Southwest Regional Office

Our Nature Unbound instructional unit helps high school students understand the impact of ecology on Missouri and the world. It builds on knowledge students gained from previous biology classes. Most activities in this unit are designed to get students outdoors and exploring, investigating, and asking questions about immediate areas around their school.

Want to be the coolest teacher in the building? Do want to incorporate Nature-Based learning into classroom and get the kids outside learning, exploring, and discovering nature? This training id for you! Th Deiscover Nature School (DNS) program Kindergarten: Bears Through the Season is designed specifically for Kindergarten students. This curriculum is aligned to all Missouri Learning Science (MLS) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) including the four components of Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, Life Science and Engineering and Technology Science.

Are you looking for ways to incorporate nature-based learning into your science instruction? All the while, meeting learning standards, having fun, and getting students outside to explore and discover. This Discover Nature School (DNS) program First Grade: Exploring Missouri is designed specifically for First Grade students. This curriculum is aligned to all Missouri Learning Science (MLS) and Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) including the four components of Earth and Space Science, Physical Science, Life Science and Engineering and Technology Science.

DNS Unhooked for SPS Outdoor Awarness Teachers

HED Instructor Training and Certification for SPS Outdoor Awreness Teachers 

Discover Nature Fishing Teacher Training / Certification for SPS Outdoor Awreness teachers 

This workshop will prepare educators to teach the hands-on, Grade Level Expectation unit which includes a field tested teacher guide, science notebooks for each student, and classroom copies of the published book: See How the Turkey Grows. The grant funding associated with this program will provide at least one field trip and supply classroom materials to teach the unit.

This workshop will prepare educators to teach the hands-on, Missouri Learning Standards Unit designed for grades 3-5. This place based program will provide participating educators with a field tested teacher’s guide, classroom copies of student guides as well as science notebooks. The grant funding associated with this program will provide at least one field trip and supply classroom materials to teach the unit.

This unit has recently been revised to meet the Missouri Learning Standards. A hands-on, practically applied approach to this class will engage the participants at all levels. This course will equip educators with the resources to engage their students with exciting project-based learning. We will investigate Missouri’s stream and pond life and other aquatic ecosystem features, as well as water quality parameters.

This workshop will prepare educators to teach the hands-on, Course Level Expectations-based Unit designed for high school students. This place based curriculum will provide participating teachers a field tested teacher’s guide and classroom copies of a well presented student guide and a science notebook. The grant funding associated with this program will provide at least one field trip and supplies for teaching this unit.