Education
Courses
- BIO 576 - Herpetology
- BIO 339 - Identification of Woody Plants
- BIO 562 - Limnology
- BIO 577 - Mammalogy
- BIO 436 - Plant Ecology
- Summer and Intersession Courses - Special Topics (BIO 599 and BIO 699)
- Plants and Ozark Culture
- Ozarks Terrestrial Communities
- Ozarks Lichen Ecology
- Summer and Intersession Courses - Special Topics (BIO 599 and BIO 699)
State Sponsorship of Environmental Education Programs
Missouri State University is the state sponsors for three national environmental education programs.
Water Education Today (Project WET)
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a K-12 program that focuses on water. The activities are supplementary to curriculum and are interdisciplinary. Project WET focuses on water resources as they relate to human needs and the natural world.
Program contact
Wildlife In Learning Design (Project WILD)
Project WILD's mission is to provide wildlife-based conservation and environmental education that fosters responsible actions toward wildlife and related natural resources. All curriculum materials are backed by sound educational practices and theory, and represent the work of many professionals within the fields of education and natural resource management from across the country.
Program contact
Project Learning Tree (PLT)
Project Learning Tree is an award-winning environmental education program designed for teachers, educators parents, and community leaders working with PreK-8. The activities are supplementary to curriculum and are interdisciplinary. PLT aims to engage students in learning about the environment and embrace stewardships through the lens of trees and forests.
Program contact
Education resources
- Curriculum materials for the George Washington Carver National Monument, Diamond, MO
- Project WET - Water Education for Teachers
- Project WILD - Wildlife Resources for educators
- Project Learning Tree - Environmental Education programs
- Smithsonian Education
- Teacher resources from the Discovery Channel
- Educator resources from the Ecological Society of Americad
- Discovery Center science education resources
- Missouri Department of Conservation
- Nature and wildlife resources
- Missouri Department of Natural Resources
- Backyard Conservation