How to Teach Nature Journaling

Author: John Muir Laws
Publisher: Heyday Books
ISBN: 9781597144902
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Expanding on the philosophy and methods of The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling, John Muir Laws and Emilie Lygren have developed 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 Laws and 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 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.

The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling

Author: Emilie Lygren
Publisher: Heyday Books
ISBN: 9781597143158
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 312

Book Description
In straightforward text complemented by step-by-step illustrations, dozens of exercises lead the hand and mind through creating accurate reproductions of plants and animals as well as landscapes, skies, and more. Laws provides clear, practical advice for every step of the process for artists at every level, from the basics of choosing supplies to advanced techniques.

Keeping a Nature Journal

Author: Charles Edmund Roth
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 9781580174930
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
From the day it was released in 2000, Keeping a Nature Journal has struck a profound chord among professional, casual, and occasional naturalists of all ages. In response to this groundswell of enthusiasm, we have revised KEEPING A NATURE JOURNAL, updated the interior design, and created a new cover. Undoubtedly the most exciting new element in this second edition is a portfolio of 32 illustrated pages from Clare Walker Leslie's most recent journals, reproduced in full color. What makes KEEPING A NATURE JOURNAL so popular? It is inspiring and easy to use. Clare and co-author Charles Chuck E. Roth offer simple techniques to give first-time journal-keepers the confidence to go outside, observe the natural world, and sketch and write about what they see. At the same time, they motivate long-time journal-keepers to hone their powers of observation as they immerse themselves in the mysteries of the natural world. Clare and Chuck stress that the journal is a personal record of daily experience and the world around us. Nature's beauty can be observed everywhere, whether in the city, suburbs, or country.

Nature Drawing

Author: Clare Walker Leslie
Publisher: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
ISBN: 9780787205805
Category : Drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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Observation and Ecology

Author: Rafe Sagarin
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1610912306
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
The need to understand and address large-scale environmental problems that are difficult to study in controlled environments—issues ranging from climate change to overfishing to invasive species—is driving the field of ecology in new and important directions. Observation and Ecology documents that transformation, exploring how scientists and researchers are expanding their methodological toolbox to incorporate an array of new and reexamined observational approaches—from traditional ecological knowledge to animal-borne sensors to genomic and remote-sensing technologies—to track, study, and understand current environmental problems and their implications. The authors paint a clear picture of what observational approaches to ecology are and where they fit in the context of ecological science. They consider the full range of observational abilities we have available to us and explore the challenges and practical difficulties of using a primarily observational approach to achieve scientific understanding. They also show how observations can be a bridge from ecological science to education, environmental policy, and resource management. Observations in ecology can play a key role in understanding our changing planet and the consequences of human activities on ecological processes. This book will serve as an important resource for future scientists and conservation leaders who are seeking a more holistic and applicable approach to ecological science.

Mixed-Media Nature Journals

Author: L. K. Ludwig
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781616735142
Category : Photograph albums
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description

How to Keep a Naturalist's Notebook

Author: Susan Leigh Tomlinson
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811735680
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 170

Book Description
For nature-lovers, birders, and students of wildlife and biology, keeping a field notebook is essential to accurately recording outdoor observations. This unique guide offers instruction on how to do it-what to look for, what information should be recorded and how to organize it, basic drawing skills using line and color, and incorporating maps and charts, as well as advice on equipment to take in the field and using conventional field guides.

Nature Journaling

Author: Clare Walker Leslie
Publisher: Storey Publishing
ISBN: 9781580170888
Category : Diaries
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
No one could describe NATURE JOURNAL as a blank book. Clare Walker Leslie has transformed what could have been an ordinary diary into something truly unique. The text and illustrations offer just the right amount of inspiration and guidance to help the journal-keeper begin and succeed at making this book his or her own. First Clare explains to the budding journal-keeper how to get started and suggests some possible formats to follow. She even includes a few sample pages from her own journal as inspiration. Then come the journal pages themselves. The left-hand page has ghosted-back lines for those who prefer a sense of structure. The right-hand pages are left blank for sketching or writing. Short, inspir ational quotes and exercises to help guide the journaling process are scattered among the pages. At the back of the journal is Clare's mini-field guide, packed with essential information on how to recognize (and draw!) basic families of birds, insects, and trees, thus sparing the journal-keeper the trouble of lugging multiple field guides into the wild. An elastic band keeps paper from flapping while you're writing, holds specimens, and acts as a bookmark. Drop it in the mud. Get trail mix stuck between the pages. This journal can take it! Printed on recycled, acid-free paper with a lay-flat binding.

Make a Date with Nature

Author: Paula Peeters
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994639417
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 29

Book Description
Nature journaling is a relaxing and fun way to connect with the natural world. You don't need to be super-fit, or travel far to do it. Nature journaling improves your powers of observation and ability to see beauty and detail. It's useful for collecting wildlife sightings and it also allows you to playfully explore your creative side.But perhaps you don't know where to start? Or you're worried that you can't draw or write? No problems! Make a Date with Nature: An introduction to nature journaling will show you that anyone can do nature journaling, and there are many different ways to do it.This little guidebook includes warm-up exercises to get you started with nature journaling, and lots of ideas to keep you going. I've suggested some of my favorite materials too. But there are no rules, and no limits to where you can take this worthwhile activity.Why not give it a go?

A Year in Nature

Author: Clare Walker Leslie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781733653435
Category : Environmentalists
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Beginning with the Winter Solstice and going through the twelve months of the year, the author has chosen pages from her own illustrated, hand-written journals of the last three years revealing her reflections, doubts, joys, responses to both family, political, environmental worries and the deep solace she continually finds going out into her local nature-- adapted from Amazon.