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How are those tiny Texans holding up? With education at the core of its foundation, the State Fair has expanded its educational initiative to the classroom with TEKS- aligned curriculum. The online curriculum combines the unique culture of the Fair with Texas history and agriculture, incorporating it into a TEKS-aligned program that focuses on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects for grades 4 through 12. Find the link to these download-friendly documents in our bio!! #BigTex

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How are those tiny Texans holding up? With education at the core of its foundation, the State Fair has expanded its educational initiative to the classroom with TEKS- aligned curriculum. The online curriculum combines the unique culture of the Fair with Texas history and agriculture, incorporating it into a TEKS-aligned program that focuses on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) subjects for grades 4 through 12. Find the link to these download-friendly documents in our bio!! #BigTex

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No April Fool’s joke here. The State Fair of Texas really is looking for the next Voice of Big Tex. Do you think you have the perfect voice to fit our Texas-sized cowboy? We know, it’s a tall task, (55-foot tall to be exact,) but if you’re up for the challenge, head to the link in our bio for more information on the audition process and opportunity of a lifetime. First round auditions open today, and submissions will be accepted through April 15, 2020.

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No April Fool’s joke here. The State Fair of Texas really is looking for the next Voice of Big Tex. Do you think you have the perfect voice to fit our Texas-sized cowboy? We know, it’s a tall task, (55-foot tall to be exact,) but if you’re up for the challenge, head to the link in our bio for more information on the audition process and opportunity of a lifetime. First round auditions open today, and submissions will be accepted through April 15, 2020.

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To help pass the time while indoors and as part of celebrating this year’s theme ‘Celebrating Texas Icons’, we created a Spotify and YouTube playlist of Iconic Texas music to share with you. 😍🎼Some songs are about Texas, and some are performed by Texan artists.👉🏼👉🏼 Let us know which songs are your favorite or songs we need to add on social media by tagging @StateFairofTX. 💕Click the link in our bio. #BigTex #TexasIcons

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To help pass the time while indoors and as part of celebrating this year’s theme ‘Celebrating Texas Icons’, we created a Spotify and YouTube playlist of Iconic Texas music to share with you. 😍🎼Some songs are about Texas, and some are performed by Texan artists.👉🏼👉🏼 Let us know which songs are your favorite or songs we need to add on social media by tagging @StateFairofTX. 💕Click the link in our bio. #BigTex #TexasIcons

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Big Tex Urban Farm Update – While our #StateFairofTX teams are working from home, we’ve figured out a schedule for our greenhouse team to continue donating to our local partners. Keeping in mind healthy habits and better ways to send out the vegetables, we’ve donated 4,338 pounds and 51,554 servings of produce so far this year. For more info. bout the Big Tex Urban Farms, check out our website from – link in bio! #BigTex #BTUF #NationalAgDay

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Big Tex Urban Farm Update – While our #StateFairofTX teams are working from home, we’ve figured out a schedule for our greenhouse team to continue donating to our local partners. Keeping in mind healthy habits and better ways to send out the vegetables, we’ve donated 4,338 pounds and 51,554 servings of produce so far this year. For more info. bout the Big Tex Urban Farms, check out our website from – link in bio! #BigTex #BTUF #NationalAgDay

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