Keep Austin Beautiful encourages you to clean, beautify, and educate right where you are!

During this ever-changing time, we understand the need for continued environmental learning, awareness, and action. The Keep Austin Beautiful team has adapted our education programming to accommodate out-of-school settings, multi-age levels, and group sizes to provide fun and engaging activities for every student and adult to enjoy.

TEKS-Aligned Curriculum & Outdoor Activities

Here you will find a collection of free resources available for you to use in your own space and with your own materials. These lessons are TEKS-aligned and have been adapted specifically for you to engage your youth right at home or in your own backyard!

Interested in a different topic? Request one of our Activity Kits!

(Click on an image below for the lesson plan.)

cardboard boxes flattened
Ready to Recycle
Upcycled Dog Toys
recycling
Recycle Relay
Waste by the Numbers
small plants in planters
Make Planters from Cans
waste in a landfill
Landfill Logic
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Outdoor Adventure
worms and dirt in pair of hands
Compost Critters
Biodiversity Quadrat
Loose Parts

Interactive Videos

Learn along with us as we explore how we can all become a Zero Waste Champion!

Digital Toolkits

For those educators and parents looking to expand their library of environmental resources and activities, we have digital toolkits that combine technology and outdoor learning. These toolkits are perfect for providing hands-on activities close to home and around your neighborhood.

Generation Zero Waste Toolkit
Clean Creek Campus Toolkit

Apps

Below is a list of apps that you can use to explore the world around you! If there are any applications that you have found to be awesome in the classroom that are not on this list please let us know.

Plant and Animal Identification
  • iNaturalist – Record your outdoor observations, share with fellow naturalists, and discuss your findings
  • PlantSnap – Snap pictures and identify local plants and flowers
  • Audubon Bird Guide –  Go birdwatching with a trusty field guide of more than 800 species of North American fowl
Sustainability
Ecology
  • Texas Invasives – Become a citizen scientist by submitting invasive species observations directly into the Texasinvasives.org statewide database from your mobile device
  • Science Journal – Catalog all of your unique sights, sounds, and observations in nature
  • Night Sky App – Identify stars, planets, and constellations