In February 2023, John Muir Laws and Billie Jo Reid co-led a nature journaling trip to Tanzania, which included a visit to the Amani Children’s Home. Join the Nature Journal Educators Forum as we hear from them and other participants about their time in Tanzania, learning and ideas they’ve brought home with them, and how Read More
Category: Nature Education
Teaching techniques that are useful for outdoor educators and parents exposing children to nature.
NJEF: Preschoolers and Kindergarteners
What are some activities we can do with the youngest groups? In this summer session, the Nature Journal Educators’ Forum brainstorms and shares with each other. (July 2022) * Please note that John Muir Laws was traveling during this session. His cohosts Billie Jo Reid and Yvea Moore led the session. Bethan Burton’s Blog about Read More
NJEF: Deduction and Language
In this Nature Journal Educator’s Forum, John Muir Laws shares the progress of the new classroom activity he is leading on nature observation and deduction. We venture along an interesting side-trail into language… Read More
NJEF: Thor the Potato
John Muir Laws brings a special guest to the Nature Journal Educator’s Forum! We meet Thor the Potato, journal him together, and discuss the arts of not knowing and asking questions. (January 2023) Read More
NJEF: Discussing Diagrams
The Nature Journal Educator’s Forum talk about ways of encouraging students to use diagrams in their journaling, as well as ways of interpreting and communicating data. (January 2023) Read More
NJEF: The Deduction Flowchart
John Muir Laws has created a flowchart for teaching questioning strategies. The Nature Journal Educator’s Forum helps him to improve this teaching tool. (January 2023) Read More
NJEF: NGSS Overview
Join the Nature Journal Educator’s Forum in this workshop (Sept. 2021) to take a closer look at the NGSS. The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are K–12 science content standards. Even if you are a homeschool educator or are teaching in a non NGSS state or country, it is worth your while to take a Read More
NJEF: Accessibility Part 1
Please join special guests Rosa Quiñones, Scott Burke, Sidney Nance, and the Nature Journal Educators Forum for a discussion about accessibility in the nature journal community. What sorts of barriers do people with mobility and health issues face when going into nature or nature journaling? How can we keep the nature journaling community accessible to Read More
NJEF: Accessibility 2
Continuing from a previous discussion: how can we keep the nature journaling community accessible to everyone during these changing times? How can we make it even more accessible, especially to folks who might have mobility challenges? Join the Nature Journal Educators’ Forum as we discuss. (October 2022) Read More
NJEF: “Integrating Nature Journaling as a Classroom Tool”
Join the Nature Journaling Educators Forum as forum members Billie Jo Reid and Christine Chapel share their recent experience of presenting a workshop at an outdoor educators’ conference: “Integrating Nature Journaling as a Tool in Your Classroom”. For more information about Billie Jo and Christine’s work, check out their team’s website: https://sites.google.com/view/pdsblearningnaturally/home?pli=1 To learn more Read More