Nature Studies
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Nature Studies is organized as a 4-year cycle, with topics scheduled for each term (Term 1: Weeks 1-11; Term 2: Weeks 12-20; Term 3: Weeks 21-30). While Nature Studies is for all ages, the majority of the topical studies are geared toward Forms 1-2 to be done around 2-3 days per week, while Forms 3-4 will have suggested Nature reads that can be done alongside their heavier science studies. Most importantly, go out in nature!
“St. Silouan urges us to ‘love every created thing'; and emphasizes the beauty of nature. From my childhood days I loved the world and its beauty. I loved the woods and green gardens, I loved the fields and all the beauty of God’s creation. I liked to watch the shining clouds scurrying across the blue sky.
If we lose our sense of wonder before the beauty of nature, so he believed, this suggests that we have at the same time lost our sense of God’s grace"
~Metropolitan Kallistos (Ware)
4-Cycle Overview:
Cycle 1: Nature Studies
Fish & Water Creatures
Water Forms & Brooks
Cultivated Crops & Weed
[Habitat: Ocean, River, & Stream]
Fish & Water Creatures
Water Forms & Brooks
Cultivated Crops & Weed
[Habitat: Ocean, River, & Stream]
Nature Read Options:
x
Nature Read Options:
The Sea Around Us (Carson)
Cycle 2: Nature Studies
Birds
Climate & Weather
Stars & Skies
[Habitat: Sky]
Birds
Climate & Weather
Stars & Skies
[Habitat: Sky]
Nature Read Options:
x
Nature Read Options:
x
Cycle 3: Nature Studies
Mammals
Rocks, Minerals, Soil, & Magnets
Trees & Shrubs
[Habitat: Forest]
Mammals
Rocks, Minerals, Soil, & Magnets
Trees & Shrubs
[Habitat: Forest]
Nature Read Options:
x
Nature Read Options:
x
Cycle 4: Nature Studies
Flowers & Flowerless Plants
x
Amphibians & Reptiles
x
Insects
x
[Habitat: Pond & Meadow (or Desert)]
Flowers & Flowerless Plants
Wildflower Folklore (Martin)
Plant Families (Lerner)*
Optional Wildflowers Guide (by Nature Study Hacking)
Amphibians & Reptiles
Wildlife Folklore (Martin)
The Moon of the Salamanders (Craighead-George)
Insects
Creep and Flutter: The Secret World of Insects and Spiders (Arnosky)
Insect Adventures (Fabre)
Optional Insects Guide (by Nature Study Hacking)
[Habitat: Pond & Meadow (or Desert)]
Nature Read Options:
A Girl of the Limberlost (Stratton-Porter)
High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier (Borland)
Nature Read Options:
The Keeper of the Bees (Stratton-Porter)
Our National Parks (Muir)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Dillard)
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