510 kb)
- Slaughter Creek Trail Map (510 kb)
- Colorado River Game Sheet - English (649 kb)
- Colorado River Game Sheet - Spanish (561 kb)
- Colorado River Trail Map (3.2 mb)
- Creek Observation Data Sheet (146 kb)
- Flowers (3.8 mb)
- Ammonite (407 kb)
Green Classroom
- * Watershed Pollution Activity Lesson (173 kb)
- * Nine Square Puzzle Lesson (191 kb)
- * Soak In Run Off Lesson (181 kb)
- Green Gardening Lesson (194 kb)
Macroinvertebrate Activities
- Macroinvertebrate Test Lesson (997 kb)
- Bug Pollution Test-English (2.25 mb)
- Bug Pollution Test-Spanish (2.25 mb)
- Aquatic Bug Game (26kb)