Make your own nature journal

Nature Journals

A nature journal is a tool for scientists, artists, engineers, writers, thinkers and poets.

Journals can include drawings, collage and pictures, descriptions, labels, your questions and numbers. Our questions and journaling observations can prompt us to think in different ways and to look closely at the world around us.

Observations in a journal help to focus our attention so we notice things that may otherwise be overlooked. Suddenly the marvels of the every day can be revealed!

Nature journals help us to observe, be curious and think creatively.

Look here to learn how to create your own nature journal.

Scientific Drawings

You can include scientific drawings in your nature journal. Scientific drawings are ABCDE:

  • A - Accurate

  • B - Big

  • C - Colourful

  • D - Detailed

  • E - Explained