Nature Unhooked
Grade Level
6-8
Active
Active
Nature Unhooked includes a student book, science notebook, and teacher guide to help middle-school students learn about the role of water in an ecosystem.
Dawn Johnson has used our curriculum before. Kathi Moore asked me to meet with her to teach her about grant opportunities and field experiences.
The Discover Nature Schools, Nature Unhooked, is a program for 6th-8th grade teachers. This hands-on, inquiry-based teacher workshop will be an engaging foundation for the Nature Unhooked lessons. The materials are aligned to the Missouri Learning Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. We will discover the local aquatic life and their importance to people and natural communities.
The program includes the follow items at no charge for Missouri Teachers:
• full-color, illustrated student book
• student science notebook
Workshop for 6th grade teaching team includes overview of DNS, Nature Unhooked Teacher Guide and student materials, use of science notebooks, planning and conducting field experiences, accessing and using the MDC Teacher Portal, and DNS grant administration process. This is a review/refresher for several registrants who are already certified in DNS Nature Unhooked
Nature Unhooked is the middle school aquatic unit of the Discover Nature Schools program. It is aligned to the Missouri Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. Nature Unhooked is student-centered and has collaborative investigations on the properties of water, water cycle, biotic energy flow, biodiversity, and human impacts on aquatic ecosystems. A Project Based Learning component is also included in this unit.
Missouri State University Discover Nature Unhooked