Curriculum Resources

Curriculum Guides (K–12)

Curriculum guides coordinate our exhibits with multiple themes from the K–12 Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). Each guide provides detailed information on field trip planning, informative activities to do before, during, and after your visit to the Museum, TEKS-alignment, and suggested resources for additional information.

• Hall of Geology and Paleontology
  • Background Information for Educators
  • Educator Guide, Grades 3–5
  • Educator Guide, Grades 6–8
• Hall of Texas Wildlife
  • Fishes of Texas
  • Texas Wildlife Exhibits

Scavenger Hunts

Scavenger hunts help students explore the Museum’s exhibits in an exciting way.

• Discovery Drawers
  • Discovery Drawers: Who Am I?, Grades K–2
  • Discovery Drawers: Who Am I?, Grades 3–6
• Whole Museum
  • Who Am I?, Grades K–2 | Who Am I?, Grades K-2 Answer Key
  • Who Am I?, Grades 3–6 | Who Am I?, Grades 3-6 Answer Key

Lessons and Activities

• Museums and Thinking Skills—for parents and teachers
• My Visit to the Museum—Pre–K/K
• Fossil Pasta Dinosaurs—Pre-K–2nd
• Texas Pterosaur Hat—Pre-K–3rd
• Potato Fish Adaptations—grades 3–8
• Modeling Petrified Wood—grades 4–8
• Creating a Freshwater Ecosystem
• Understanding Geologic Time—grades 8–12

Dino Pit Discoveries Coloring Sheets

• Texas Pterosaur
• Onion Creek Mosasaur
• Seymouria
• Alamosaurus
• Bouldin Creek Starfish