TABLE OF CONTENTS

THE NATURE JOURNAL QUICKSTART GUIDE (inside front cover)

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
  
  • How to Lead Journaling Activities
  • Nature Journaling In Different Contexts

  NATURE JOURNALING ACTIVITIES

  • Activity Format

  GETTING STARTED: INTRODUCTORY JOURNALING TECHNIQUES AND ACTIVITIES

  • Example Journal Pages
    
    • Use Words, Pictures, and Numbers
    • Mix It Up
  • Activites
    
    • I Notice, I Wonder, It Reminds Me
    • My Secret Plant
    • To Each Its Own
    • Comparison
    • Zoom In, Zoom Out

    OBSERVATION AND NATURAL HISTORY

    • Example Journal Pages
      
      • Look Big, Look Small
      • Make Comparisons and Study Categories
      • Get Lost in Wonder
    • Activities
      
      • 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?
      • Example Journal Pages
        
        • Ask Questions and Think Like a Scientist
        • Practiced Precision
        • Nature Puzzles
        • Follow Curiosity Chains
      • Activities
        
        • Mysteries and Explanations
        • Questioning Questions
        • Mapping
        • Landscape Cross Section
        • Phenomenon Model
        • Team Observation

        WORDS: ARTICULATED THOUGHT AND STORYTELLING

        • Writing to Think and Observe
        • Example Journal Pages
          
          • Find Poems Within and Around You
          • Reflection, Connection, and Joy
          • Practice Scientific Storytelling
          • What Pictures Cannot Show
        • Activities
          
          • Writing to Observe, Writing to Think
          • Event Comic
          • Event Map
          • Poetry of Place and Moment
          • Sit Spot

          PICTURES: DRAWING AND VISUAL THINKING

          • Observational Drawing
          • Observational Drawing, Step-by-Step
          • Building New Skills: Basic Drawing Exercises
          • Drawing Tricks and Tips: Instruction for Students
          • Page Structure and Layout
          • Example Journal Pages
            
            • Think with Pictures
            • Balancing Flexibility and Structure
            • Look, and Look Again
          • Activities
            
            • Inside Out
            • Nature Blueprints
            • Infographic
            • Photo, Pencil, and Found-Object Collage

            NUMBERS: QUANTIFICATION AND MATHEMATICAL THINKING

            • Numbers and Quantification
            • Making Quantification Tool Kits
            • Example Jounral Pages
              
              • Show Where the Numbers Came From
              • Use Numbers to Find the Pattern
            • Activities
              
              • 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 in Units
              • The Next Generation Science Standards
              • The Common Core State Standards
              • Teaching Science and Inquiry: A Deeper Dive

              FINAL THOUGHTS
              
              APPENDICES

              • A: Tools and Materials
              • B: Activity Summaries, Learning Goals, and Possible Phenomena
              • C: NGSS Connections
              • D: Evaluation Rubric
              • E: Cut-and-Paste Nature Journal Strategie
              • F: Cut-and-Paste Quantification Tool Kit

              Notes
              
              Acknowledgements
              
              About the Naturalist Journal Contributors
              
              About the Authors