Science students will discover the beauty of communing with nature by utilizing a Nature journal during field observations. Nature journaling is a useful skill, independent of whether students consider themselves artists. Sketching from nature is one way to provide open-ended, inquiry-based learning while also bringing art into the process of learning science. This article includes two exercises, contour drawing and an observation activity, to get teachers started in the process of "sketching nature" into the science curriculum.
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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2005Stock # tst05_072_01_30Volume 072Issue 01