Nature Explorations
Get outside and explore the plants, animals, and environment!
PS 48 Garden Field Journals
Taking a visit to the garden? Be like a scientist (and gardener and farmer!) and document your observations. What do you observe? What is not on the field journal that you do? Perhaps measure something's distance, weight, temperature, or...Be creative and observe the nature, right here in Hunts Point!
There's two pages for each field journal so you can use it two different times. You can also use both field journals!
PS 48 Garden Field Journal #1, Grades K-1
Garden_Field_Journal_1_K1.pdfPS 48 Garden Field Journal #1, Grades 2-5
Garden_Field_Journal_1_23.pdfAre you ready to go outside and explore nature? Take some science tools with you to learn about nature.
Observe and document the weather and trees. Write and draw observations. Measure distance, temperature, and time- even in places beyond Drake Park (the title of the sheet).
drake_park_nature_observation_guide.pdfThese are from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Our government at work help us to protect nature, wildlife, and the water around us.
Click and print journals for Nature Activities for nature, birds, sounds, and all kinds of things you can experience in nature.
Observe Nature Virtually
Be patient. Look closely. Stare at the same place for awhile. What do you see? What do you notice? What do you wonder? What do you want to test? Here are some videos that you can watch if you can't make it outdoors- or to a window!!! Yes, a window will show you a lot of nature outside. Animals, plants, rocks, wind, rain, snow, clouds, and so on. Stop, stare, and wonder! It's a beautiful world. Even use your tablet or phone to take photos are record videos to closely observe nature and ask MORE questions!
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