Bundle Download WILDFLOWERS + BIRDS + MAMMALS + INSECTS + WEATHER, WIND & WATER + CULTIVATED CROPS & WEEDS + TREES + STARS & SKIES| Nature Study Hacking

Nature study that is fun, simple and in an open and go format? YES! This is it! Nature Study Hacking takes away the decision fatigue for you! This guide pulls from the best naturalist resources available including Anna Comstock’s Handbook of Nature Study. These short lessons guide you and your student(s) through learning about nature starting with observation. What makes this resource stand out above any other is that each lesson has prompts guiding you through using your nature journal as you do your nature study! Getting in the habit of making journal entries has never been so simple. This guide leads you to do more than just use watercolor in your journal! Make a map, find a poem about your subject and copy it down, tract your subject through the seasons and so many more delightful ideas for journal entries! Your kids will start to pick up their journals on their own!

WILDFLOWERS: Based on Handbook of Nature Study, going through 24 short lessons this guide simplifies the introduction of these common wildflowers found in North America: trillium, violet, composite flower, evening primrose, jack-in-the-pulpit, milkweed, bloodroot, map-making and an introduction to wildflower hunting.

BIRDS: Provides 24 lessons for an introduction to BIRDS.  Based on Handbook of Nature Study, this guide simplifies the introduction of birds including: feathers, how birds fly, migration, eyes and ears, beaks, feet, nests and take a closer look at the chicken. As you study birds, you will also be guided to use your Nature Journal to help you and your students synthesize what you learn.

MAMMALS – Provides 24 lessons for an introduction to MAMMALS. Based on Handbook of Nature Study, this guide simplifies the introduction of these common mammals: cottontail rabbit,  squirrel, fox, cat, dog, horse and brown bat. As you study mammals, you will also be guided to use your Nature Journal to help you and your students synthesize what you learn.

INSECTS -Provides 30 lessons for an introduction to INSECTS. Based on Handbook of Nature Study, this guide simplifies the introduction of these common insects: the ant, aphid, mosquito, dragonfly, honeybee, housefly, ladybug and cricket.   As you study insects, you will also be guided to use your Nature Journal to help you and your students synthesize what you learn.

CULTIVATED CROPS & WEEDS – Provides 24 lessons based on Handbook of Nature Study.  These lessons simplify the introduction of these common cultivated crops: corn, cotton, clover, strawberries and pumpkin and these common weeds: dandelion, thistle, buttercup, poison ivy.  As you study crops and weeds, you will also be guided to use your Nature Journal to help you and your students synthesize what you learn.

WEATHER, WIND & WATER provides 24 lessons based on Handbook of Nature Study. These lessons simplify the introduction weather, wind and water.  In this study, you will also be guided to use your Nature Journal to help you and your students synthesize what you learn.

STARS & SKIES- Nature Study Hacking provides 24 lessons for an introduction to the stars & skies. Based on Handbook of Nature Study, this guide simplifies the introduction of the Moon’s phases, three constellations everyone should be able to find, the Sun and it’s relationship to the earth. As you study nature, you will also be guided on how to use your Nature Journal to help you and your students synthesize what you learn.

TREES- Nature Study Hacking provides 24 lessons for an introduction to TREES. Based on Handbook of Nature Study, this guide simplifies the introduction of the parts of a tree, leaf shapes, tree shapes, and more.  As you study trees, you will also be guided on how to use your Nature Journal to help you and your students synthesize what you learn.