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.
Buzz into pollination in this virtual workshop! Explore Missouri’s butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, and other pollinators.
The inquiry-based curriculum, Monarchs and More is written in an easy-to-follow format and aligned to standards. This arthropod-based curriculum engages 3rd-8th grade students with hands-on learning.
Due to the interactive nature of our presentation, it works best to join from a computer. Prepare to have your video on 90% of the time and actively participate. (This presentation will not be recorded.)
In-person follow up to hybrid training.
This is the in-person, outdoor, follow-up to the Nature Unleashed Hybrid teacher training workshop, virtual portion. This section of the training includes an assessment of outdoor spaces for learning experiences, how to lead outdoor experiences with confidence, discussion of specific methods to use Nature Unleashed to meet the goals and objectives of the participants' early childhood centers, and presentation of the 312-page, full-color Nature Unleashed instructional materials. Covid-19 safety protocols will be followed.
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.
DNS Nature Unleashed Hybrid - Virtual Portion
Nature Unleashed is the grade 3-5 level ecology unit in the Discover Nature Schools (DNS) series from the Missouri Department of Conservation. Emphasis of this unit is on student-centered and collaborative investigations of ecosystem components, cycles of matter and energy transfer, interdependent relationships, and human impacts.
We will investigate Missouri's fishless pond life, a pollinator's safari, birds in the canopy and our community's wild mammals - all using the DNS activities. This class will be hands-on, inquiry based; the setting will be both outdoors and inside. We will reference the Nature Unleashed (Discover Nature Schools curriculum) throughout the course and cover field experiences and funding available to schools utilizing DNS materials and training.
Check out the Missouri Department of Conservation's Grades 3-5 Discover Nature Schools Curriculum - Nature Unleashed! This training offers teachers the chance to become more familiar with the MLS-supported curriculum lessons, the teacher guide and the student materials. Bring ecosystem investigations to life as students explore local food chains, animal adaptations and define producer and consumer roles. Learn teaching strategies when taking your students outside to explore our variety of Missouri's ecosystems.
The Discover Nature Schools (DNS) program, Nature Unleashed, is a curriculum of 8 units designed for 3rd-5th grade students to promote understanding of Missouri habitats by exploring food chains and the roles of producers and consumers as well as specialized structures and biotic and abiotic factors. 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. Summative assessments are provided for each unit.
The Discover Nature Schools (DNS) program, Nature Unleashed, is a curriculum of 8 units designed for 3rd-5th grade students to promote understanding of Missouri habitats by exploring food chains and the roles of producers and consumers as well as specialized structures and biotic and abiotic factors. 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. Summative assessments are provided for each unit.
Nature Unleashed, is a curriculum of 8 units designed for 3rd-5th grade students to promote understanding of Missouri habitats by exploring food chains and the roles of producers and consumers as well as specialized structures and biotic and abiotic factors. 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. Summative assessments are provided for each unit.