The first-ever comprehensive book devoted to helping educators use nature journaling as an inspiring teaching tool to engage young people with wild places.
In their workshops, John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren are often asked the how-tos of teaching nature journaling: how to manage student groups in the outdoors, teach drawing skills (especially from those who profess to have none), connect journaling to educational standards, and incorporate journaling into longer lessons. This book, expanding on the philosophy and methods of The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling puts together curriculum plans, advice, and in-the-field experience so that educators of all stripes can leap into journaling with their students. The approaches are designed to work in a range of ecosystems and settings, and are suitable for classroom teachers, outdoor educators, camp counselors, and homeschooling parents.
Full-color illustrations and sample journal pages from notable naturalists show how to put each lesson into practice. Field-tested by over a hundred educators, this book includes dozens of activities that easily support the Common Core and the Next Generation Science Standards—and, just as important, it will show kids and mentors alike how to recognize the wonder and intrigue in their midst.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword by Amy Tan
INTRODUCTION
Why We Teach Nature Journaling
Why Nature Journaling?
You Can Do This, and It Is Worth It MANAGING THE OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
Taking Students Outside
How to Lead Journaling Activities
Nature Journaling In Different Contexts THE NATURE JOURNAL QUICKSTART GUIDE
NATURE JOURNALING ACTIVITIES
GETTING STARTED: INTRODUCTORY JOURNALING TECHNIQUES AND ACTIVITIES
Use Words, Pictures, and Numbers Mix It Up
I NOTICE, I WONDER, IT REMINDS ME OF
MY SECRET PLANT
TO EACH ITS OWN
COMPARISON
ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT OBSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY
Look Big, Look Small
Make Comparisons and Study Categories
Get Lost in Wonder
COLLECTION OR FIELD GUIDE
TIMELINE
STRING SAFARI
ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS
SPECIES ACCOUNT
FOREST KARAOKE: TRANSCRIBING BIRDSONG
SOUNDSCAPE MAPS
INQUIRY, INVESTIGATION, AND SCIENTIFIC THINKING
Intentional Curiosity and Inquiry
The Crosscutting Concepts
Who, What, Where, When, How, and Why
International Baccalaureate Key Concepts
How Do You Answer Your Questions?
Ask Questions and Think Like a Scientist
Practiced Precision
Nature Puzzles
Follow Curiosity Chains
MYSTERIES AND EXPLANATIONS
QUESTIONING QUESTIONS
MAPPING
LANDSCAPE CROSS SECTION
PHENOMENON MODEL
TEAM OBSERVATION
WORDS: ARTICULATED THOUGHT AND STORYTELLING
Writing
Find Poems within and around You
Reflect, Connect, and Find Joy
Practice Scientific Storytelling
What Pictures Cannot Show
WRITING TO OBSERVE, WRITING TO THINK
EVENT COMIC
EVENT MAP
POETRY OF PLACE AND MOMENT
SIT SPOT
PICTURES: DRAWING AND VISUAL THINKING
Drawing
Observational Drawing, Step-by-Step
Building New Skills: Basic Drawing Exercises
Drawing Tricks and Tips: Instruction for Students
Page Structure and Layout
THINK WITH PICTURES
BALANCING FLEXIBILTY AND STRUCTURE
LOOK, AND LOOK AGAIN
INSIDE OUT
NATURE BLUEPRINTS
INFOGRAPHIC
PHOTO, PENCIL, AND FOUND-OBJECT COLLAGE
NUMBERS: QUANTIFICATION AND MATHEMATICAL THINKING
Numbers and Quantification
Making Quantification Tool Kits
SHOW WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM
USE NUMBERS TO FIND THE PATTERN
HIDDEN FIGURES
BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY
TIMED OBSERVATIONS
CHANGE OVER TIME
INCORPORATING JOURNALING INTO LESSONS, FRAMEWORKS, AND ASSESSMENTS
Journaling Over Time
Developing Skills: Ideas, Practice, and Feedback
Grading and Evaluation
Evaluation Rubric
From Activities to Longer Lessons
Journaling and Education Standards
Teaching Science and Inquiry: A Deeper Dive
FINAL THOUGHTS
APPENDICES
Tools and Materials
Activity Summaries and Possible Phenomena
NGSS Connections
Evaluation Rubric
Cut-and-Paste Nature Journal Essentials
Cut-and-Paste Quantification Tool Kit
Notes
Acknowledgements
About the Naturalist Journal Contributors
About the Authors
Über den Autor
Educator, author, and poet Emilie Lygren grew up among oaks, scrub, and seashore in central California. She has cowritten dozens of outdoor science activities and publications with the BEETLES Project. Her poetry has been published in several journals, including Askew and The English Leadership Quarterly. Overall, Lygren seeks to spark curiosity and connection through her writing and teaching. For her outdoor science work, visit beetlesproject.org.