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This week in Alpha… Wicked? No WAY! This week in Our Big Backyard… Alphas have a good understanding of the prairies and high plains’ resources, flora, and fauna but we haven’t talked much about the first humans who lived in Texas – particularly in that eco region! Alphas learned that when Europeans discovered Texas about 500 years ago, but didn’t explore the land for about 100 more years. They learned that they were NOT the first people to inhabit this state! Scientists have determined that human beings evolved in Africa around 2 million years ago and began moving into Asia. […]

This week in Our Big Backyard… We’ve learned so much about our Backyards. Now it’s time to head in different directions to explore our BIGGER backyard of Texas. First, we needed to learn which direction we were going…North, South, East or West. We got out compasses and our peeps and traveled in each of the cardinal directions. We talked about how useful maps are and how most maps have a feature called a compass rose. We crafted our own. Then we thought about what’s important for all living things in our State so we looked at where the rivers flow