Students will learn:
- Why I love nature journaling and find it to be a relaxing and enjoyable hobby.
- How to set up your journal and how to add to your journal with notes and sketches.
- How to care for plants and nature while you journal.
- Ways to identify native plants.
- Why do living things have common and scientific names?
- How to draw animals that are moving.
- Four ways to journal when you aren't sure how to start an entry.
The goal is to leave with the beginnings or continuation of nature journaling practice.

I am an experienced classroom, afterschool program, and summer camp teacher. I have a degree in Environmental education and experience nature journaling with students in K-8th Grade.


Science Standards Adressed:
NGSS Practice: Asking Questions and Defining Problems (K-12):
K-2: Ask questions based on observations to find more information about the natural and/or designed world.
3-5: Ask questions to determine the cause and effect relationships of natural events.
6-8: Ask questions that arise from careful observation of phenomena, models, or unexpected results, to clarify and/or seek additional information.

NGSS Practice: Analyzing and Interpreting Data (K-12):
K-2: Use and share observations of local weather conditions to describe patterns over time.
3-5: Represent data in tables and various graphical displays to reveal patterns that indicate relationships.
6-8: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for phenomena.

NGSS Practice: Obtaining, Evaluating, and Communicating Information (K-12):
K-2: Read grade-appropriate texts and/or use media to obtain scientific information to describe patterns in the natural world.
3-5: Obtain and combine information from books and/or other reliable media to explain phenomena or solutions to a design problem.
6-8: Evaluate competing design solutions using a systematic process to determine how well they meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

These practices emphasize the importance of observation, data collection, analysis, and communication in the scientific process, all of which are integral to nature journaling and scientific drawing or observations. 

Depending on the specific activity and its context, you may find relevance in one or more of these NGSS standards.

This class is designed to give ideas of how a student could modify a class to add their own creativity and showcase their own interest and direction.