Have you ever taught nature journaling with a specific lesson plan, only to have it go awry? Join John Muir Laws and the Nature Journal Educators Forum as we brainstorm ways of problem-solving in the field when the lesson isn’t going as planned. Among other strategies, we explore being flexible with our lesson plans, as Read More
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NJEF International Baccalaureate Key Concepts
Join the Nature Journal Educators Forum as we explore the International Baccalaureate key concepts and how we can help students use them as lenses for their inquiries, using their nature journaling as a tool. Read More
YouTube channels for Nature Journalers
Yvea Moore created this helpful list of YouTube channels that may be particularly relevant for nature journalers. There are wonderful and varied sources of inspiration below. Do you have any suggestions to add to this list? If so please include them in the comments section. Thank you Yvea! John Muir Laws: https://www.youtube.com/c/JohnMuirLaws/videos. Explores nature journaling Read More
Online Nature Journal Archives
Many amazing and inspiring manuscripts and journals have been digitized and are available for free online. Here is a list of some of the great ones I have found. Please add others you like in the comments. I will append this list on a regular basis. The Journals of Henry David Thoreau The notebooks of Read More
Thinking Like a Scientist
Join John Muir Laws for a workshop he shared at the Charlotte Mason Institute Conference on how to explore phenomena from a scientific perspective. When do we use observation and inference and what to do when neither applies! Read More
NJC, Episode 28: Creative Collaboration
Science is a team sport and so is nature journaling. In this video, we explore how to get the most out of nature journaling with others, be they family, classmates, or friends. Learn how to balance solo exploration, and time to work with your own journal with co-investigation, discourse, and learning from great ideas that Read More
INJW “It Reminds Me Of…” with Jack
Join John Muir Laws in this special workshop for International Nature Journaling Week, as he teaches about one of nature journaling’s three core prompts: “It reminds me of…” This prompt will help you deepen your memories about what you observe and bring more creativity into your nature journaling practices. Creativity is a skill you can Read More
INJW Numbers with Jack
Presented for International Nature Journaling Week, John Muir Laws teaches about including numbers in your nature journal: Numbers are beautiful, numbers are useful, numbers are an essential language for perceiving and describing the natural world. In this workshop you will learn ways to count, measure, time, and estimate the world. This adds new resources to Read More
NJEF Journaling with Elders
How can we make nature journaling events and classes accessible, welcoming, and appropriate for elders? What special concerns should we keep in mind as we develop programs or community resources? How can elders engage with teaching others and sharing their experiences? Join the Nature Journal Educators Forum as we explore these questions. Read More
Tombow Demonstration
Join John Muir Laws as he shows how to use Tombow brush markers N75 and N95 to easily add more punch to your drawings – adding shadows, value, and giving your drawings more depth. Read More