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Learn techniques to draw, measure, and describe animal tracks in your nature journal.

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Ask Jack

August 3 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Ask Jack

Do you have questions about drawing, journaling, naturalist skills, or journaling teaching techniques? Join John Muir Laws and the Nature Journal Club every week for a one-hour open forum discussion Read More

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Nature Journaling for Physics and Chemistry

August 4 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Nature Journaling for Physics and Chemistry

You can do nature journaling with any phenomenon. Join the Nature Journal Educators Forum for a discussion of how to engage students in physics and chemistry. Bring examples of your Read More

Free

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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Block Diagrams

August 5 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Block Diagrams

Color it in, suggesting the volume and contours of the landforms. This is going to be fun! Learn how to create landscape block diagrams. These are great ways to explore Read More

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August 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

Do you have questions about drawing, journaling, naturalist skills, or journaling teaching techniques? Join John Muir Laws and the Nature Journal Club every week for a one-hour open forum discussion Read More

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12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Want to start your own Nature Journal Club? Here’s how.

August 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Want to start your own Nature Journal Club? Here’s how.

Nature Journal Clubs are great ways to build community and skills. You do not need to be an experienced journaler or artist to start one. John Muir Laws will share Read More

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Mountain Meadows and how to create an Infografic

August 19 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Mountain Meadows and how to create an Infografic

Crowdsourcing a New Infographic for Healthy Mountain Meadows: a virtual nature journaling experience  featuring Point Blue's Sierra Nevada meadow restoration work Join Naturalist Artist Educator John Muir Laws on a Read More

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August 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

Do you have questions about drawing, journaling, naturalist skills, or journaling teaching techniques? Join John Muir Laws and the Nature Journal Club every week for a one-hour open forum discussion Read More

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Back to School!

August 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Back to School!

Join the Nature Journal Educator's Forum for a discussion of best practices to introduce nature journaling to your new class and how to keep going. Let's make resolutions and set Read More

Free

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Drawing the Macaw’s Head and Face

August 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Drawing the Macaw’s Head and Face

The shape and structure of the Macaw's face is a great subject to study. Examining the lines will help us combine lessons from anatomy and tricks for three-dimensional visualization. These Read More

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Do you have questions about drawing, journaling, naturalist skills, or journaling teaching techniques? Join John Muir Laws and the Nature Journal Club every week for a one-hour open forum discussion Read More

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NGSS Overview

September 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

NGSS Overview

The Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are K–12 science content standards. They are a little hard to wrap your head around initially but I think they are brilliant and really useful. Read More

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Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 1

September 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 1

Learn a practical and portable system for using gouache in your nature journal. Gouache, an opaque watercolor, has wonderful practical uses but also its own challenges. In this workshop, we Read More

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Nature Journaling for Physics and Chemistry

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August 5 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Block Diagrams

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August 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

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August 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Want to start your own Nature Journal Club? Here’s how.

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August 19 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Mountain Meadows and how to create an Infografic

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August 5 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Block Diagrams

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August 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

Ask Jack

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August 18 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Want to start your own Nature Journal Club? Here’s how.

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August 19 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Mountain Meadows and how to create an Infografic

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August 24 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

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August 25 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Back to School!

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August 26 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Drawing the Macaw’s Head and Face

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August 31 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm PDT Recurring

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September 1 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

NGSS Overview

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September 2 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT

Gouache for Nature Journaling, part 1

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