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This document provides lesson ideas for using an iPad and Procreate app for outdoor nature exploration. It suggests using the iPad to document observations through maps, illustrations, photos, measurements, color sampling, and note-taking. The goal is for students to form questions, document their surroundings, and write descriptively about the natural environment. The document guides students step-by-step through the Procreate tools to compile their observations into a digital nature journal.

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OutInTheField ProcreateLessonIdea

This document provides lesson ideas for using an iPad and Procreate app for outdoor nature exploration. It suggests using the iPad to document observations through maps, illustrations, photos, measurements, color sampling, and note-taking. The goal is for students to form questions, document their surroundings, and write descriptively about the natural environment. The document guides students step-by-step through the Procreate tools to compile their observations into a digital nature journal.

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LESSON IDEA

Out in the field


SCIENCE ART & DESIGN HUMANITIES

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Lesson ideas
Use these Lesson Ideas to spark your imagination for
using Procreate in the classroom. Feel free to take them further
and make them your own.
Out in the field

Transform your iPad into a tool


for nature-based inquiry in the
greatest classroom of all time –
the great outdoors.

All you need is an iPad


and the following apps:

Procreate

Measure

Maps

Educational Value
Students formulate geographically and
scientifically significant questions and
plan an inquiry.

Students discover, document and


disseminate information with respect
for the natural environment.

Students write descriptively about their


surroundings, observing and noting small
details that make up the environment.
In this guide 1 Getting started

2 Where are you?

5 Asking questions

6 Ways of seeing

13 Take it further
Getting started 1.

Set up your file


Create a new A4 canvas to start a new
journal entry.
At the top of the page make a note
of the date, location of your inquiry,
location, your name, and inquiry topic
(if you have one).
This information will be helpful to have
on each page when you have many
journal entries.

DON'T FORGET!
Before you head out into the field make sure
your iPad and Apple Pencil are fully charged.
Where are you? 2.
MAP SETTINGS

Open Maps
Open the Maps app, and navigate to
your location. Tap and hold to place a
marker over your location.

Next, take a screenshot showing your


marked location and the surrounding
area. This is will save a photo of your
map to your Photos.

To make it easier to find your location in


the Maps app, you can turn on Location
Services in Settings. Then, if you're
connected to the internet, Maps will
automatically find where you are.

To turn on Satellite view tap the info


button in the top right corner to open Map
Settings, and select Satellite.

Maps
ACTIONS TRANSFORM TOOL ERASER 3.
Paste into
your journal
Back on your journal page, tap on the
wrench icon to open the Actions menu.

Then tap, Insert a photo.

Select your map screenshot to paste it


into your journal.

You can now use the Eraser tool to


crop the image and resize using the
Transform tool.
BRUSH LIBRARY 4.
Observations
Select a brush from the Brush Library,
and add in some extra notes of things
you've noticed in the satellite view of
where you are.

Are there any landmarks that you can


see on the satellite image that you didn't
see before?

What are the boundaries of the area


you're exploring today? What route did
you take to get there?

What is the longitude and latitude


of your location? (Hint: you may need
to swap back into the Maps app to
check this.)
Asking questions 5.

I wonder...
Think about your first impression
of the place you’re visiting.
What questions do you have?
Write these questions down on your
journal page so that they can inform
your observations today.

NOTE FOR TEACHERS


If you’re doing a topical inquiry with your
students, you might like to guide your
students by providing them with questions
to consider, or give them a topic to focus on.
Ways of seeing 6.

The following pages suggest some


creative ways to document what each of
your senses are experiencing in this new
place. As you explore, you might think of
some new ways to use Procreate and your
iPad in the field as well.

Think about what you can see, hear,


smell, and feel around you.

How will you find the answers to the


questions you wrote down?

REMEMBER
Even dead leaves on the ground are a home
to something.
Think about how you can build upon each of
the following creative methods to capture what
you find without removing anything from it's
natural environment. Leave only footprints,
take only pictures.
BRUSH LIBRARY 7.
Illustration
Select a brush from the Brush Library,
and find a nice spot to sit and draw
what you see in front of you.

Where does the light hit your object?


Where do the shadows fall?

What do you notice when drawing your


object that you didn't before?
BRUSH SIZE
CHOOSING BRUSHES
There are dozen of Brushes already installed in
the Brush Library, plus you may have created
some yourself.
Experiment to see which ones help convey the
texture and movement of what you're seeing in
the field. BRUSH OPACITY
TRANSFORM 8.
Photo Collage
Tap the wrench icon to open the
Actions menu, and tap Take a photo.

Once you've taken your photo tap Use


Photo, to insert it into your page.

Use the Transform tool to resize and


place your image where you'd like it to
go on your page.
9.
Collect a digital
specimen
Everything in nature, even dead leaves
on the ground, serves a purpose and is
a part of the circle of life.

Rather than taking leaves, insects


and feathers home and removing them
from the environment, you can use
the Camera to create a digital
specimen record.

Just like making a photo collage, tap the


wrench icon to open the Actions menu,
and tap Take a photo.

Then use the Eraser to remove the


background of the object, so it stands out
on your page. This will look as if you have
glued in the actual object.

ERASE
BACKGROUND
10.

Measurement
Use the Measure app to measure the
size of the things around you.

Tap the Measure app to open it.

Move your iPad around so that the central


dot is over the starting point of your
measurement. Tap the Add (+) button.

Move your device so the centre dot is


over the end point of your measurement.
Again, tap the Add (+) button.

In Procreate, jot down your measurement,


or draw a quick diagram on your
journal page.

Measurement
11.
Palette Capture
Use your iPad to capture the colors
in the world around you. You can use
these colors to decorate your journal
page, help you think about the seasons,
or inform your illustrations.

Open the Color Button and Tap the


Palettes tab to reveal your Palettes.

Tap on the + symbol in the top right hand


corner of Palettes and select New from
Camera. You will see whatever your
camera is pointed at plus a palette of
swatches located in the middle of
your screen.

When you are happy with the variety of


swatch colors in your palette, Tap the
shutter button to capture and save
to Palettes.

PALETTE CAPTURE TIP


Make sure your software is updated to
Procreate 5X or newer to use this feature.

Image: Gum Tree, by Johan Larsson.


12.
Note-taking
Bring all your observations together
with annotations, notes and scribbles.
You could write down ideas that
you've had, answers to your
questions and poems inspired by the
environment around you. Or, more
questions to follow-up later when
you're back at school.
13.

An ever-growing
nature journal
Copy your journal page into the Pages
app to create a living document you can
keep adding pages to over time.

Create a cover page that helps your


journal feel like a real book. You can
print it off at the end of the school year,
or publish it directly to Apple Books to
share with your friends and family.

Pages
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Artistic expression helps make
education meaningful, memorable
and fun. Find more creative lesson
ideas at education.procreate.art
To dive deeper into the full creative
potential of Procreate, see our
Handbook at procreate.art/handbook

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