How to Teach Nature Journaling
Heyday Books (Verlag)
978-1-59714-490-2 (ISBN)
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.
John (Jack) Muir Laws is a principal leader and innovator of the worldwide nature journaling movement. Jack is a scientist, educator, and author, who helps people forge a deeper and more personal connection with nature through keeping illustrated nature journals and understanding science. His work intersects science, art, and mindfulness. Trained as a wildlife biologist and an associate of the California Academy of Sciences, he observes the world with rigorous attention. He looks for mysteries, plays with ideas, and seeks connections in all he sees. Attention, observation, curiosity, and creative thinking are not gifts, but skills that grow with training and deliberate practice. As an educator and author, Jack teaches techniques and supports routines that develop these skills to make them a part of everyday life. Laws has written and illustrated several books including How to Teach Nature Drawing and Journaling (2020), The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling (2016), The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012), Sierra Birds: a Hiker’s Guide (2004), The Laws Guide to the Sierra Nevada (2007), and The Laws Pocket Guide Set to the San Francisco Bay Area (2009), all published by Heyday. He is a regular contributor to Bay Nature magazine with his “Naturalists Notebook” column.
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
| Erscheinungsdatum | 27.11.2018 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Amy Tan |
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Berkeley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 215 x 279 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-59714-490-8 / 1597144908 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-59714-490-2 / 9781597144902 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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