Nature Unleashed
Nature Unleashed includes a student book, science notebook, and teacher guide to help elementary students learn about Missouri’s ponds, forests and prairies.
This is a virtual training which will use endangered species as a topic to introduce teachers to the Discover Nature Schools program. Information about the MDC Teacher Portal will also be covered.
An outdoor classroom is just as valuable as any space indoors if utilized correctly. Join Jeff Cantrell, Conservation Education as he walks through the basics and set up of a couple learning stations supporting the Discover Nature Schools (DNS)curriculum. The virtual training will cover Nature Unleashed activities suitable for a glade garden, butterfly area and tree id trail. Primary starter information will include the grant's funding for learning stations, suitable plants for a schoolyard and some student entry ideas for science notebook instruction.
The Discover Nature Schools program, Nature Unleashed, is a unit designed to allow elem students hands-on, inquiry based interactions and understandings of Missouri's habitats, food chains, and animal/plant adaptations.
Nature Unleashed, DNS 3 - 5th grade, required for field experience at related sites for inquired based/ hands-on student led activities.
Jane Gyhra was trained for the first time as a Nature Unhooked teacher. She was very familiar with the program already.
Carol McCloud had previously taught several DNS units at Bosworth School but then retired. She now teaches at Bishop Hogan and I updated her on everything and provided her with new paperwork and how to order through the Teacher Portal.
DNS Unleashed 6 hour workshop training
DNS Unleashed 6 hour workshop
Is your classroom all virtual? Great! Hybrid? No problem! In-person? Easy-peesy. Help your students discover what's outside by collecting data and observations of our Missouri ecology of different ecosystems such as prairies, forests and ponds, food chain interactions within those different ecosystems, organism adaptations, and so much much more - either through virtual means or by in-person interactions. All of this is right at your fingertips with our Discover Nature Schools Unleashed Unit designed for 3rd grade to 5th grade students - free to all Missouri teachers.
The Discover Nature Schools program, Nature Unleashed, is a program designed to allow elementary students hands-on interactions and understanding of Missouri habitats, food webs, predator/prey relationships, and adaptations. 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. A recent study of the program shows that Nature Unleashed increased the amount of time students spent in activities and field experiences outside the classroom.
The Discover Nature Schools program, Nature Unleashed, is a program designed to allow elementary students hands-on interactions and understanding of Missouri habitats, food webs, predator/prey relationships, and adaptations. 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. A recent study of the program shows that Nature Unleashed increased the amount of time students spent in activities and field experiences outside the classroom.