Workshops and Teacher Trainings

Learning in the Landscape can help your school integrate visual art and ecological literacy across grade levels into all areas of your school’s curriculum. Grounded in the Next Generation Science Standards and with a focus on fun, engaging, easy to manage activities, Catherine Sky brings a wealth of experience and expertise in facilitating arts-based, nature-centered teacher trainings.

Workshop 1

Nature Journaling for the Classroom

Learning in the Landscape follows the John Muir Laws approach toward Nature Journaling as a vehicle for inquiry, imagination and connection. Workshops focus on developing a nature journaling practice in the classroom with an emphasis on visual thinking and using art materials and techniques for sketching in the field.

Workshop 2

Integrating Art with the NGSS

Catherine Sky is excited to share all she knows about bringing the Next Generation Science Standards to life through visual art teaching and learning. Through her work as a Masters student in The School of Education at Sonoma State University, Catherine has done extensive research on art and science integration and overlaps between the NGSS and the California Arts Education Framework.

Workshop 3

Communicating Science Concepts Through Multi-Modal Visual Storytelling

Workshop 4

An Arts-based Approach to Creating A Pollinator and Bird Habitat on the School Campus

Custom Designed Workshops

Let Catherine share what she knows about integrating art across disciplines and grade levels. With a firm grounding in curriculum theory and development, she can craft a valuable and engaging workshop specific to schools, and communities.