Join MDC Staff as we explore our free Missouri-based Discover Nature Schools (DNS) Units and apply it to creating a Pollinator Garden for your school area!
Twin Pines Conservation Education Center
Address
20086 Highway 60
Winona, MO 65588
United States
County
Phone
Region
GIS ID
2016121161110277
Geofield
POINT (-91.30446 36.99417)
The Discover Nature School (DNS) program, Nature Unhooked, is for 6th-8th grade teachers. It includes engaging, hands-on outdoor learning that focuses on water properties and Missouri ecosystems. It has already been correlated to both the Missouri Learning Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards and are designed to work with teachers' needs and existing curriculums.
Participants will explore the MDC Discover Nature Schools 3rd – 8th grade curriculum units through interactive field experiences within common Ozark ecosystems such as watershed activities and water quality testing during a kayak trip on the Jack’s Fork and conducting ecosystem studies at Twin Pines Conservation Area. Educators will participate in lessons and create their own interactive field experience for their school classroom for the upcoming year. High School teachers are welcome to attend and create modifications to implement into their curriculum.
Learn the basics of river kayaking! Discover types of kayaks, parts of a paddle and kayak, how to adjust the kayak for safe and effective operation, paddle strokes, river anatomy, and river safety. This workshop is to prepare teachers for the river experience on the second day of the Discovering Nature in the Ozarks workshop. This training could also prove helpful in conjunction with teaching curriculum from Nature Unleashed, Unhooked, and Unbound. As well as Discover Nature Fishing and Stream Team curriculums.
HED Instructor Training for a Liberty (Mtn View) School teacher