Runge Nature Center

Please join Missouri Department of Conservation Staff for an adventure exploring ecosystems with our Discover Nature Schools Unhooked Curriculum and a kayaking trip to implement lessons learned with our Discover Nature Fishing Program. Nature Unhooked is a middle school aquatic unit and 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.

Nature Unhooked is the middle school level aquatic unit of the Discover Nature Schools program and is aligned with the Missouri Learning Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards. Emphasis of this unit is on student-centered and collaborative investigations of 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. This workshop will cover lessons and activities from the unit as well as an outdoor, experiential approach to student learning.

This is a Hunter Education certification training for area educators seeking to teach and certify students 11 years-of-age and older in their perspective school districts.