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Kellie Konrad

konradk@parkhill.k12.mo.us

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Kayla Sharp

Clever School District

K-5 Art Teacher

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Tera Coleman

7-8 Sped

Monroe City Middle

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Hello 😁

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Scott Ragsdale

Principal

Carthage Intermediate Center

ragsdales@carthagetigers.org

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Mary Beth Factor

Missouri Department of Conservation

Discover Nature Schools Curriculum Coordinator

marybeth.factor@mdc.mo.gov

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Tad Belling

Clever R-V School District

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Tracy McNally, St. Joseph School District

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Emily Joiner

4th grade

Doniphan Intermediate School

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Stephanie Lynch - Kindergarten Teacher, Joplin School District

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Hello👋🏼

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MDC (Missouri Department of Conservation) offers a 6-8 grade curriculum (Nature Unhooked) that has a useful PBL piece and student guide pages within the teacher guide. It is already connected to Science and ELA standards. Find the guide here. Create an account and log-in to download the free PDF to your computer. All teacher guide and student guides are free. Please feel free to reach out to Mary Beth Factor (marybeth.factor@mdc.mo.gov) and I will be happy to share links and walk you through ordering these materials.

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Nature Unhooked Student Book features illustrations and activities that help middle school students understand, appreciate, and conserve Missouri's waters. Detailed lessons in the Nature Unhooked Teacher Guide engage students in exploring the properties and effects of water in the environment, interactions in aquatic ecosystems, and the importance of practicing conservation.

Each chapter includes activities that help students understand ecological concepts through direct contact with the natural world. Objectives of the activities are centered on the Missouri Learning Expectations for Science and the activities include learning through investigation, demonstration, modeling, role-play, and argumentation.

An optional Project-Based Learning component allows students to address aquatic issues in their community. Students connect lessons about aquatic ecosystems and how natural processes and human actions affect the nature around them. Formative and summative assessments are included for each chapter, as are practices for differentiated instruction.

Through the use of the Nature Unhooked Science Notebook, students plan and carry out investigations, gather information and data, evaluate and interpret data, and reflect on their experiences as they explore aquatic ecosystems.

Explore the PDF versions of the student book and teacher guide below. Download the teacher guide to your tablet and for use in printing PBL planning sheets and extra student pages. The student book can be downloaded for use with Chromebooks.

Videos
Understanding Water Movement in a Stream Table (Activity 2.6) (Discover Nature Schools) Macroinvertebrate Sampling (Activity 5.2) (Discover Nature Schools)

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Nature Unhooked Student Book features illustrations and activities that help middle school students understand, appreciate, and conserve Missouri's waters. Detailed lessons in the Nature Unhooked Teacher Guide engage students in exploring the properties and effects of water in the environment, interactions in aquatic ecosystems, and the importance of practicing conservation.