South Plains Educational Resource Collaborative

Alibates Flint Quarries is pleased to announce Junior Ranger Day Saturday, May 4, 2019. Activities will begin at 10:00 a.m. and conclude at 2:30 p.m.

Aquifers — High Plains Water District Stretches across portions of eight states (South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas)

Different wings = different flight abilities. So cool. 🦅

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There are a lot of great plants to choose from at the Museum's Greenhouse, all grown here. It's open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. There's also space available in next week's "Green Thumb Greenhouse" camp for kids ages 9-12. The camp is June 19-21 and you can register here: https://friendsnmfarmandranchmuseum.com/for-families/summer-camps-2018/

Texas Elementary School Triples Recess Time & The Results Are Incredible. Texas Christian University professor, Debbie Rhea, studied Finland's education system and brought back an interesting technique.

January 6th, 1540 -- Viceroy appoints Coronado to find Seven Cities of Cíbola

On this day in 1540, Spanish viceroy Antonio de Mendoza appointed Francisco Vázquez de Coronado to lead an expedition in search of the fabulous Seven Cities of Cíbola. Coronado and 1,000 men set out from Culiacán in late April. There was no gold at Cíbola (the Zuñi villages in western New Mexico), but he was led on by stories told by the captive El Turco of great rewards to be found in Quivira, a region on the Great Plains far to the east. Chasing this chimera occupied Coronado until the early part of 1542.

Fantastic! Congratulations Petersburg ISD

2017–2018 Perkins Reserve Grant, Rural (Focus Area 1) The following applicants have been preliminarily selected to receive a grant for the 2017-2018 Perkins Reserve Grant, Rural (Focus Area 1).

Interesting information about the Horned Lizard

Comanche boys learned how to shoot an arrow very young. Little boys would disappear to the creek and make bows from dogwood. Boys would attempt to shoot at lizards, bullfrogs, and snakes. They did not shoot at any horned toads. It was believed that the horned toads told the Comanches where the buffalo herds were to be found which was indicated by the direction the horn toad faced. In old Comanche hunts, the buffalo herds were so great in number on the Southern Plains, buffaloes were found in any direction the horned toad pointed. In a humorous way, the horned toad was truthful. Moreover, the young boys even learned how to shoot while riding a galloping horse!

Congratulations to Kara Swindell, science teacher at Margaret Talkington School for Young Women Leaders; she is 2017 finalist for the Presidential Award in Science!

Museums, Heritage Site, State Parks, and Nature Preserves here on the Southern High Plains are champions of young children.

Why Museums Should Care About Young Children Anne Forgerson Hindley is the Supervisory Early Childhood Education Coordinator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Cynthia Raso is Assistant Directo…

Something to think about.

September Is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Health experts are pointing toward numbers that show nearly 13 million children are getting beyond their