Time: 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., PT

Format and Length: In person, 6.5 hours

Audience: Geared toward classroom and outdoor educators working with 3rd-6th graders, but all educators are welcome

Description: Join us on the Oregon coast to experience and explore Nature Journaling, an engaging and adaptable teaching tool that can be used anywhere to support students’ development of scientific, language, math, social-emotional, and ecological literacies.

In this workshop, we will practice close observation, inquiry, and connection-building through simple, flexible nature journaling activities. We will identify connections to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), Common Core English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, and Oregon’s new Transformative and Emotional Learning (TSEL) standards as we go.

As a group, we’ll practice giving feedback on journal entries to promote a growth mindset, and we’ll discuss how to incorporate nature journaling in any learning context.

At the close of the program, you’ll walk away with a plan to bring greater wonder and curiosity to your teaching setting.

Considerations: 

We will be spending time both indoors and out. Please dress for the weather and outdoor activities.

Brought to you by: Oregon Coast STEM Hub, Southern Oregon Land Conservancy, and Oregon Sea Grant, and Oregon Natural Resources Education Program (ONREP)

Registration required. Offered at no cost to Oregon educators. PDUs available. Substitute reimbursement available on teacher work days.

Registration: Cultivating Curiosity and Wonder with Nature Journaling Workshop Application