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2:36:04

Raccoon and Coyote

2:14:16

NJEF: Book Sharing

1:12:32

Ask Jack: Grab Bag of Tricks!

1:43:13

Animal Three-Quarter Views

2:12:21

Journaling Situational Awareness, Weather, and Nature’s Unfolding Stories

1:49:11

NJEF: Grant Writing

Guest educator Kay Hones joins the Nature Journal Educator's Forum this week to talk about grant-writing and share some possible grants nature journaling educators might apply for. (Forum session 17 July 2024)
Links from chat:
DonorsChoose: www.donorschoose.org/
Grant resources from the American Library Association: www.ala.org/grants
California Retired Teachers Association Teacher Grants: calrta.org/wp-content/uploads/Statewide-grant-program-2023_24-overview-flyer.pdf
National Education Association: www.nea.org/
International Association of School Librarianship: iasl-online.org/awards/index.html
“9 Effective Ways to Get Money for Homeschooling from the Government”: moneydoneright.com/fast-money/free-stuff/money-homeschooling-from-government/
Homeschool field trip ideas: www.thesimplehomeschooler.com/free-field-trip-ideas/
Seed Your Future Educator Grants: www.seedyourfuture.org/educator_grants
National Agriculture in the Classroom Funding Opportunities: agclassroom.org/garden/funding/
School Gardens Network - Funding Your School Garden: www.schoolgardens.org/funding_school_garden.html
New Horizons for Seniors Program - Community-based projects: www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/funding/new-horizons-seniors-community-based.html#wb-cont
Student Travel Planning Guide Field Trip Grants: studenttravelplanningguide.com/field-trip-grants/
Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) Grants for Homeschooling: hslda.org/explore/grants-for-homeschooling
Field Trip Directory Grants for Field Trips: fieldtripdirectory.com/grants-for-field-trips/
Tara has worked with this one: fconline.foundationcenter.org/
Recommended by Lidia for people in Europe: www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/browse/
* John Muir Laws was out of town during this forum. One of his co-hosts Yvea Moore led the session.

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2:36:04

Ask Jack: Straight Lines and Landscapes

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In this "Ask Jack" session, we learn strategies for drawing straight lines, cool border tricks for your pages, as well as some landscape and landscapito tips. Participants share from their journals after class. (Session from 15 June 2021)

2:14:16

Raccoon and Coyote

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John Muir Laws demonstrates how to draw raccoons and coyotes using the keystone method, as well as comparing and contrasting these critters to see and render each one better. (Class from 10 June 2021) To join live during Jack's workshops, please check out his schedule of upcoming classes: johnmuirlaws.com/events/

1:12:32

NJEF: Book Sharing

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The Nature Journal Educator's Forum shares book titles with each other about nature, nature education, and more! These will be added to various book list resources for other nature journalers. See Wild Wonder's official book recommendations here: www.wildwonder.org/books Forum session of 31 July 2024. John Muir Laws was out of town; his cohost Yvea Moore led the forum in his absence. To join li...

1:43:13

Ask Jack: Grab Bag of Tricks!

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In this "Ask Jack" session, John Muir Laws goes over various tips and tricks, including how to sight with binoculars, creating a foggy landscape, using a smudging tool, and iridescence. (Class from 18 May 2021) To join live during Jack's workshops, please check out his schedule of upcoming classes: johnmuirlaws.com/events/

2:12:21

Animal Three-Quarter Views

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In advance of John Muir Laws's trip to Africa, let's look at 3/4 views of animal faces! This is one of the most useful ways to think about drawing animal faces, because you're more likely to see 3/4 views than any other view! This workshop includes a mini-lesson on heads of herbivores vs. carnivores and primates. (Session from 13 June 2024) To join live during Jack's workshops, please check out...

Journaling Situational Awareness, Weather, and Nature’s Unfolding Stories

1:49:11

Journaling Situational Awareness, Weather, and Nature’s Unfolding Stories

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Miriam Morrill, author of Pyrosketchology: An Illustrated Guide to Observing and Journaling about the Fire Environment, gives an introduction and examples to journaling wind observations for enhancing situational awareness (personal safety planning) and examples for using temperature and humidity metadata for observing the intimate relationships and between weather and phenology (unfolding natu...

56:54

NJEF: Make Your Own Field Guide

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The Nature Journal Educator's Forum welcomes guests Rachael Robbins and two of her students as we learn about a special project they did with their class: creating a local ecosystem field guide! Rachael Robbins is a fifth grade teacher at Bay View Elementary in Burlington, Washington. She uses nature journaling with her students to connect them with the natural world and bring science to life. ...

2:27:50

Simplifying Bird Wings

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With a little help from Vivek Khanzode's website www.birdpixel.com, John Muir Laws explores the different feather groups on a bird's wing, and then demonstrates how to simplify drawing the wing as a whole. "Show less than you know" - if you know where the different parts are on the wing, then that will show you where you can simplify with accuracy. (Class session 29 February 2024) To join live ...

NJEF: Educational Programs at a Land Conservancy

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NJEF: Educational Programs at a Land Conservancy

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This week, our special guest Tara Laidlaw shares with us about the programs she has developed for kids using nature journaling with the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy. Tara shares about her programs, her school visits that help to set the tone for the field, the transformative field trips her students embark on with her, and how she has set the educational program up for long-term success. Si...

2:29:08

Stripey Woodpeckers

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These lovely birds can be a challenge to draw. Join me as I draw a Nuttall’s Woodpecker! You asked- let’s do it! (Session on 15 Feb. 2024) To join live during Jack's workshops, please check out his schedule of upcoming classes: johnmuirlaws.com/events/

1:24:33

NJEF: Plotting

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In this Nature Journal Educator's Forum session, Susan Beckhardt and Yvea Moore talk plots, graphs, and charts. How can graphs be useful to us as nature journalers? How can we create them so that they can be helpful tools in our toolkits? This session is meant to explore the uses of graphs as well as make them more accessible to math-curious folks. (Session of 26 June 2024) Susan Beckhardt spec...

1:47:59

The Digital Chickadee

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John Muir Laws crowdsources feedback from workshop attendees as he creates a digital logo for a conference, incorporating the Black-capped Chickadee. If you want to see how to compose a digital logo, and how pencil miles are STILL pencil miles even if you're drawing in digital, please watch! (Session on 7 March 2024) LINKS: Big upcoming events: www.wildwonder.org/events Ashok Khosla (bird refer...

1:36:58

NJEF: GOGA with Sara Bellis

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Sara Bellis shares with the Nature Journal Educator's Forum about her incredible program, Get Out Get Arty (GOGA). With a background as a natural historian, Sara has long worked with different organizations to help people from different backgrounds access the outdoors. When Covid set back social interactions for everyone, Sara created a group and community dedicated to bringing people together ...

1:37:59

Let's Draw Wolves!

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How Lobo can you go? There will be a lot of tips packed into this class. Today, we are drawing wolves with Jack in anticipation of the Northern Rockies Nature Journaling’s rendezvous in Yellowstone National Park, led by Valerie Bayer! Let’s look at anatomy and hair patterns to help us quickly and accurately draw wolves. These tips will also help you draw other wild canids. (Class session 23 May...