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Discover Nature Schools | MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION Nature Unleashed (Grades 3-5) Nature Unhooked (Grades 6-8) Nature Unbound (Grades 9-12) One of the best ways for students to learn about nature is to interact with the outdoors. That’s why the Missouri Department of Conservation worked with teachers and conservation educators to create a statewide conservation science education program called Discover Nature Schools (DNS).
Since 2009, more than 1,000 Missouri classrooms have implemented DNS. This no-cost program emphasizes hands-on learning, teaches problem-solving, and provides authentic and local contexts for learning. DNS teaches students from pre-K through high school about Missouri’s native plants, animals, and habitats and connects them with nature.
Student books, teacher guides, and training workshops are available at no charge to Missouri educators. Teachers who formally enroll in the DNS program are eligible for additional resources including grant opportunities for equipment and field trips. Not only do the DNS curriculum units meet the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Missouri Learning Standards, but there are also big benefits for students.
A recent study of the program shows that DNS increased the amount of time students spent in activities and field experiences outside the classroom. Learning outdoors improves students' physical and mental health, increases scores on standardized tests, and reduces attention-deficit problems.
Key elements of Discover Nature Schools include: a full-color, illustrated student book a student science notebook comprehensive teacher guides with outdoor activities and lesson plans a student-centered, collaborative, and experiential learning approach free professional development and support from MDC conservation educators grants for field trips and exploration equipment Science Notebooking (Discover Nature Schools) Take Learning Outside with Discover Nature Schools Nature Unbound Teacher – Columbia, MO "I have never had a class as excited about learning science as the one I have taught this year using this curriculum."
First Grade Teacher – Ladue, MO "Just a couple of weeks ago the parents of one of my former students visited with me and thanked me for helping their daughter decide to become a marine biologist. This is strongly connected to her experiences with the animals inside and outside my classroom."
Nature Unhooked Teacher – Springfield, MO "As a teacher and Missouri taxpayer, I think that the Department of Conservation and all of the educational support it provides is, by far, the best use of my tax dollars." Join more than 600 Missouri schools, and launch the program in your school or class. Contact your local MDC conservation educator for more information.
Click on any grade-level unit below to preview the teacher or student guides. Order DNS curriculum material s for your classroom. Preschool: Nature Revealed Nature Revealed is a diverse collection of learning experiences that give Pre-K teachers and parents the planning tools, activities, and resources to stimulate children's sense of wonder of nature.
Kindergarten: Bears Through the Seasons The Discover Nature Schools Kindergarten: Bears Through the Season immerses kindergarten students in the life of a bear cub, allowing them to role-play survival needs of their habitat, build model dens that bears would find and use, and explore how seasonal changes in their environment impact bears.
First Grade: Exploring MO The Discover Nature Schools First Grade program explores Missouri's animals and habitats through activities like studying lizards’ responses to sunlight, cricket wing sounds, animal-inspired designs, and bird beak functions. Second Grade: Life and Land in Missouri Second Grade: Life and Land in Missouri takes students outside to explore plants, birds, and the world around them.
Hands-on lessons spark curiosity as they create seed models, turkey calls, and nests, while discovering how landforms and natural events shape the land. Grades 3-5: Nature Unleashed Nature Unleashed helps elementary students understand ecosystem connections through exploring Missouri’s ponds, forests, and prairies inside and outside the classroom.
Grades 6-8: Nature Unhooked Nature Unhooked covers all elements of aquatic ecosystems, from the properties of water molecules to the diversity of aquatic life, and how we conserve and enjoy Missouri’s aquatic ecosystems. Grades 9-12: Nature Unbound Nature Unbound helps high school students understand the impact of ecology on Missouri and the world through activities that get students outdoors and exploring around their school.
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Discover Nature Schools (DNS) - Nature Unleashed is funded by Missouri Department of Conservation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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