EXPRESSING WILDERNESS:
Field Journaling in Science, Language Arts, History and Art Classrooms
October 24-26
Wawona, Yosemite National Park

Feature speaker: Jack Laws

Friday

4:30-8:00 Arrival & Registration at Redwood Cabins
8:00-8:30 “Expressing Wilderness”: Welcome and Introduction -Barb Miranda and Mandy Vance
8:30-9:00 Why Focus on Field Journaling? -Jack Laws

Saturday

7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-9:00 Introduction/overview -Jack Laws
9:00-9:30 Student journal basics—Jack Laws
9:3010:30 Into the Wild...creating an outdoor classroom -Terry McLaughlin, Yosemite Institute
10:30-11:30 Creating a student journal: Facilitation and Feedback –Jack Laws
11:30-12:30 Lunch
12:30-1:00 Meeting of the Minds: A look ahead for WildLink –Mandy Vance
1:00-2:15 Creating a student journal continued: Assessment and using journals as a tool for science
inquiry – Jack Laws
2:15-2:45 Virtual Wilderness: An electronic field trip with Barb Miranda
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-4:00 Expressions of Autumn: Yosemite in fall--Erik Westerlund, National Park Service
4:00-5:00 Sketching Workshop –Jack Laws
5:00-6:30 Free time: interest table with sample field journals and books
6:30 Dinner at Pioneer History Center barn (provided by Flying Deer Caterers)
8:00 Optional Workshops:
Sketching birds –Jack Laws
Miwok Indians of Wawona: Nature’s Influence on Culture –Bill Krause

Sunday

6:30-7:30 Optional birding/sketching walk –Jack Laws
7:30-8:30 Breakfast
8:30-9:45 Journaling Extensions: Curriculum Integration –Jack Laws
9:45-10:00 Break
10:00-10:45 Logistics and WildLink - Mandy Vance and Barb Miranda
10:45-11:30 Wrap-up and Goodbye
11:30-12:00 Lunch
12:00 -1:30 Optional NSF grant panel discussion (stipend available for participating teachers – Terry
McLaughlin