Samuel, PreK
Year 2, Cohort 2, Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest 2019-2020
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
DOB: August, 2015
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Anchorage, AK
Family Members: Mother, Father, Brother (Infant)
Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 7
Parent鈥檚 feeling about place lived: 7
(1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
Family Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
Go on walks (in city/town/village)
Motorboat or jet ski (for recreation)
Picnic or outdoor barbecue
Hike in natural setting
Camping (tent or RV)
Cabin away from home
Motorbike or 4-wheel
Family Subsistence Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
Pick berries
Fish from a boat
Go hunting
Child鈥檚 Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
Look for bugs
Collect/Find things: Shells
Build forts
Pick berries
Go fishing
Go camping
Favorite Family Recreational Activity(Written response): "Walking on beach/tundra"
Favorite Family Subsistence Activity(Written response): "Berry picking"
Child鈥檚 Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): "Fishing or finding bugs"
Child鈥檚 Favorite Winter Activity(Written response): "Sled"
Description of outdoor experience when child was afraid/scared (Written response):
"Earlier this summer he was scared climbing a tree too high"
Description of outdoor experience when child was excited/happy (Written response):
"Anytime he gets to jump in puddles or throw sticks in the ocean!"
Child's Drawings
Favorite 鈥淪ummer鈥
Fall 2019
Title: Finding Animals
Child quotes:
Favorite thing to do is 鈥渇ind 啵啵直播秀s鈥
Where do you go when you find 啵啵直播秀s? 鈥淔ind it in the woods鈥
鈥渟quirrels, but I need some leaves and acorns鈥
鈥渆ggs for birds鈥
What kind of 啵啵直播秀s do you look for?
鈥淏ears (or birds?) and bunnies鈥 and foxes because my mom sees those every time鈥
鈥淏ears and foxes be on the tundra. Mom looks for them鈥
鈥淢y parents do that too鈥
鈥淪ometimes my dad shoots foxes and birds and moose鈥
Did you go when your dad shot a moose? 鈥淲hen I am bigger I can do it but not yet鈥
鈥渨e saw the baby moose and a mama and baby moose at Bible camp yesterday鈥 鈥測eah and they were on the tundra鈥
鈥淥n the road鈥
Family Feedback:
Samuel looks for 啵啵直播秀s 鈥渙ut on the road or the river鈥 with his 鈥渄ad, and sometimes Mom and brother,鈥 鈥渕ostly [in the] summertime.鈥
Favorite 鈥淲inter鈥 Nature Activity
Spring 2020
In Progress
Spring 2020: In Progress
Spring 2020: In Progress
Class Nature Tour Video Highlights
Fall 2019
Emotional and Behavioral Points of Interest: In Progress
Family Nature Tour Video Highlights
Fall 2019
This project is funded by the National Science Foundation.啵啵直播秀 # 1753399, CAREER: A longitudinal study of the emotional and behavioral processes of Environmental Identity Development among rural and non-rural Alaskan children