TABLE OF CONTENTS

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

• Taking Students Outside
• How to Lead Journaling Activities
• Nature Journaling In Different Contexts
THE NATURE JOURNAL QUICKSTART GUIDE

NATURE JOURNALING ACTIVITIES
• GETTING STARTED: INTRODUCTORY JOURNALING TECHNIQUES AND ACTIVITIES
• Use Words, Pictures, and NumbersMix It Up
• I NOTICE, I WONDER, IT REMINDS ME OF
• MY SECRET PLANT
• TO EACH ITS OWN
• COMPARISON
• ZOOM IN, ZOOM OUT
OBSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY
• Look Big, Look Small
• Make Comparisons and Study Categories
• Get Lost in Wonder
• 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?
• Ask Questions and Think Like a Scientist
• Practiced Precision
• Nature Puzzles
• Follow Curiosity Chains
• MYSTERIES AND EXPLANATIONS
• QUESTIONING QUESTIONS
• MAPPING
• LANDSCAPE CROSS SECTION
• PHENOMENON MODEL
• TEAM OBSERVATION

WORDS: ARTICULATED THOUGHT AND STORYTELLING
• Writing
• Find Poems within and around You
• Reflect, Connect, and Find Joy
• Practice Scientific Storytelling
• What Pictures Cannot Show
• WRITING TO OBSERVE, WRITING TO THINK
• EVENT COMIC
• EVENT MAP
• POETRY OF PLACE AND MOMENT
• SIT SPOT

PICTURES: DRAWING AND VISUAL THINKING
• Drawing
• Observational Drawing, Step-by-Step
• Building New Skills: Basic Drawing Exercises
• Drawing Tricks and Tips: Instruction for Students
• Page Structure and Layout
• THINK WITH PICTURES
• BALANCING FLEXIBILTY AND STRUCTURE
• LOOK, AND LOOK AGAIN
• INSIDE OUT
• NATURE BLUEPRINTS
• INFOGRAPHIC
• PHOTO, PENCIL, AND FOUND-OBJECT COLLAGE

NUMBERS: QUANTIFICATION AND MATHEMATICAL THINKING
• Numbers and Quantification
• Making Quantification Tool Kits
• SHOW WHERE THE NUMBERS COME FROM
• USE NUMBERS TO FIND THE PATTERN
• 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 and Education Standards
• Teaching Science and Inquiry: A Deeper Dive

FINAL THOUGHTS

APPENDICES
• Tools and Materials
• Activity Summaries and Possible Phenomena
• NGSS Connections
• Evaluation Rubric
• Cut-and-Paste Nature Journal Essentials
• Cut-and-Paste Quantification Tool Kit

Notes

Acknowledgements

About the Naturalist Journal Contributors

About the Authors