This week’s Outdoor Hour Challenge allows you to pick from a list of the autumn weed studies already in the archives here on the Handbook of Nature Study. Pick one of the weeds and then mark your planner to revisit this weed in all four seasons to experience its full life cycle. Make sure to read the lesson in the Handbook of Nature Study as noted below for specific weed observation suggestions.
Autumn Weeds – Handbook of Nature Study
Autumn Queen Anne’s Lace – Lesson 128
Make sure to click the links above to read the entire Outdoor Hour Challenge with helpful links, nature study ideas, printable notebooking pages, and suggested follow-up activities.
Additional Links
Queen Anne’s Lace Autumn Study: Here is a link to one of our autumn weed studies.
Autumn Nature Journal Examples: Take a look at some of my autumn nature journal pages, including an autumn thistle page.
If you’re a member of the Ultimate Naturalist Library, you have access to the following ebooks with notebooking pages for each of the autumn weed studies listed below.
Autumn Milkweed – More Nature Study Autumn
Autumn Thistle – More Nature Study Autumn
Autumn Teasel – Autumn Nature Study Continues
Autumn Burdock – Autumn Nature Study Continues
Autumn Queen Anne’s Lace – Autumn 2010
This Outdoor Hour Challenge is part of the 2018-2019 Plan here on the Handbook of Nature Study. We’ll be using the Handbook of Nature Study by Anna Botsford Comstock to discover new things about the world around us. Join us each Friday for a different nature study topic. Make sure to subscribe to this blog to receive the weekly challenge right in your email box.
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Thank you so much, Barbara, for these helpful resources! We have a free day today. I think we’ll take the milkweed study to our local nature reserve.
I love studying milkweed! I hope you have a great day.