who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.” ― Wendell Berry
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Tuesday September 18:
tree identification, talking trees, dichotomous keys, leaf color experiment
(Sources: Once There Was a Tree by Natalia Romanova, Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell, Oregon State University Dichotomous Key, PBS Nature: What Plants Talk About (video clip))
Materials:
Once There Was a Tree by Natalia Romanova, lodge pile pine branch/cones, Oregon State University Dichotomous Key, PBS Nature: What Plants Talk About (video clip), backpack, radio, first aid kit, field guides
Objective: Student will begin to understand more about the shapes, adaptations, life cycle and categorizations of trees, developing a greater sensitivity to the complicated ecosystem they inhabit.
Class introduction/hook:
Blind tree identification activity
