STUDENT FIELD KIT - Version 2

      Thanks to everyone for the excellent suggestions and ideas regarding the student version of the Nature Journaling field kit.  We've come up with a new kit, pictured below.  I don't think it's the final version, there are still some questions about making the kit grade level appropriate - should K-2 kits use crayons rather than pencils, or designing field and tree cards for younger grades, for example.
     But, for this version:
  • replacing the paper bag with a canvas shoulder bag - thanks to Michelle Midkiff of Fredericksburg Academy for this idea
  • adding a small canvas bag to hold pencils, crayons, ruler, magnifying glass, and cards
  • adding crayons and tree cards for bark/leaf rubbings
  • getting rid of the colored pencil box - the next step may be to move to bulk buying colored pencils.  Any colors that we need or don't need?  Some folks suggested more browns and greens.
  • a 9"x12" lapboard (double-sided dry erase in this case) with a clip as a support for journals and rubbings (would it be helpful to add a dry erase marker to the kit?)
  • a larger field notebook - these are easy to make with regular paper, cardstock for covers, and a stapler.  If you make these yourself you can design a journal specifically for your class - using primary grade paper (you can examples of this type developed by Cristina Mitchell, Fredericksburg City Schools, in some of the Summer workshop session photos), ruled paper, graph paper, or a mix of paper types.
     As always, any ideas, suggestions, comments, questions would be very welcome.


     

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