Designing a Nature Journal

      There are a lot of ideas for Nature Journal formats.  Just to give you a sampling of what's available, I did a Google search for Nature Journals for Kids Amazon, and another for Nature Journal for Kids Pinterest.  
Nature Journals found at Amazon.com

Nature Journal templates from Pinterest

     Most of the Journal books on Amazon are simply multiple copies of the same template page.  The template may include prompts for such things as weather, time, location, observations, and blank spaces for drawings and notes.  They are available for a variety of age ranges - for example a journal for younger children might include a variety of icons (sun, clouds, rain) to circle for weatther while one for older children might include prompts for estimates of cloud cover.  Prices vary, but seem to mostly be around $7.00 to $10.00.
     Pinterest provides many different ideas ranging from individual template pages to collection of several kinds of pages, sometimes in the form of a complete Journal.  Some of the pages are free downloads while others do require payment, often through the Teachers Pay Teachers site.
     A third option, and the one we'll be using for our workshop, would be to design your own Nature Journal.  The Journal could be constructed using a variety of paper types: graph, ruled, plain, wide-rule for learning to write, or pages with a variety of formats.  The cover would be heavy cardstock with staples used for binding.








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