Southwest Regional Office
Discover Nature — Fishing (DNF) engages students in conservation and aquatic education through classroom instruction and hands-on fishing opportunities.
This program helps students gain the skills and confidence to go fishing on their own. Participants learn about aquatic ecology, fish habitat, and fish identification. They also learn about fishing equipment, casting, rigging a fishing rod, baiting a hook, and proper fish handling.
This training is for area educators seeking to become a Missouri hunter education instructor. This workshop is to certify MDC volunteer hunter education instructors. Potential hunter education instructors MUST have a Missouri hunter education number BEFORE taking this workshop; person(s) lacking a hunter education number will need to complete the online course before submitting HED Forms 1a and 1b. The link to online course to receive a Missouri hunter education number: Missouri Online Hunter Safety Course | Hunter-ed.com™
Discover Nature — Fishing (DNF) engages students in conservation and aquatic education through classroom instruction and hands-on fishing opportunities.
This program helps students gain the skills and confidence to go fishing on their own. Participants learn about aquatic ecology, fish habitat, and fish identification. They also learn about fishing equipment, casting, rigging a fishing rod, baiting a hook, and proper fish handling.
This training is for area educators seeking to become a Missouri hunter education instructor.
This Hunter Education instructor training is for area educators seeking to offer the Missouri hunter education program to students. Those seeking certification and training will be required to complete volunteer forms and must have a Missouri HED number. For questions contact Lyle - Lyle.whittaker@mdc.mo.gov
This trainings is for area educators to become certified Missouri Hunter Education instructors.
This training is for area educators seeking to become a certified Hunter Education instructor.
HED Training for area teachers.
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.