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Lets welcome the migratory birds back to South Dakota by learning all about birds. This class will use observation and play exploration to learn about our feathered friends of South Dakota.
MacroBlitz is a project to inspire and empower people to find and photograph aquatic macroinvertebrates and upload those photos to iNaturalist for science and learning. Join in this online orientation to MacroBlitz to learn how you can contribute to creating this data set of macroinvertebrate presence.
April showers bring about spring time change. Lets explore the weather and whats makes everything spring back to life.
The South Dakota Discovery Center coordinates a volunteer water quality monitoring project in partnership with the South Dakota Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (SD DANR). Volunteer water quality monitors collect water quality samples from a local water body and send those samples to state lab. The data is used by the SD DANR in its reporting and assessments.
April is a time for growth. Lets plant the seeds and explore what grows in the soil. 
Teachers in the Field is an immersive, 4 day/3 night, field based professional development in Badlands National Park. This professional development offers hands-on field studies in water quality, aquatic macroinvertebrates and opportunities to study the rich geologic history of the area. 
Teachers! Bring research happening here in South Dakota to your classrooms through hands-on lesson plans. Dr. Chris Anderson of the USD Biology Department researches chameleon feeding and has partnered with the South Dakota Discovery Center and educators to bring his research to the classroom. Chameleons make great phenomena for learning about force, energy, habitats, adaptations and more! 
Dates to be arranged with Dr Basu.