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Field Journals

7/10/2024

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Keeping good journals is an important part of a field scientist's trade, as it creates a permanent record of what you saw, when you saw it, AND it helps you remember what you learned and integrate concepts and findings together. 

In this class students are using the Grinnell method, where they use small waterproof notebooks in the field, and then at night translate those into journal entries documenting what organisms they encountered, what processes and scientists they learned about, and how they interpreted their research experience. 

As Joseph Ginnell said in 1907 "​You can’t tell in advance which observations will prove valuable. Do record them all!"

I am impressed with the work the students are doing on these, and wanted to share a few examples!

​​Llevar buenos diarios es una parte importante del oficio de científico de campo, ya que crea un registro permanente de lo que has visto, cuándo lo has visto, Y te ayuda a recordar lo que has aprendido y a integrar conceptos y hallazgos. 

En esta clase, los alumnos utilizan el método Grinnell, que consiste en utilizar pequeños cuadernos impermeables sobre el terreno y, por la noche, plasmarlos en anotaciones que documentan los organismos que han encontrado, los procesos y los científicos que han conocido y cómo han interpretado su experiencia investigadora. 

Como dijo Joseph Ginnell en 1907 "No se puede saber de antemano qué observaciones resultarán valiosas. Anótalas todas".

Estoy impresionado con el trabajo que están haciendo los alumnos y quería compartir algunos ejemplos.

Drew
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