Today's youth are increasingly spending more time indoors and less time outside. As a result, many children have a "nature deficit" (Louv 2005) and little awareness of their role in nature. In this article, the first author describes how she shared her passion for nature with her sixth-grade students through nature journaling and how her students gained a better understanding of the natural world as a result. This action research study indicates that after journaling, students had an increased understanding of the environment. Nature journaling provided an outlet for students to go outside and focus on nature. Linking the journaling to the classroom through activities also allowed students to make better connections among science activities, writing, and the environment. (Contains 5 figures.)