Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Listed below are possible research or discussion topics, online lesson plans, resources and other materials.  As you look through this list please consider that this series can work for grades 4-12, with an emphasis on 7th grade. Also consider that the series will be used with different purposes for different grade levels. This is by no means a complete list of resources, and we cannot guarantee the life span and quality of the web site addresses.

Possible Research Topics

• Soil Erosion
• Wetlands
• Ozark's Timberlands
• "The Era of the Big Cut"
• Crosscut Saw & Broad Ax
• Drought of 1935
• Forest Fires
• Mingo State Animal Refuge
• Agriculture
• The Department of Conservation
• The Department of Natural Resources
• Governor Hadley
• State Park Lands

Resources

• For a great “Missouri Wetlands” poster, see Missouri Department of Conservation:  Conservation Education Request Order Form 
  

• Missouri Plants and Animals (Missouri Dept. of Conservation)

Photo Gallery

Lesson Plans

• SuccessLink: "WETLANDS! A Curriculum Trunk for Everyone"

• SuccessLink: "Wetland Management"
• Missouri Department of Natural Resources: Kids and Education
  This site contains many activities for classroom environmental science projects relating to Missouri.  Be sure to check out the "Teacher's Notebook" from Missouri Resources Magazine.

Bibliography

• The First Fifty Years 
  Keefe, James F.
  Missouri Department of Conservation
  Jefferson City, Mo.
  1987