Summer Nature Study and More

Looking for an easy to use hands-on way to study science during the elementary and middle school years? Something to break up the weekly routine? A way to conduct science experiments without spending tons of money on supplies and will use easy to find household items? Or maybe even online experiments?

What about something that your wiggly learners will enjoy and really become involved in? Something that can lead to rabbit trails and science investigations if your learner is enjoying the topic you are studying?

Imagine being able to enjoy the outdoors, nature, nature hikes and setting out to explore!

Have an adventure and a break from your daily lessons and routine! Picture your young learners getting excited to pack up a backpack filled with “exploring supplies” and setting out on a trail or exploring your back yard or a park!

Have your lesson plan ready for you and you just have to decided what you want to do!

Want to include writing or putting together a journal or notebook of what you have done together in science?

That’s what this sample of our year long Nature Study, Nature Journals, and Poetry Through the Year book does for you. This Summer Nature Study and More ebook supplies you with topics for June, July, and August.

This nature study uses nature to introduce more formal scientific study topics and areas.

If you’re like me, you like the idea of bringing your kids out into nature, enjoying the current season and appreciating the little things in your surroundings. However, you might be concerned about covering science as an academic subject.

The Summer Nature Study and More has been taken out of our year long study and made into its own ebook for those of you who want to pick and choose which season you want to study at a time and wish to purchase something at a lower cost to you than our Nature Study, Nature Journals, and Poetry Through the Year ebook.

(Each season has the 3 months listed that they cover and all have the same features listed below.) There are several suggested topics to observe each month.

Just like our larger ebook, this 85 page ebook includes:

• suggested nature study books to use alongside our practical nature study suggestions
• poetry about the topics of nature study
• living book lists for each topic for each month
• suggested activities to do during your nature walk or after the walk
• questions to ask during the walk to help your child focus or discuss their observations about a topic you want to  study on your walk
• scientific connections: topics of formal science subject areas – includes living book lists and activity or experiment ideas to extend your scientific study
• nature journal pages to print and use to keep a nature journal
• suggested book list for keeping nature journals and drawing from nature

For example, this nature study will ask you to observe, read about, discuss, and explore water habitats and their inhabitants. That is your nature study topic for one month. (There are others to choose from as well, if you wish to do something different or do more than one topic for each month.) Explore the summer solstice and astronomy, and investigate weather.

From the idea of this topic, you extend your nature study into a formal scientific study into physical science with a study of the moon’s influence on the ocean and waves.

The ocean and other bodies of water and aquatic life leads to the study of motion and waves, water density and buoyancy. The study of weather leads to hurricanes and other types of storms and the study of thunder (sound waves and vibrations) and electricity and light and color. You will find connections you never noticed before.

And before going off on your nature exploring, download your Nature Hike Supply Checklist!

This nature study supplies you with what you need if you want to use the poetry for copywork (you can use the included nature journal pages and include the copywork in your nature journal). Read about topics in nature, bunny trail ideas into formal scientific study, and links and suggestions for more research, activities, and experiments into topics in the fields of biology, physical science, and chemistry.