Brie’s Nature Journalling Unit Plan
Grades: Middle School ages (though is easily adaptable to any age group)
Length: 1 month (with extensions to a whole year)
The purpose of this Learning Plan is to explore our relationship to place through observation, documentation, and story. It centres the use of Nature Journals (aka Scientific Sketching Journals) and incorporates English Language Arts, Science, and Visual Arts curriculum. Since this experience incorporates multiple subjects, we would hopefully be able to commit lots of our time each week for all the various aspects. This Learning Plan is only the beginning of the use of Nature Journals in our class, as the intention would be to continue to use them for the rest of the year. However, for this Learning Plan I am focusing mainly on their introduction, as I think this requires the most forethought and planning. I also briefly outline a culminating event at the end of the year that we could share with our community.