Nature Notebooks!

Submitted by ErinDurrett on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 7:29am

Wednesday, August 8 | 2:00-4:00 PM | Pittsfield Branch | Program Room

Make a small notebook and record your observations of the natural world with scientific illustrator Bruce Worden and various natural specimens.

Check out these books:

J 507.8 Po Nature in a nutshell for kids: over 100 activities you can do in ten minutes or less by Jean Potter
J 508 Ar Field trips: bug hunting, animal tracking, bird-watching, and shore walking with Jim Arnosky
J 508 Mo Nature in the neighborhood by Gordon Morrison
J 582.13 Bu Wildflowers, blooms and blossoms by Diane L. Burns
J 582.16 Bu Trees, leaves, and bark by Diane L. Burns
Y 508 Le The Nature Connection: An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms by Clare Walker Leslie

Check out the list below for more nature related material!

Nature Notebook Inspired List

This event is for grades K - 5.

Comments

Submitted by Spidon on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 10:27am.

My wife would love one of these notebooks, even now.

Submitted by Morgsush on Sun, 07/01/2012 - 11:42am.

I wish I could have gone. :(

Submitted by shalinigurl on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 1:38pm.

Wish I could've gone but it's for K-5. I'm in 8th :(

Submitted by smariej on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 8:09am.

This reminds me of my advanced botany class senior year at UM. We had little field notebooks to record plant specimens and characteristics. Nice to see we're getting the plant enthusiasts young!

Submitted by Zhengyang1022 on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 10:05am.

Pittsfield. I probably can't come. (And even if I went, I'm too old.)

Submitted by Motomori on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 11:48am.

Cool. My brother would love that. I only wish I could come...

Submitted by willow on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 3:59pm.

I'm getting "item not found" for several of these.

Clare Walker Leslie's books are fantastic.

I wish all the summer activities weren't in early afternoon. The youngest member of my family naps at that time, leaving us unable to attend many of these utterly fantastic-sounding events.

Submitted by Zhengyang1022 on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 4:07pm.

I can't find some of these books, either...

Submitted by rimpopu on Wed, 08/08/2012 - 8:32pm.

It was a very good program. We enjoyed it. The link to some of the books are not working but if you search in the catalogs they are there.

Submitted by Zhengyang1022 on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 7:43am.

Oh, I found the books. :)

Submitted by ErinDurrett on Thu, 08/09/2012 - 8:18am.

Links in this blog have been fixed. Also, all of the books can be found in the Nature Notebook List under "Public Lists" in the catalog. Enjoy!

Submitted by Zhengyang1022 on Sat, 08/11/2012 - 10:31am.

Thanks!

Submitted by camelsamba on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 9:42am.

Drat, we had to miss both of them due to scheduling conflicts - is there any hope for a repeat in the fall?

Submitted by jangmikyoung on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 8:46pm.

This event looks so fun...! It's sad that it already passed...

Submitted by leehannah on Fri, 08/17/2012 - 8:46pm.

I don't think I ever go to enough events, every year.

Submitted by jszchen on Mon, 08/27/2012 - 9:43pm.

we enjoyed making these notebooks

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