Providing outdoor experiential science education beyond the classroom walls

Montana Outdoor Science Academy

An educational experience students will remember for a lifetime

As society shifts to a more sedentary lifestyle, we risk losing a vital connection to and awareness of the natural world surrounding us. Montana Outdoor Science Academy (MOSA) addresses this by moving education outside the classroom. Our unique model is dynamic, engaging, authentic, personalized and enriching experiential learning.

We offer personalized experiences with small, private groups, where each student has the opportunity to ask questions, learn directly from field experts, and enjoy a once in a lifetime. Choose from our 5-day/4-night, 4-day/3-night packages, or customize your own journey

Featured Courses

WILD SKIES RAPTOR CENTER

  • 1.5 Hours

    • Wild Skies Raptor Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing rescue, rehabilitation, and release of injured raptors in western Montana.

    • Brooke and Jesse will get you up close and personal with live raptors

    • learn about diet, habitat, and other cool facts about individual raptors such as great horned owls, red tailed hawks, merlins, and kestrels, to name a few

    • if this course is selected, a portion of your fees will be donated to Wild Skies to help feed the raptors or get the supplies they need

Archery

  • 2-3 hours

    • learn how to shoot a compound bow at targets

    • understand the physics behind how a bow works

    • learn about local wildlife as we go through the course

WATER BOTTLE ROCKETRY

  • 3-4 hours

    • STEM awesomeness!!

    • create individual rockets

    • launch them

    • make modifications and relaunch

    • make more modifications and relaunch

    • maybe even add a parachute and relaunch

    • experiment with different PSI’s and see how it affects the height

Behind MOSA

Kristina has over 12 years of public school teaching experience and a background in wildlife work with the Bureau of Land Management and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. She is passionate about bringing hands-on science to life through outdoor experiences that leave a lasting impact on her students.

“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” 

— Aldo Leopold