Nature Unbound
Nature Unbound includes a student book, science notebook, and teacher guide, to help high school students understand the impact of ecology on Missouri and the world.
This Discover Nature School (DNS) program, Nature Unbound, is for high school students. It includes engaging, hands-on outdoor learning that focuses on wildlife management, ecology, adaptations, populations, interactions, and biodiversity. It has already been correlated to both the Missouri Learning Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards and are designed to work with teacher's needs and existing curriculums. Additionally, learning outdoors improves student physical and mental health and reduces behavioral issues.
Nature Unbound teacher training for Mrs. Pfeiff here at my Chillicothe office.
Nature Unbound is the high school level ecology unit in the Discover Nature Schools (DNS) series from the Missouri Department of Conservation. It builds on knowledge and concept foundations taught in basic biology. Supporting expectations from the MLS and NGSS, emphasis of this unit is on student-centered and collaborative investigations of ecosystem dynamics, cycles of matter and energy transfer, interdependent relationships, and human impact on biodiversity.
Trees work for our well-being just as much as they work for wildlife, and they make our lives better every day. That’s why the Missouri Department of Conservation created the Trees Work educational campaign to increase awareness on the tangible benefits trees provide – for our health, our families, our wallets and more.
The Trees Work campaign is full of science-based information and data supporting how TREES WORK. Holly Dentner, MDC Natural Resources Communication Specialist, will share information about the Trees Work Campaign and the data behind it.
Environmental contaminants come from a surprising variety of sources, from personal care products and residential runoff to industry and agriculture. These environmental containments trigger physiological responses in both animals and humans.
Dr. Katrina Knott, Program Coordinator for MDCs Ecotoxicology and Conservation Physiology Program will provide a general overview of how environmental contaminants effect physiology.
Dr. Knott is the third in a series of One Health topics.
Currently MDC is offering content seminars about topics under the One Health umbrella. Learn how to use Project Based Learning techniques to motivate your students to understand how human interactions affect animals and the environment. Teachers will learn about the Project Based Learning tools available from MDC’s Discover Nature Schools curriculum.
Problems with harmful algal blooms have made the news and social media. But what are they? Should you be concerned? What are scientist doing about them?
Join Becca O’Hearn, MDC Water Pollution Biologist, as she delves into what Blue-Green Algae is, how it is affecting our state, and what scientist are doing to combat the problems.
Harmful Algal Blooms is the fourth in a series of One Health topics.
A WebEx Event invitation will be emailed to registered participants on April 29th. (Registration closes April 27th.)
Nature Unbound is the high school level ecology unit in the Discover Nature Schools (DNS) series from the Missouri Department of Conservation. It builds on knowledge and concept foundations taught in basic biology. Supporting expectations from the MLS and NGSS, emphasis of this unit is on student-centered and collaborative investigations of ecosystem dynamics, cycles of matter and energy transfer, interdependent relationships, and human impact on biodiversity.
Nature Unbound is the high school level ecology unit in the Discover Nature Schools (DNS) series from the Missouri Department of Conservation. It builds on knowledge and concept foundations taught in basic biology. Supporting expectations from the MLS and NGSS, emphasis of this unit is on student-centered and collaborative investigations of ecosystem dynamics, cycles of matter and energy transfer, interdependent relationships, and human impact on biodiversity.
This workshop is geared for Missouri Middle School and High School Teachers who are looking to engage their students by incorporating information relevant to Missouri habitats into their Biology/Ecology Courses. We will be using activities from the Nature Unhooked and Nature Unbound High School Ecology Curriculum. Grant funding is available for equipment and field experiences.