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Into the Field: A Guide to Locally Focused Teaching (Nature Literacy Series Vol. 3) (Nature Literacy Series No. 3)
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Product Description
Into the Field provides teachers with curriculum ideas for engaging students in the natural and cultural history of their communities. The book is both theoretical and practical, combining pedagogical background on why field work enhances educational experiences with the nuts and bolts details of how one gets started.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #101778 in Books
- Published on: 2005-06-15
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 83 pages
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About the Author
Clare Walker Leslie is a nationally recognized wildlife artist, naturalist, educator, and author of five books, including Nature Journaling: Learning to Observe and Connect with the World Around You.
John Tallmadge is core professor in literature and environmental studies at the Graduate College of the Union Institute. He is the author of Meeting the Tree of Life.
Tom Wessels, a terrestrial ecologist, is director of the Environmental Biology Program at Antioch New England Graduate School. He is the author of Reading the Forested Landscape: A Natural History of New England.
Customer Reviews
like a field guide of ideas in your book
From the intro to the conclusion I find this book a wealth of ideas for working with children in nature. As an artist/educator I am always enthused to discover ways to blend the use of writing (left brain) and drawing (right brain) activites. Clare Walker Leslie has an excellent chapter on nature journaling that has given me new ways to help my kids at the Contemporary Art Center relate in our spring and summmer studios out doors.
I OVERCAME SEEING THE END OF OUR PLANET THROUGH THIS BOOK
INTO THE FIELD IS A VERY HELPFUL BOOK. IT SPECIFICALLY GIVES HOW TO LOOK OUT OF A WINDOW AT A
LANDSCAPE AND SKETCH THE SCENE. IT PROVIDES EXAMPLES OF THIS WORK. IT GIVES HOW TO CONDUCT A
FIELD TRIP WITH CHILDREN INTO NATURE AND HOW TO RECORD WHAT THEY SEE AND DISCUSS WHAT THEY LEARNED. THE BEST PART OF THE BOOK IS THE PREDICTIONS OFTHE FUTURE....IN FIVE THOUSAND YEARS THE GLOBAL WARMING EFFECT WILL BE RESTORED AND THE GLACIERS WILL HAVE RETURNED. THE HUMAN BEINGS
MAY HAVE BEEN WIPED OUT BUT ALL THE FLORA AND FAUNA FOR THE MOST PART WILL REMAIN. THE NEW
RACE OF HUMANS WILL HAVE BEGUN....AFTER LISTENING TO AL GORE I WAS AFRAID OF THE END OF THE
WORLD WITH NO LIFE AT ALL BUT THIS BOOK GIVES HOPE AND THE REASONING OF THE CYCLE OF A PLANET.
