Shoal Creek Conservation Education Center

Visit the only Chert Glade in the world with us today to learn about this desert type environment and its inhabitants.

“LS2 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
A. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems”

Discovery Place in Springfield

Up! Up! Up! From growing plants in towers to building and launching rockets, today’s science is totally up in the air.

“6-8.LS1.C Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis and cellular respiration in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
LO.1.A.8.a Recognize that most plants and animals require food and oxygen (needed to release the energy from that food) ME.2.D.7 c. Explain that a change in motion is the result of an unbalanced force acting upon an object
d. Explain how the acceleration of a moving object is affected by the amount of net force applied and the mass of the object ME.F.2.8.a Identify the evidence of different energy transformations (e.g., explosion of light, heat, and sound, temperature change, electrical charge) that may occur as chemical energy is released during a chemical reaction”

Cape Girardeau Nature Center

Join Claire today to learn what types of vegetation and animals make swamps their habitats and the benefits they provide.

“LS2 – Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
A. Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems”

Discovery Place in Springfield

Today we learn about the materials and processes of 3D printing and how it benefits us today.

“6‐8.IC.C.01 Compare tradeoffs associated with computing technologies that have impacted people’s activities, careers and lives when solving global problems using the power of computing. B. Developing Possible Solutions
6-8-ETS1.B.1 Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.”