This document describes Texas' natural resources and suggests ways to correlate conservation instruction into the existing curriculum. Resources discussed include: 1) soil (soil formation; properties of soils; soil survey, soil use in agriculture; soils and the state economy, land value; specific soil resources); 2) air (principal pollutants and their effects; methods of detecting and measuring air contaminants; methods of eliminating/reducing air contaminants; automobile exhaust emissions; legislation and control agencies; air control regions/programs); 3) forests (forests serving people; tree regions; commercial forests and industry); 4) wildlife (game mammals and birds; food/game fish; non-game animals; rare/endangered species; government roles in wildlife management; economic value of Texas wildlife); 5) rangeland (importance and historical use of rangeland; climate; soil formations; managing rangeland resources; physiological aspects of range plants; ecological considerations; range condition classification and improvement practices); 6) mineral (mineral production and economy; distribution of mineral resources; mineral industries); 7) oil and gas (search for oil and gas; exploring for oil; crude oil production; energy shortage; federal/state regulation; natural gas production; refining and petrochemicals; transportation; marketing; oil/gas reserves); 8) water (general considerations, specific water resources; planned/developmental agencies; priorities for use of water; state/national economy); and 10) estuarine resources (general characteristics and estuarine life). (JN)