Week 2: The Song of Nature, theme 1: ORGANISMS
Day 1: Viruses/Archaea/Bacteria
Day 2: Protists
Day 3: Fungi
Week 3: The Song of Nature, theme 1: ORGANISMS
Day 1: Plants
Day 2: Invertebrates
Day 3: Fish
Week 4: The Song of Nature, theme 1: ORGANISMS
Day 1: Amphibians/Reptiles
Day 2: Birds
Day 3: Mammals
Week 6: The Song of Nature, theme 2: STORIES
Day 1: Umwelt
Day 2: Movement
Day 3: Intelligence
Week 7: The Song of Nature, theme 2: STORIES
Day 1: Struggle
Day 2: Ontogeny
Day 3: Interaction
Week 8: The Song of Nature, theme 2: STORIES
Day 1: Origins
Day 2: Taxonomy
Day 3: Transformation
Week 9: Interlude - To Experience Nature
Day 1: Ranger
Day 2: Druid
Day 3: Elf
Week 10: The Song of Nature, theme 3: ENVIRONMENT
Day 1: Climate
Day 2: Weather
Day 3: Sky
Week 11: The Song of Nature, theme 3: ENVIRONMENTS
Day 1: Lentic
Day 2: Lotic
Day 3: Oceanic
Week 12: The Song of Nature, theme 3: ENVIRONMENTS
Day 1: Rock
Day 2: Soil
Day 3: Landscape
Appendix #1 - Natural History Books
Appendix #2 - Index of Nature Poems
Appendix #3 - Selected Outlines of Living Things

Day 1: An invitation

Words

Welcome to the course! Start off with these videos and then get outside!

Video: “David Attenborough – What A Wonderful World” (2:04; low res)

 

 

Video: “Beautiful World – Wild Animals (Petar Milinković)” (2:33)

Works

Just get out there! Start your natural history journal. Start deciding what you’d like to have for your species list or two. Set aside a few pages for your ID list (Adam’s task). Get a method for recording that works for you. Get used to your equipment (hand lens, binocs, any apps, note taking stuff, clothing…). And, most importantly, just be there. Look around. Use all of your senses. Be there and nowhere else in your mind. Get used to doing that.