RIVER RESOLVE, 2: Teaching kids to respect rivers with 
hands-on activities ... on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

The Texas River School in Austin takes kids in fourth 
through sixth grade, who come from under-served 
populations, on daylong river outings. Joe Kendall is 
program founder.

10 - We teach them how to canoe, and we go down river to the 
mouth of Barton Creek, and float up the creek, and then take 
the kids to the Splash Exhibit so they learn how an aquifer 
works and why it's so important to take care of it. 

The Splash Exhibit is part of Austin's Barton Spring's Pool, 
named for the spring that feeds it. The school also 
teaches kids to snorkel to enrich the experience.

11 - So, they hopefully can dive to the bottom of the pool and 
feel the source of the aquifer and understand that creates the 
pool, the creek, the river ... So, they can get an appreciation of 
where the water comes form.

The program is open to kids of all abilities. Kendall says 
it's not just important to get kids outside, he says it's 
vital to help kids develop a life-long love affair with 
rivers. 

05 - There's only one word that's in more song titles than the 
word River, and that's the word love.

Start your love affair with rivers at the Texas Parks and 
Wildlife website.

That's our show ... For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm 
Cecilia Nasti. 






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