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.
This Discover Nature School (DNS) Program, Nature Unfolds, is designed for Kindergarten through 2nd grade age levels. It includes engaging, hands-on outdoor learning that focuses on season, weather, lifecycles, and parent/offspring relationships. The curriculum is correlated to both the Missouri Learning Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards and are designed to work with teachers' needs and supplement existing curriculum.
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This workshop is cooperative between the Missouri Dept. of Conservation and Missouri State Discover Nature Teacher program. 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 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. Grant opportunities for educational supplies and field trips are available to eligible schools.
Nature Unfolds introduces young students to the life cycles, seasons, weather, and basic needs of plants and animals, through hands-on activities and a fully illustrated student book.
Four educators were trained at the Center for Gifted Education on Unfolds.
This Discover Nature School (DNS) program, Nature Unfolds, is designed for kindergarten through 2nd grade and includes 4 seasonal units that focus on seasonal changes, weather, lifecycles, and parent/offspring relationships. The curriculum supports Missouri Learning Standards (MLS) in science, particularly life science. The hands-on, inquiry-focused lessons provide outdoor learning opportunities where students can explore their own schoolyard.
This Discover Nature School (DNS) program, Nature Unfolds, is designed for Kindergarten through 2nd grade and includes 4 seasonal units that focus on seasonal changes, weather, lifecycles, and parent/offspring relationships. The curriculum supports Missouri Learning Standards (MLS) in science, particularly life science. The hands-on, inquiry-focused lessons provide outdoor learning opportunities where students can explore their own schoolyard.
The blueprint for an engaging naturescaped yard or a school's outdoor classroom learning station is as basic as third grade ecology. However, the rewards and the aesthetics are for all who love nature. A well designed native flower/butterfly garden at a school is a suitable stage for students to explore symbiotic, parasitic and commensal relationships in the natural world. Animal and plant adaptations are an engaging component of Nature Unleashed and an area designed for pollinators is perfect for collecting data and science note-booking.
This teacher workshop will focus on Discover Nature School (DNS) curriculums Nature Unfolds and Nature Unleashed for Kindergarten through 5th grades.