Today's Agenda:
Nature Journaling!
Notebook work with any remaining time
Reminders:
Tutorial Thursday & Friday
Notebooks due on Friday for 50 points!
Quarter 3 Notebook Contents:
-Semester 1 reflection writing
-American Eagle documentary worksheet
-Bald Eagle population graph
-Rachel Carson/DDT vocabulary terms
-Biography essay (environmentalist)
-Nature & the Brain
-Mindfulness & the Brain
-Nature Journaling
New right hand page (last of this unit)...
Heading: Nature Journaling
Learning Objective: I can participate in the Nature Journaling activity in order to explore the physical and mental benefits of nature and mindfulness.
nature journaling - the recording of observations and perceptions about the natural world around you
(note: a personal journal records your feeling about yourself or others, while a nature journal records your response to and reflection of the natural world around you)
Notable scientists, naturalists, and philosophers such as Charles Darwin, Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and John Muir were all known for keeping journals of their observations, poems, and discoveries. Many of their famous literary works and groundbreaking observations were published from their journals. Charles Darwin’s Voyage of the Beagle was his field journal that detailed his observations of the ecology in the Galapagos Islands.
Today we're going to put what we've learned about the benefits of exposure to nature and practicing mindfulness into practice.
What you need: notebook, writing utensil, jacket
What you don't: electronic devices
5 minute free-write using your 5 senses to tune you in to the world around you
-sight, touch, hearing, taste, smell
Then you can draw or write about what you see in nature around you. If you need some direction you can make a sound map, sketch specific plants or birds you see, think about what this area may have looked like in the past, think about the changes happening in this spring season, write a poem about nature, do a leaf rubbing, ...it's up to you!
Examples HERE
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018
Notebook Check In; Nature & the Brain II (w/nature journaling)
Welcome Back! I hope you had a great break!
Let's re-center: back in assigned seats, reminder of expectations and class agreements.
Let's share ROSES
Calendar/Announcements:
-Notebooks due this Friday April 6th
-Tutorial Thursday & Friday this week
-End of Q3 is next week! (Thurs. April 12th)
-No school Friday April 13th
-Only about 8 weeks of school left this year...?!
Let's keep our eyes on the prize and focus as we move forward
Notebook Check In
Quarter 3 Notebook Contents:
-Semester 1 reflection
-American Eagle documentary worksheet
-Bald Eagle population graph
-Rachel Carson/DDT vocabulary terms
-Biography essay (environmentalist)
-Nature & the Brain
-Mindfulness & Meditation and the Brain
Heading: Nature and the Brain
Learning Objective: I can explore research on nature's effect on the human brain and think about how I can apply it to my own life.
Current research on how exposure to nature effects the human mind and body:
Nature Walk (weather permitting!)
Let's go outside! You need your notebook and a writing utensil. No electronics outside please!
While outside you'll have the opportunity to tune into your senses and do some reflective journaling.
Heading: Mindfulness and Meditation - Effect on the Brain
Learning Objective: I can learn about mindfulness and meditation and how they effect the brain
mindfulness - a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Research:
Let's re-center: back in assigned seats, reminder of expectations and class agreements.
Let's share ROSES
Calendar/Announcements:
-Notebooks due this Friday April 6th
-Tutorial Thursday & Friday this week
-End of Q3 is next week! (Thurs. April 12th)
-No school Friday April 13th
-Only about 8 weeks of school left this year...?!
Let's keep our eyes on the prize and focus as we move forward
Notebook Check In
Quarter 3 Notebook Contents:
-Semester 1 reflection
-American Eagle documentary worksheet
-Bald Eagle population graph
-Rachel Carson/DDT vocabulary terms
-Biography essay (environmentalist)
-Nature & the Brain
-Mindfulness & Meditation and the Brain
Heading: Nature and the Brain
Learning Objective: I can explore research on nature's effect on the human brain and think about how I can apply it to my own life.
Current research on how exposure to nature effects the human mind and body:
Stanford researchers find mental health prescription: Nature (w/video)
This Is Your Brain on Nature (w/video)
Big Ideas: (write this down!)
-More than 50% of world's population lives in urban areas
-City dwellers have 20% higher risk of anxiety, 40% higher risk of mood disorders
-Research has found less negative thought patterns in the brains of people exposed to nature
-Researchers found a lower incidence of 15 diseases in people who lived within about a half mile of green space.
-Exposure to nature can lower heart rate, slow breathing, decrease cortisol production
-Gives prefrontal cortex (brain's command center) a chance to rest
Let's go outside! You need your notebook and a writing utensil. No electronics outside please!
While outside you'll have the opportunity to tune into your senses and do some reflective journaling.
Heading: Mindfulness and Meditation - Effect on the Brain
Learning Objective: I can learn about mindfulness and meditation and how they effect the brain
mindfulness - a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Research:
Neuroscience of Mindfulness: What Happens to Your Brain When You Meditate
What Does Mindfulness Meditation Do to Your Brain?Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain
Big Ideas (write these down!):
-Daily meditation for 8 weeks increased brain volume of study participants in the areas responsible for learning, emotional regulation, and empathy, and shrank the amygdala (fight or flight regulator)
-Expert meditators' brains are trained to default to the meditative state; permanent change in perception
-Meditation can relax you and regulate your emotions in the short term, but it can also change your brain permanently if you approach it as a form of mental exercise.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Mindfulness
Focus on Self Care
Heading: Mindfulness and Meditation - Effect on the Brain
Learning Objective: I can learn about mindfulness and meditation and how they effect the brain
mindfulness - a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Research:
Heading: Mindfulness and Meditation - Effect on the Brain
Learning Objective: I can learn about mindfulness and meditation and how they effect the brain
mindfulness - a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations, used as a therapeutic technique.
Research:
Neuroscience of Mindfulness: What Happens to Your Brain When You Meditate
What Does Mindfulness Meditation Do to Your Brain?Mindfulness Can Literally Change Your Brain
Big Ideas (write these down!):
-Daily meditation for 8 weeks increased brain volume of study participants in the areas responsible for learning, emotional regulation, and empathy, and shrank the amygdala (fight or flight regulator)
-Expert meditators' brains are trained to default to the meditative state; permanent change in perception
-Meditation can relax you and regulate your emotions in the short term, but it can also change your brain permanently if you approach it as a form of mental exercise.
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Notebook check in; Nature & the Brain articles, videos, & notes; Nature Walk and journaling
Notebook Check In...
Please get out your notebooks and turn to the page where you have this heading & LO:
Heading: Biography Essay Research
Learning Objective: I can conduct research on an environmentalist in order to learn about their contributions and accomplishments.
If you turned in your paperwork you'll get it back now; glue them in under the above heading.
You need to do color processing on the left hand side about your environmentalist. Take 15 minutes to organize and work on your notebook.
Roses & Thorns (share out)
Calendar check in:
-This week tutorial Wed & Thurs
-Spring Break next week!
-End of Quarter 3 April 12th
Turn to a new right hand page in notebook
Heading: Nature and the Brain
Learning Objective: I can explore research on nature's effect on the human brain and think about how I can apply it to my own life.
Current research on how exposure to nature effects the human mind and body:
Nature Walk
Let's go outside! You need your notebook and a writing utensil. No electronics out please!
While outside you'll have the opportunity to tune into your senses and do some reflective journaling.
Please get out your notebooks and turn to the page where you have this heading & LO:
Heading: Biography Essay Research
Learning Objective: I can conduct research on an environmentalist in order to learn about their contributions and accomplishments.
If you turned in your paperwork you'll get it back now; glue them in under the above heading.
You need to do color processing on the left hand side about your environmentalist. Take 15 minutes to organize and work on your notebook.
Roses & Thorns (share out)
Calendar check in:
-This week tutorial Wed & Thurs
-Spring Break next week!
-End of Quarter 3 April 12th
Turn to a new right hand page in notebook
Heading: Nature and the Brain
Learning Objective: I can explore research on nature's effect on the human brain and think about how I can apply it to my own life.
Current research on how exposure to nature effects the human mind and body:
Stanford researchers find mental health prescription: Nature (w/video)
This Is Your Brain on Nature (w/video)
Big Ideas: (write this down!)
-More than 50% of world's population lives in urban areas
-City dwellers have 20% higher risk of anxiety, 40% higher risk of mood disorders
-Research has found less negative thought patterns in the brains of people exposed to nature
-Researchers found a lower incidence of 15 diseases in people who lived within about a half mile of green space.
-Exposure to nature can lower heart rate, slow breathing, decrease cortisol production
-Gives prefrontal cortex (brain's command center) a chance to rest
Nature Walk
Let's go outside! You need your notebook and a writing utensil. No electronics out please!
While outside you'll have the opportunity to tune into your senses and do some reflective journaling.
Monday, March 12, 2018
Presentations
Essays and presentations submitted after Friday 3/16 will receive a 0, no exceptions.
Today we will continue Environmentalist presentations!
Ms. Ferro will score your presentation using the rubric HERE
Be able to speak about your environmentalist for at least 3 minutes.
Audience members will score each presenter using the rubric sheet provided
One slide required with the following bullet points:
1. Subject's name and birth date/date of death
2. What they are most known for
3. Brief introduction to their early life
4. Three details about their environmental accomplishments/contributions
5. Summarize their impact on others/history
Today we will continue Environmentalist presentations!
Ms. Ferro will score your presentation using the rubric HERE
Be able to speak about your environmentalist for at least 3 minutes.
Audience members will score each presenter using the rubric sheet provided
One slide required with the following bullet points:
1. Subject's name and birth date/date of death
2. What they are most known for
3. Brief introduction to their early life
4. Three details about their environmental accomplishments/contributions
5. Summarize their impact on others/history
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Begin Environmentalist Presentations
Today we will begin Environmentalist presentations!
Ms. Ferro will score your presentation using the rubric HERE
Be able to speak about your environmentalist for at least 3 minutes.
Audience members will score each presenter using the rubric sheet provided
One slide required with the following bullet points:
1. Subject's name and birth date/date of death
2. What they are most known for
3. Brief introduction to their early life
4. Three details about their environmental accomplishments/contributions
5. Summarize their impact on others/history
Ms. Ferro will score your presentation using the rubric HERE
Be able to speak about your environmentalist for at least 3 minutes.
Audience members will score each presenter using the rubric sheet provided
One slide required with the following bullet points:
1. Subject's name and birth date/date of death
2. What they are most known for
3. Brief introduction to their early life
4. Three details about their environmental accomplishments/contributions
5. Summarize their impact on others/history
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
ESSAY DUE! Oral Presentation Rubric & Requirements
Ms. Ferro is sick :(
Your sub is Mr. Whitehill
Announcement: you must turn in a permission slip to the library for climate change poet Kathy Jetnil Kejiner by the end of school today to attend 7th or 8th period on March 14th. There should be slips on my front desk.
Environmentalist Essay is due TODAY! Drop your essay in your period's folder in Google Drive using the blog entry before this one. The permission is set for you to be able to add to it. If you don't know how to do it - ask!
Please use the Google Drive period folders to submit so I can keep track of who turned theirs in!
After you have submitted your essay, work on your presentation. No need to submit, I'll grade you during your presentation using the rubric.
We will do presentations next class period, Thursday the 8th.
Presentation Rubric HERE
Be able to speak about your environmentalist for at least 3 minutes. Don't just read from your slide!
One slide required with the following bullet points:
1. Subject's name and birth date/date of death
2. What they are most known for
3. Brief introduction to their early life
4. Three details about their environmental accomplishments/contributions
5. Summarize their impact on others/history
Your sub is Mr. Whitehill
Announcement: you must turn in a permission slip to the library for climate change poet Kathy Jetnil Kejiner by the end of school today to attend 7th or 8th period on March 14th. There should be slips on my front desk.
Environmentalist Essay is due TODAY! Drop your essay in your period's folder in Google Drive using the blog entry before this one. The permission is set for you to be able to add to it. If you don't know how to do it - ask!
Please use the Google Drive period folders to submit so I can keep track of who turned theirs in!
After you have submitted your essay, work on your presentation. No need to submit, I'll grade you during your presentation using the rubric.
We will do presentations next class period, Thursday the 8th.
Presentation Rubric HERE
Be able to speak about your environmentalist for at least 3 minutes. Don't just read from your slide!
One slide required with the following bullet points:
1. Subject's name and birth date/date of death
2. What they are most known for
3. Brief introduction to their early life
4. Three details about their environmental accomplishments/contributions
5. Summarize their impact on others/history
Monday, February 26, 2018
Environmentalist Essay Research Day 2; ESSAY DUE 3/6
Heading: Biography Essay Research
Learning Objective: I can conduct research on an environmentalist in order to learn about their contributions and accomplishments.
Essay Graphic Organizer
Use it to organize your thoughts and information.
Must be used during research and turned in.
Rubric
Use it to organize where information goes in your essay. Turn it in for scoring with your graphic organizer.
Research guidelines:
-Stay on task
-Use your time wisely
-Fill out graphic organizer as you work
-Please stick to assigned seats to minimize distractions
Learning Objective: I can conduct research on an environmentalist in order to learn about their contributions and accomplishments.
Essay Graphic Organizer
Use it to organize your thoughts and information.
Must be used during research and turned in.
Rubric
Use it to organize where information goes in your essay. Turn it in for scoring with your graphic organizer.
Research guidelines:
-Stay on task
-Use your time wisely
-Fill out graphic organizer as you work
-Please stick to assigned seats to minimize distractions
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