Youth Education

Protecting our natural resources takes everyone working together.

School Programs

TCWP staff have developed educational programs aligned with NGSS and targeting the grade levels below. All programs are multi-day experiences that will provide students with hands-on, age-appropriate science experience while addressing several science standards.

Select a grade level below for more information on each program.

2nd Grade
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade
7th Grade

Flowers, Fruits Seeds & Weeds

This program includes three classroom visits of 1-hour each. Students will learn:

  • Parts of flowering plants and their uses
  • How flowers allow a plant to reproduce
  • Role of pollination in plant reproduction
  • Life cycle of a flowering plant
  • Parts of a seed
  • Role of seed dispersal in a plant life cycle
  • 4 primary mechanisms of seed dispersal
  • Difference between native, non-native and invasive plants
  • How they can reduce the spread of invasive plants
  • and more!
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Request a 2nd Grade Program
This program includes 3 visits per classroom of 60 minutes each. Visits can be scheduled Monday-Thursday between 9:00 am and 2:30 pm.
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Characteristics, Life Cycles and Management of Insects

‍This program includes 3 classroom visits of 75 minutes each.

Students will learn:

  • What makes an insect different from other arthropods
  • Insect adaptations
  • The 2 primary insect life cycles
  • How to justify a claim with evidence
  • The life history of the mosquito
  • How to manage mosquitoes based on their life cycle
  • And more!
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Request a 3rd Grade Program
This program includes 3 visits per classroom of 60 minutes each. The second and third visit must be at least three weeks apart. Visits can be scheduled Monday-Thursday between 9:00 am and 2:30 pm.
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Plant Part Powers

This program includes 3 classroom visits of 75 minutes each. Students will learn:

  • The internal and external structures that plants use to survive and reproduce.
  • How roots, stems, and leaves function to get a plant what it needs to survive.
  • How flowers and fruits function to allow a plant to reproduce.
  • Marvelous adaptations that allow plants to live in challenging habitats.
  • And more!

Curriculum coming soon.

Annual 4th Grade Wildlife Expo

Every year TCWP partners with the National Elk Refuge to host the annual 4th grade Wildlife Expo. Every 4th grade classroom in Teton County is invited.

Weather permitting, we gather at the park next to the National Elk Refuge & Greater Yellowstone Visitor Center to meet some of the wildlife superheroes of Wyoming. They will visit with representatives from Wyoming Game & Fish, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, the National Fish Hatchery, the Cougar Fund, and more.

If you are a 4th grader or 4th grade teacher, this is an event not to be missed.

Request Information for 4th Grade Wildlife Expo or to request a 4th Grade Program
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Invasive Species in Ecosystems

This program includes 3 classroom lessons of 90 minutes each and an optional 1-hour field lesson at an outdoor area walking distance from the school. Students will learn:

  • The critical biotic and abiotic factors in their ecosystem
  • The role of “limiting factors” in maintaining the balance in an ecosystem
  • How and why invasive species upset the balance in an ecosystem
  • How invasive plants can be managed in the GYE
  • And more
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Request a 5nd Grade Program
This program includes 3 visits per classroom of 60 minutes each. Visits can be scheduled Monday-Thursday between 9:00 am and 2:30 pm.
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Invasive Species in Ecosystems + Field Study
Munger Mountain Elementary Field Study
  • This program includes a combination of indoor and outdoor lessons during which students learn about the problems caused by invasive species in ecosystems, investigate different landscapes near their school, and participate in a simple stewardship project of their design on school grounds.
  • NOTE: Outdoor lessons must start in September, so get this program scheduled as early as possible.
  • If you are a MMES teacher, schedule this program here.
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If you would like to design a similar program at your school, submit a request for a custom program here.

Custom Programs

Aquatic Invasive Species in the GYE

TCWP joins the Trout Unlimited Adopt a Trout program, to teach 7th graders about Aquatic Invasive Species in our local trout fishery. This program includes 2 field days with Trout Unlimited and other local agency partners, as well as an optional classroom session with TCWP to learn more about the impact of Aquatic Invasive Species on freshwater ecosystems. 

If you are a 7th grade teacher interested in scheduling an AIS classroom session, please submit a request

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Request a 7th Grade Program
Aquatic Invasive Species classroom sessions are 45-minutes and can be scheduled Monday-Thursday between 9:00 am - 2:30 pm.
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Custom Youth Programs

If you would like to develop a customized youth education program for your classroom, scout group, day camp, or other community organization, TCWP may be able to help.

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