These should both go in the same blog post.
Complete the following steps twice:
First, you will choose a place where you can observe nature. The East 40 woods is a great spot on campus, so you can definitely go there. You can choose any place really, but it should be somewhere you have something to observe by sitting quietly.
Then spend 20 minutes observing. This can be any time of day or night. It is up to you when you do this.
Write a journal entry that contains the following information.
Date:
Day of the Week:
Location: Be specific. Where is the place and what are some nearby landmarks?
Time: This is important to note when observing nature. Scientists use 24 hour time, or military time.
Observers: Who is with you? Identify them by name.
Habitat: Paint a picture with words. Describe the things around you. Your reader should be able to close their eyes and accurately see the space.
Weather: use your best judgement--temperature, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction
Remarks: What are your immediate observations? What are you thinking and feeling?
Comments: What did you learn? How has your thinking changed? What are you motivated to to do?
Personal Account: (date this section just in case it is written on a different day) After your field observations have been completed, you will want to provide a one page (250 word) diary-like entry that connects your field journal to yourself. You have your own life and your own history. Connect these things with your observations.
Date:04/04/18
ReplyDeleteDay of Week:Thursday
Location:934 Sunrise Blvd. Old Stonehouse Farm, next to 512
Time:1200 hours
Observation:Andrew Dunne “My Boss”
Habitat: We are unloading 16 bales off our Allis Chalmers Loader. We are stacking it in the red horse barn that has 6 stales. 1 is filled with a black horse grinding his teeth off the rails and pawing his left hoof. The other 2 on the left hand side are empty. The far right one stores our goats and the middle one has the stallion in it. We are stacking the hay in the front right one so when we feed the horses we already have it close. As we are unloading it the goats who are out keep jumping on bales, butting heads and eating anything in sight. When I look through the barn I see 3 black horses and a white one neighing because they see the hay and are hungry.
Weather: about 35 degrees with the sun showing and 10 mph winds coming out of the west.
Remarks: I see goats and horses while trying to focus on getting that perfect angel to roll the bale to Andy so he does not have to move to pick up the bale and stack it.
Comments: I learned that goats love to eat anything and they have a solid head because they keep ramming them into each others head. I am motivated to keep working and put out more hay in 3 other spots.
Date-04/04/18
Day of the Week-Wednesday
Location- 96 Mount Bethel Highway...Miler's Egg Ranch...near the Trolley Shop and where 611 and 512 meet
Time-1400 hours
Observation-Alone
Habitat-I am sitting on a giant teddy bear made from 4 big round hay bales as the paws,body,and head. The 7 smaller square bales are for the ears,hands and nose. While I sit on the right paw I am looking over a 2 acre corn field that has no corn left in it. To my right are 2 big corn silos, the one is blue and the other is silver. The one corn silo has an osprey's nest at the top of it that has been there for 4 years now. On the outside of the field are bare naked trees blowing in the wind.
Weather-50 degrees out with overcast and 22mph winds, low humidity
Remarks-I am cold since I just have a red flannel on and my butt is getting damp from the wet hay bales. I am feeling peaceful watching nature do its thing.
Comments-I find it funny trying to watch the ospreys flying against the wind because they tr hard but never get anywhere. I am motivated to get back to work.
Date for Thursday is suppose to be 04/05/18
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