The Dallas ISD STEM Environmental Education Center is a 500-acre academic facility located in Seagoville, TX. The center includes more than four miles of nature trails, a 26,000-sq. ft. facility with interactive exhibits, a 70-seat ecology theater, four science laboratories, a live animals laboratory, an outdoor classroom, a fossil pavilion, a working barn with a variety of livestock, vegetable, flower, and herb gardens, and a recently added astronomical observatory. The center’s goal is to provide quality outdoor educational experiences to improve student achievement in science and develop an awareness, understanding, and appreciation of the natural world.