Course Objectives
- Gain a greater understanding of the natural environment
Readings
Read these natural history books.
Viewings
Watch this four-part documentary of the people and landscapes of Minnesota.
Resources
Look up plant species at Minnesota Wildflowers
Listen
Listen to the Hennepin County’s Three Rivers Park District’s podcast hosted by a wildlife biologist and an interpretive naturalist.
Hike
Hike and observe nature.
- Sakatah State Park
- Nerstrand State Park
- Waseca County’s Courthouse Park
- Kaplan’s Woods in Owatonna
- Nicollet County’s Seven Mile Creek
- River Bend Nature Center in Faribault
Journal
Learn how to observe nature and start your own nature journal. These books will give you an introduction on how to start.
Extra Credit
- Enroll in the Minnesota Master Naturalist Program through University of Minnesota Extension.
- Use Waseca-Le Sueur Regional Library System’s Bird Watching and Snowshoeing Adventure Packs to experience the natural environment in different seasons.
- Follow journalingwithnature, journalinthedirt, and kumonko0813, and giacominaferrillo on Instagram for inspiration.
- Participate in a Citizen Science activity.
- Join the Minnesota Naturalists Facebook group.