This month on It’s Time for Science, it’s time to speak about summer time science at house and nature journaling! Host Tom Racine talks with John Muir Legal guidelines, a principal innovator within the international nature journaling motion, in addition to curriculum specialist and educator Erica Beck Spencer.
Episode Abstract
Tom talks with John Muir Legal guidelines about nature journaling and why you don’t have to be an artist to take part. They element what nature journaling affords and why it can be crucial.
Tom and Erica talk about elements of Tom’s interview with John Muir Legal guidelines and the way nature journaling is likely to be used with college students over the summer time. As Erica talks concerning the worth of nature journaling for college students and academics, she affords her personal experiences with nature journaling each personally and as an educator.
Erica additionally affords some sources to assist of us get began and hold going with nature journaling.
Episode Company
John Muir Legal guidelines
John Muir Legal guidelines is an award-winning writer, artist, naturalist, environmental educator, and principal innovator of the worldwide nature journaling motion. He’s the writer and illustrator of a number of books, together with The Legal guidelines Information to Nature Drawing and Journaling, The Legal guidelines Information to Drawing Birds, and The Legal guidelines Information to the Sierra Nevada. He’s additionally the co-author of The best way to Educate Nature Journaling. He’s co-founder and president of the Wild Marvel Basis, a nonprofit devoted to encouraging nature connection and conservation via consideration, curiosity, artwork, science, and group.
Erica Beck Spencer
Erica Beck Spencer is a curriculum specialist with the Full Choice Science System Challenge (FOSS) and spearheaded the Taking FOSS Outside initiative. Along with her improvement work, she has collaborated with over 50 districts and tens of 1000’s of educators on implementing the FOSS program.
She has labored with 1000’s of formal and nonformal academics about instructing exterior. She has served on the board of administrators for the Maine Environmental Training Affiliation, Rippleffect, and will probably be stepping up because the board president for the Maine Math and Science Alliance. Previous to working for FOSS, she taught in city colleges in Cambridge, Boston, and Portland, Maine.
June FOSS Insights article
Study extra about nature journaling from John Muir Legal guidelines, Erica Beck Spencer, and Fiona Gillogly on this month’s FOSS Insights article: Nature Journaling with Knowledgeable John Muir Legal guidelines.
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