Walking into nature opens new consciousness. It moves our thinking out of ourselves into synaptic connections with what we see, hear, feel, and touch. Nature may be in your backyard, on the school grounds, in a park, by a river or pond, or even by a lake or an ocean. It may be in a valley, on a mountaintop, in a desert, wetland, prairie, or forest.
Nature is the world that existed before humans evolved. It evolved over billions of years from elements that connected and formed cells and single-cell organisms and then multi-cell organisms in the water and on land. Watch the Powers of Ten and explore Universal Scale to see that design in nature is part of an extensive interconnected system, also full of life at the invisible, microscopic scale, and connected to human designs. Which scales are familiar to you? Which ones are completely new? Did any of them surprise you? Are you becoming curious?
You are part of this world and everything that exists in it. Connecting with Nature will connect you with life itself!
Become an explorer of the world!
Activity 1 – Prepare for Nature Journaling
Taking Journaling outside is an excellent way to become acquainted with the world of nature. Prepare yourself for an outdoor exploration by taking a journal, a pen or pencil, a magnifying glass, a ruler, some sanitizing hand wipes, and a backpack. Before you step out, consider taking a few things to help you explore the land you walk on. Could you find a magnifying glass? It will help you look more closely. You can bring a trowel and a small container (a small box or jar) to sample the soil and test later. A ruler, string, or tape measure is also handy. Could you organize your supplies and take a photo of them? Don’t forget a water bottle.
Please take a photo of your Nature Journaling supplies and upload them to the gallery.
Review
Explore
Relate
- Animals
- Bees
- Biodiversity
- Biophilia
- Birds
- Experience Design
- Flowers
- Forests
- FUNGI
- Grass
- Grasslands
- Habitat
- Insects
- Invertebrates
- Lines
- Listening
- Measure
- Nature
- Nature Journaling
- Nature Patterns
- Nature's Verbs
- Place Exploration
- Plants
- Rain Gardens
- Senses
- Sketchbook
- Sketching
- Soil
- Sound
- Soundscapes
- Tree Identification
- Vertebrates
- Visual Note Taking
- Wetlands