How to Teach Nature Journaling

TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE NATURE JOURNAL QUICKSTART GUIDE (inside front cover)

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


How to Lead Journaling Activities
Nature Journaling In Different Contexts





NATURE JOURNALING ACTIVITIES




Activity Format


GETTING STARTED: INTRODUCTORY JOURNALING TECHNIQUES AND ACTIVITIES




Example Journal Pages


Use Words, Pictures, and Numbers
Mix It Up



Activites


I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me
My Secret Plant
To Each Its Own
Comparison
Zoom In, Zoom Out





OBSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY




Example Journal Pages


Look Big, Look Small
Make Comparisons and Study Categories
Get Lost in Wonder



Activities


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?
Example Journal Pages


Ask Questions and Think Like a Scientist
Practiced Precision
Nature Puzzles
Follow Curiosity Chains



Activities


Mysteries and Explanations
Questioning Questions
Mapping
Landscape Cross Section
Phenomenon Model
Team Observation





WORDS: ARTICULATED THOUGHT AND STORYTELLING




Writing to Think and Observe
Example Journal Pages


Find Poems Within and Around You
Reflection, Connection, and Joy
Practice Scientific Storytelling
What Pictures Cannot Show



Activities


Writing to Observe, Writing to Think
Event Comic
Event Map
Poetry of Place and Moment
Sit Spot





PICTURES: DRAWING AND VISUAL THINKING




Observational Drawing
Observational Drawing, Step-by-Step
Building New Skills: Basic Drawing Exercises
Drawing Tricks and Tips: Instruction for Students
Page Structure and Layout
Example Journal Pages


Think with Pictures
Balancing Flexibility and Structure
Look, and Look Again



Activities


Inside Out
Nature Blueprints
Infographic
Photo, Pencil, and Found-Object Collage





NUMBERS: QUANTIFICATION AND MATHEMATICAL THINKING




Numbers and Quantification
Making Quantification Tool Kits
Example Jounral Pages


Show Where the Numbers Came From
Use Numbers to Find the Pattern



Activities


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 in Units
The Next Generation Science Standards
The Common Core State Standards
Teaching Science and Inquiry: A Deeper Dive


FINAL THOUGHTS

APPENDICES




A: Tools and Materials
B: Activity Summaries, Learning Goals, and Possible Phenomena
C: NGSS Connections
D: Evaluation Rubric
E: Cut-and-Paste Nature Journal Strategie
F: Cut-and-Paste Quantification Tool Kit


Notes

Acknowledgements

About the Naturalist Journal Contributors

About the Authors

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