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 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)
By Cycle:
(See in-progress booklists on this page below, until individual pages are complete)
Cycle 1: Nature Studies
[Habitat: Sky]
Term 1: Stars & Skies
[Lessons]
Find the Constellations (Rey), Handbook of Nature Study (Comstock), & Optional SM2 Guide)
OR The Earth and Sky: A Primer of Astronomy for Young Readers (Holden) *PDF & Optional Guide (CM Simple Studies)
[Lore]
[Observation]
A Star Finder (for your hemisphere)
Star app (e.g. SkyView)
The sky tonight: EarthSky.org
Term 2: Climate & Weather
[Lessons]
Rain, Hail, Sleet & Snow (Larrick) *PDF; & Optional SM2 Guide
[Lore]
Dear Rebecca, Winter is Coming (George) *PDF
Thunder Cake (Polacco) *PDF
[Observation]
Term 3: Birds
[Lessons]
[Lore]
[Observation]
Burgess Bird Book for Children (Burgess) *PDF
*Optional Guide (CM Simple Studies)
Term 4: Habitat Read
Among the Night People (Pierson) *PDF/ Audio
[Habitat: Sky]
Term 1: Stars & Skies
[Lessons]
A Walk through the Heavens: A Guide to Stars and Constellations and their Legends (Heifetz)
The Stars (Rey)
Handbook of Nature Study (Comstock)
Optional Guide (Nature Study Hacking)
[Observation]
A Star Finder (for your hemisphere)
Star app (e.g. SkyView)
The sky tonight: EarthSky.org
Term 2: Climate & Weather
Rain, Hail, Sleet & Snow (Larrick) *PDF; & Optional SM2 Guide
Term 3: Birds
Term 4: Habitat Read
Nature Read Options:
x
Nature Read Options:
x
Cycle 2: Nature Studies
Fish & Water Creatures
The Burgess Seashore Book for Children (Burgess)
Optional Guide (CM Simple Studies)
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:
Under the Sea Wind (Carson) (~6.5 hrs)
Nature Read Options:
The Sea Around Us (Carson) (~9 hrs)
Cycle 3: Nature Studies
Flowers & Flowerless Plants
The Burgess Flower Book for Children (Burgess) *PDF
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)
Nature Read Options:
Roger Caras' Treasury of Classic Nature Tales: PART ONE- The American Wilderness: The Nineteenth-Century Observers [Ch. 1-10] (~5 hrs)
OR Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Dillard) (10.5 hrs)
Cycle 4: Nature Studies
Mammals
The Burgess Animal Book for Children (Burgess) *PDF
Optional Guide (CM Simple Studies)
Rocks, Minerals, Soil, & Magnets
Trees & Shrubs
The Tree Book for Kids and Their Grown-Ups (Ingoglia)
[Habitat: Forest]
Mammals
Rocks, Minerals, Soil, & Magnets
Trees & Shrubs
[Habitat: Forest]
Nature Read Options:
Nature Read Options:
Roger Caras' Treasury of Classic Nature Tales: PART TWO- Creatures Great and Small: The Twentieth-Century Naturalists [Ch. 11-27] (10.5 hrs) *PDF
OR The Keeper of the Bees (Stratton-Porter) (~14 hrs)
OR Our National Parks (Muir) (~10 hrs)
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