Format
1. This program begins with asking the students questions to inspire them to create something in their nature journals.
2. Take students to Homestead trail, point out/have students observe & detect flowers, ponds, trees, colors, sounds and textures.
3. Ask students what they sense about what they saw including- changes in sounds, temperatures, textures underfoot, smells, sights, everything as you walk along the trail. What do they enjoy most about being outdoors.
4. Next students will have 25 minutes of journal writing time.
5. Afterwards, students will have the opportunity to share their journal entries.
Objectives
Students will use curiosity and observations to develop communication through a collection of writings, sketches and drawings.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
- Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works.
a. Keep records of investigations and observations and do not alter the records later.
b. Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.
c. Make sketches to aid in explaining scientific procedures or ideas.
Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.
Students will apply the following to inquiry learning practices:
a. Clear and active communication is an essential part of doing science. It enables scientists to inform others about their work, expose their ideas to criticism by other scientists, and stay informed about scientific discoveries around the world.
2a - Formulates personal responses to visual imagery.
a. Uses a sketchbook for planning and self-reflection.
3b - Creates artworks based on personal experience and selected themes.
b. Creates artworks emphasizing one or more elements of art (e.g., color, line, shape, form, texture).
State Standards
Georgia
GPS Reference:
S3CS1 a; S3CS5 b; S3CS8 b; S4CS5 b; S4CS8 b; S5CS1 a; S5CS5 b; S6CS1 a; S7CS1 a; S8CS1 a; VA3MC 2a; VA3PR 3b; VA3PR 2a; VA4MC 2a; VA4PR 1e; VA4PR 2a; VA5MC 2a; VA5PR 1e; VA5PR 2a; VA6PR.1a; VA6PR.4d, e; VA6C.2b; VA7PR.1e; VA7C.2b; VAHSVAPR.2a; VAHSVAPR.5a; VAHSVAC.3d; VAHSDRPR.2a; VAHSDRC.3c; VAHSPAC.3c
S3CS1 a; S5CS1 a; S6CS1 a; S7CS1 a; S8CS1 a; - Students will be aware of the importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and skepticism in science and will exhibit these traits in their own efforts to understand how the world works.
a. Keep records of investigations and observations and do not alter the records later.
S3CS5 b; S4CS5 b; S5CS5 b -Students will communicate scientific ideas and activities clearly.
b. Make sketches to aid in explaining scientific procedures or ideas.
S3CS8 b; S4CS8 b - Students will understand important features of the process of scientific inquiry.
Students will apply the following to inquiry learning practices:
b. Clear and active communication is an essential part of doing science. It enables scientists to inform others about their work, expose their ideas to criticism by other scientists, and stay informed about scientific discoveries around the world.
VA3MC 2a - Formulates personal responses to visual imagery.
a. Uses a sketchbook for planning and self-reflection.
VA3PR 3b - Creates artworks based on personal experience and selected themes.
b. Creates artworks emphasizing one or more elements of art (e.g., color, line, shape, form, texture).