Nature Journaling

“Your observations are to be taken with great pains and accuracy, to be entered as distinctly and intelligently for others as well as yourself, to comprehend all the elements necessary….”

—Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, June 20, 1803

Nature Journaling

Opening the World through Journaling: Integrating art, science, and language arts (2nd Edition)
https://johnmuirlaws.com/product/nature-journaling-curriculum-2-0/

Make a Date With Nature
https://www.paperbarkwriter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Make-a-Date-with-Nature-Oct-2016-ebook-version.pdf

Beetles: Field Journaling With Students
http://beetlesproject.org/resources/for-program-leaders/field-journaling-with-students/#1447702870437-ba804ab5-cb15

Pick Up a Pencil and Connect With Nature
https://blog.nwf.org/2014/01/how-to-make-a-unique-nature-journal/

Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Introduction to the Nature Journal
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/journals/smithsonian_siyc_fall06.pdf

Harn Museum of Art: Art & Science of Nature Journals
http://harn.ufl.edu/linkedfiles/artsciencenaturejournalresource.pdf

Nature Journaling with PLT
https://www.plt.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Nature-Journaling-handout.pdf

Observation

Fostering Outdoor Observation Skills
https://www.fishwildlife.org/application/files/8515/1373/1089/ConEd-Fostering-Outdoor-Observation-Skills.pdf

Beetles: Making Observations
http://beetlesproject.org/resources/for-program-leaders/making-observations/

Nature Observation Exercises
http://toolbox.biomimicry.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Nature_Observ_Exercises.pdf

The Smart Happy Project: Observation Activities
http://thesmarthappyproject.com/365journal/observation-activities/

The Easy Guide to Nature Observation
https://nature-mentor.com/easy-guide-to-nature-observation/

The Handbook of Nature Study (Comstock)
https://archive.org/details/handbookofnature002506mbp

Outdoor Observation Worksheet
http://s3.amazonaws.com/oceanscape-production/file_assets/files/000/000/078/original/oceanscape-network-outdoor-observation-worksheet.pdf?1384179896

Drawing and Sketching

Introduction to Scientific Sketching
https://www.calacademy.org/educators/lesson-plans/introduction-to-scientific-sketching

Naturalist Tools Backsheet
https://johnmuirlaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Naturalist-tools-backsheet.jpg

Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts (1821) by Abraham Gottlob Werner and Patrick Syme
https://archive.org/details/gri_c00033125012743312

John Muir Laws Blog
https://johnmuirlaws.com/blog/

Field Journals

How to Keep a Field Journal
http://cemarin.ucanr.edu/files/220523.pdf

Keeping a Naturalist's Field Journal
https://donnallong.com/product/keeping-a-naturalists-field-journal/

On Taking Field Notes
http://mvz.berkeley.edu/PDFs/OnTakingFieldNotes_Remsen.PDF

Field Journal
https://www.vcsu.edu/cmsfiles/327/71050537ec.pdf

Outdoor Education

The Compass to Nature: Teaching in the Outdoor Classroom
https://www.fws.gov/uploadedFiles/Compass%20to%20Nature%20FINAL%20low%20resolution.pdf

Field Investigations Using Outdoor Environments to Foster Student Learning of Scientific Practices
https://www.fishwildlife.org/application/files/3915/1373/0920/ConEd-2015-Revision-Field_Investigations_.pdf

Phenology

Project Budburst
http://budburst.org/educators

Project Budburst: About Phenology
http://budburst.org/index.php/phenology-defined

Nature's Notebook Curriculum
https://www.usanpn.org/nn/educate/activites

Phenology Curriculum
https://stem.hcoe.net/curriculum/k-5/phenology-curriculum/

Earth Partnerships for Schools: Phenology Wheels
https://arboretum.wisc.edu/content/uploads/2014/02/EPS-Phenology-Wheels-Curriculum-Final.pdf

Wheels of Time and Place
http://www.partnersinplace.com/wheels-of-time-and-place

Wheels of Time and Place Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/WheelsofTimeandPlace

Phenology Wheels (includes templates for Northern and Southern hemispheres)
https://scientificgems.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/phenology-wheels/

Phenology Wheel Examples (tree study)
https://muirgarden.wordpress.com/gallary/phenology-wheels/