The outdoor education program at Anahuac NWR is free to all interested schools and organizations. Designed for students in kindergarten through fifth grade, participants learn about the outdoors IN the outdoors.

The hands-on educational classes include:
Kindergarten: Nature Discovery
Children explore the outdoors and discover that nature comes in all sizes, has various shapes and covers a wide spectrum of colors.
First Grade: Nature's Internet
From the daisy to the fox, children learn about the web of life. Weaving food webs and playing fun games, children discover how all things are connected in nature.
Second Grade: Amazing Adaptations
Plants and animals all have to adapt to survive. Through exciting games and
presentations, students learn how adaptations provide advantages in nature.
Third Grade: Insect Exploration
Participants learn what makes an insect an insect. They then become
entomologists for the moment, using sweep nets to collect, identify and
examine live specimens!
Fourth Grade: Wonders of Wetlands
This class teaches the importance of wetlands to wildlife AND people.
Using dip nets, students search for many of the inhabitants of the refuge's
fresh and saltwater marshes.
Fifth Grade: Reptile Mania
Alligators, amphibians, turtles and snakes are the focus for
fifth graders. Students learn about these common residents, and sometimes
even get a glimpse of them!!

All classes are conducted outdoors and are approximately one to one and a half hours in length. Reservations are required for these popular, free classes! Space is limited. Please call the Outdoor Recreation Planner at the Anahuac NWR at 409-267-3337 for reservations.