Leslie
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I realized when doing this sketch that it required time, which is good for me to experience as I often guide youth in nature journaling, and this is the first time I have taken time to sketch myself. And for me, this is pretty good. I look forward to getting better! The advantages of sketching over photos is that one becomes intimately connected to the organism observing. The internal and eternal connection is a strong bond. Another advantage is that the details are noticed. The advantages of photos is that they show precisely what the organism looks like. Photos can be revisited for a specific point in time with out change, such as a quick visit by a bird or an organism that will change over time, such as a flower. I enjoyed this exercise and look forward to the next.
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Greetings, For my nature journal the approach I intend to blend into my recordings will be modeled after Shanya Muller's journaling style - how her journal is organized into boxes and the order in which she records her observations - recording data, such as date, weather, time, place, then observing and sketching either a specific species or landscape. I am an educator and students that go through our program at Wind Dance Farm & Earth Education Center keep nature journals and each year I explore how to expand on their recordings. Currently they record meta data, such as date, time, location, weather, clouds, then they sketch, write scientific and common names, and write three reflections: What I noticed, what I wonder, and what it reminds me of. I am almost embarrassed to say that I don't keep a nature journal, yet I expect it of my students. Time for that to change. I am looking forward to this class and incorporating what I learn into my own life and sharing new guidance for students who move through our program. You may appreciate what we do at our center and I invite you to visit our website winddancefarm.org. Thank you for offering this course and onward I go!
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