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mumsrea
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 5:12pm \| IP Logged

My son tells me that some of the kids in his class have weather journals. He has also expressed some interest in a nature journal.

I have a very elementary idea of what these are, eg:

Today is June, 16, 2008. It is a sunny day with some clouds. (Child draws a picture.)

Similar for nature journal.

Is there more to it than this? (I know about pressing leaves, but beyond that....)

What do you do with these, oh creative ones?

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Posted: June 16 2008 at 5:33pm \| IP Logged

There are lots of archived threads about nature journals.

For weather entries or a weather journal:

-My girls sometimes "collect" the weather forecasts from the newspaper and then compare how they've changed throughout the week.

-They record rainfall from our rain guage during the rainy season.

-Learn the different types of clouds and then observe throughout the day/week what types are out and record.

-Copywork of names of clouds.
-Phases of the moon.
-Record Tides.
-Record temperatures of different cities/countries where family or friends live.
-When it snows, storms, etc....they could give a narration of what it looks like outside and decribe what's happening.
-Record times of sun rise and sunset. Describe a sunrise/sunset or draw picture.
Record wind speed. Draw.

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MaryM
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Posted: June 16 2008 at 5:36pm \| IP Logged

Or you could compare forecast with actual weather each day.

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TracyQ
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Posted: June 23 2008 at 11:48am \| IP Logged

That's a great idea, Mary!

What about comparing the weather from where you live to where an out of town family member, penpal, or friend lives throughout the year????

I love these ideas! And we're doing Meteorology this year, so this will be GREAT!

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