Texas Sports Hall of Fame
Educational Tours & Programs
Regular Self Guided School Tours (for groups of 10 or more)
Self Guided Tours
Regular self guided tours are for groups of 10 or more. The cost is $2 per student. Teachers and bus drivers are FREE.
Any parents who attend the field trip will receive a $1.00 discount off of the $7.00 admission fee. School tours at the museum usually take about an hour to complete. Tour includes a short movie on Tom Landry and the Dallas cowboys
Contact Jay Black at 254-756-1633 or jay.black@tshof.org to schedule your tour.
Calories Count
LEVEL - 4th & 5th Grade thru High School
$5 dollars per student; teachers free
Group Size - minimum 15 / maximum 30
This educational tour will cover the following topics-
• What are calories and how do we burn them?
• How to read nutritional information on food packages
• How to calculate proper portions and serving sizes
• Fun activities for burning calories
The program takes 1.5 hours per group
Contact Jay Black at 254-756-1633 or jay.black@tshof.org to schedule your tour.
Healthy Hearts, Healthy Kids
LEVEL – 4th-5th grade
$5 dollars per student; teachers free
Group size- minimum 20/ Maximum 80
In this lesson, students will learn the importance of cardiovascular health. The presentation covers:
-what the heart does
-how to properly take care of one the most important organs in your body
-the negative effects of smoking and various bad behaviors.
Activity includes jump rope games to demonstrate one of the many ways to take care of the heart. This program takes about 2 hours to complete.
Contact Jay Black at 254-756-1633 or jay.black@tshof.org to schedule your tour.
Major League Math
LEVEL - 4th Grade thru 8th
$5 dollars per student; teachers free
Group Size - minimum 20 / maximum 60
Each student will receive one pack of baseball cards
This program makes use of math calculations to figure mean, median to calculate the following baseball statistics - Batting Average, Total Bases & Slugging Percentage
Major League Math takes 1 hour per group - 30 minutes of extra time may be required for quick tour & gift shop
Contact Jay Black at 254-756-1633 or jay.black@tshof.org to schedule your tour.
Mean, Median, Mode and Range
LEVEL - 4th & 5th Grade thru High School
$5 dollars per student; teachers free
Group Size - minimum 15 / maximum 40
In this lesson, the students will be educated on calculating mean, median, mode and range. After, students will be divided into teams and allowed to pitch a baseball or softball using our new state of the art Visual Sports Simulator. The VSS has a radar gun that displays how fast each pitch is thrown. Students record their mph for each pitch then calculate the Mean, Median, Mode and Range. The team with the highest mean receives a prize!
This program takes 2 hours per group.
Contact Jay Black at 254-756-1633 or jay.black@tshof.org to schedule your tour.
