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Discover Nature – SchoolsDiscover Nature – Schools

Based on the notion that the best place to learn about nature is the outdoors, our Discover Nature – Schools (formerly "Learning Outdoor Schools") grants and curricula help your school get students outside and into conservation.

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features iconEducator Workshops

Teachers looking for innovative ways to include lessons about birds, bees, mammals, plants, and fish in their curriculum can find them at the Departments educator workshops. These workshops on early childhood conservation education, forest ecology and management, aquatic systems, hiking, outdoor classroom development and a wide variety of other conservation topics will help educators bring the outdoor world into the classroom.

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features iconConservation Education Grants

Designed to promote stewardship of our fish, forest and wildlife resources, the Department's conservation education grants provide schools with financial assistance so students can experience nature directly through field trips, outdoor classrooms and wildlife habitat projects.

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Classroom resources
Resources to help teach conservation in the classroom
Youth group resources
Resources to help teach conservation to a youth group
Outdoor skills
Learn how to hunt, fish and a variety of other skills
Grants and training
Find what grants and training are offered by MDC
Adult education
Section dedicated for adult learning
Hunter education
Find out about MDC's hunter education courses
Forestry educational resources
Find resources on programs that help teach about forests
Aquatic resource education
A variety of educational tools for aquatic life and the water its found in