Nature Unfolds
Nature Unfolds includes a student book titled See How the Turkey Grows, a science notebook, and teacher guide. Together they help K-2 students learn about life cycles, basic needs of plants and animals, and seasons and weather.
Nature Unfolds:
The Discover Nature Schools program, Nature Unfolds, is a program designed for students to learn about seasons, weather, life cycles, and parent/offspring relationships. Not only does the program meet the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Missouri Learning Standards, but there are also big benefits for students. Learning outdoors improves student physical and mental health and reduces attention-deficit problems.
The program includes the follow items:
This Discover Nature School (DNS) program, Nature Unfolds, is for Kindergarten through second grade. It includes engaging, hands-on outdoor learning that focuses on seasons, weather, life cycles, and parent/offspring relationships. Nature Unleashed is for third through fifth grade. It includes engaging, hands-on outdoor learning that focuses on different Missouri ecosystems (Forest, Pond, Prairie, and your schoolyard), plant and animal adaptations, predator-prey relationships, and more.
Private workshop for Columbia Independent School K-2
Private program for Nell Holcomb School District.
Join MDC Staff as we explore our free Missouri-based Discover Nature Schools (DNS) Units and apply it to creating a Pollinator Garden for your school area!
Nature Unfolds:
The Discover Nature Schools program, Nature Unfolds, is a program designed for students to learn about seasons, weather, life cycles, and parent/offspring relationships. Not only does the program meet the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Missouri Learning Standards, but there are also big benefits for students. Learning outdoors improves student physical and mental health and reduces attention-deficit problems. The program includes the follow items:
Provided a DNS virtual training. I will follow-up with hands-on field experience aspects when it is safe to do so. Five teachers participated: 3 second grade teachers, 1 fourth grade and 1 fifth grade teacher. The training provided an overview of the DNS program, MDC resources, Nature Unfolds and Nature Unleashed and the DNS grant.
The Discover Nature School (DNS) program, Nature Unfolds, is for Kindergarten through 2nd grade. It includes engaging, hands-on outdoor learning that focuses on season, weather, life cycles, and parent/offspring relationships. It has already been correlated to both the Missouri Learning Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards and is designed to work with teacher's needs and existing curriculums. Additionally, learning outdoors improves student physical and mental health and reduces behavioral issues.
DNS Unfolds Workshop held at RCNC for Prairie Home K-2nd grade teachers
Conduct a virtual workshop using the Nature Unfolds Curriculum.