Chapter 11: Empowering Elementary Students through Interactive Nature Journaling

Distance learning has led educators, students, and their families to reconsider how students can learn science outdoors, beyond the classroom and school walls. In my work with elementary pre-service teachers, we explored the connections between science learning and science literacies through nature journaling. I share how free applications such as iNaturalist^TM, iRecord^TM, eBird^TM, and Google Slides^TM can be used to gather observations and share data among K-5 students. Additionally, I discuss how to adapt lessons from How to Teach Nature Journaling as a starting point and situating the lessons in the framework of field-based science learning.