Cohort 2: Samuel
Samuel, PreK
Year 2, Cohort 2, Rural Alaska
Child-Nature Points of Interest 2019-2020
Details
Ethnicity: White/Caucasian
DOB: August, 2015
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Anchorage, AK
Family Members: Mother, Father, Brother (Infant)
Years Parent Lived in Alaska: 7
Parent’s feeling about place lived: 7
(1-10 rating; 10=extremely happy, 1=extremely unhappy)
Family Favorite Outdoor Activities
Family Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
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Go on walks (in city/town/village)
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Motorboat or jet ski (for recreation)
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Picnic or outdoor barbecue
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Hike in natural setting
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Camping (tent or RV)
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Cabin away from home
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Motorbike or 4-wheel
Family Subsistence Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
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Pick berries
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Fish from a boat
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Go hunting
Child’s Outdoor Activities:
(Ranked frequently and almost always)
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Look for bugs
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Collect/Find things: Shells
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Build forts
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Pick berries
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Go fishing
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Go camping
Favorite Family Recreational Activity (Written response): "Walking on beach/tundra"
Favorite Family Subsistence Activity (Written response): "Berry picking"
Child’s Favorite Summer Activity (Written response): "Fishing or finding bugs"
Child’s 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 “Summer†and "Winter" Nature Activity

Favorite “Summerâ€
Fall 2019
Title: Finding Animals
Child quotes:
Favorite thing to do is “find à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãsâ€
Where do you go when you find à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs? “Find it in the woodsâ€
“squirrels, but I need some leaves and acornsâ€
“eggs for birdsâ€
What kind of à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs do you look for?
“Bears (or birds?) and bunnies… and foxes because my mom sees those every timeâ€
“Bears and foxes be on the tundra. Mom looks for themâ€
“My parents do that tooâ€
“Sometimes my dad shoots foxes and birds and mooseâ€
Did you go when your dad shot a moose? “When I am bigger I can do it but not yetâ€
“we saw the baby moose and a mama and baby moose at Bible camp yesterday†“yeah and they were on the tundraâ€
“On the roadâ€
Family Feedback:
Samuel looks for à£à£Ö±²¥Ðãs “out on the road or the river†with his “dad, and sometimes Mom and brother,†“mostly [in the] summertime.â€
Favorite “Winter†Nature Activity
Spring 2020
In Progress
"Happy" Drawing

Spring 2020: In Progress
"Negative Affect" Drawing

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.à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã # 1753399, CAREER: A longitudinal study of the emotional and behavioral processes of Environmental Identity Development among rural and non-rural Alaskan children