Hello Rangers!
Every Monday morning we will have a new post with a challenge for you to complete during the week. We will also participate in the challenge and will post what we do. We would LOVE to hear from you too, so please post a comment (describing what YOU did--pictures would be great too!) to the latest post and we can all share our learning together online!
Challenge for the week of:
June 29th, 2015:
Every Urban Ranger experience begins with a nature journal! All you need is some paper, a pencil, and a special spot where you can observe nature.
Nature Journals come in all shapes and sizes! Pinterest is a great resource for finding tons of cool ideas, but a nature journal can be something as simple as some folded sheets of blank paper, or a notebook, or a clipboard with paper.
Don't worry about getting fancy.
It's what you will add inside that matters.
To complete this challenge, you need to do three things:
1. Find, buy, or make a nature journal. This should be a special journal that you ONLY use for nature journaling.
2. Start nature journaling this week! Take some time every day, (maybe 5 or 10 minutes), grab a pencil and your journal, then go to a spot in your backyard, or porch, or even by a window.
Be quiet and still.
Concentrate on what you see, hear, smell, and feel.
3. Spend another 5 or 10 minutes recording your observations in your journal. You can use words and pictures. Sketch something you saw and label the different parts. Write a sentence or word list or poem about how you felt or something you noticed. Your entry is yours to create as you like!
ALWAYS begin by writing the date, time, weather conditions, and the place you are observing.
Good luck and have fun with this challenge! We will be posting what we are doing and checking for comments all week.
We can't wait to see what you do!
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