The first step in our larger Conservation Adventures program , Conservation Science educates high-school students on the North American Model through core and elective courses in public , private , charter and home schools . It ’ s completely flexible to serve the needs of educators , working as a year-long or semester standalone course , or as a supplement to an existing science or agriculture-science class . The first year of instruction saw our science curriculum successfully taught to nearly 2,000 students in 71 schools in Ohio , Pennsylvania , Iowa , Kentucky and Indiana .