From the Nature Unleashed science pilot (MDC) Today we reviewed organisms and survival.  In groups of three, students chose a card, decided whether it was an organism, a specialized structure of an organism, or an internal or external cue that an organism would use for survival.  With their partners, they came up with theories about [...]

We’re trying to attract more birds to Truman.  We are using a website from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology to find out what birds are the most common in our area, and what they like to eat. Click here for the All About Birds website.

We are studying the organisms (plants and animals) and interactions in three of Missouri’s ecosystems.  Although we’ve made several trips to the outdoor classroom, the animals in these ecosystems just won’t line up for us to see!  On this day, we used posters provided from Missouri Department of Conservation to see an artist’s rendering of animals [...]