The Missouri Department of Conservation is inviting teachers to learn how to bring their classroom outdoors during a two-day workshop July 7-8 at the Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City.
MDC officials said participants will explore the MDC Discover Nature Schools' Unhooked sixth-eighth grade curriculum through interactive field experiences. Day one will be in the classroom with some outside activities, while day two will consist of a kayaking trip on the Gasconade River. Educators will participate in lessons and field experience to use in their classroom for the upcoming year.
Nature Unhooked is a middle school aquatic unit MDC officials said is aligned to the Missouri Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards. The program is student-centered and has collaborative investigations on the properties of water, water cycle, biotic energy flow, biodiversity and human impacts on aquatic ecosystems.
Educators must register through the MDC Discover Nature Teacher Portal online at short.mdc.mo.gov/45K.
For more information, contact Ashley Edwards at 573-522-4115, ext. 3420, or email at [email protected].