Week 3 - Day 3 - Science - Nature Walk. It says to sketch and label a tree. Do they label the tree with it's proper name or label the parts of the tree such as trunk, leaves, roots, etc.? Do we visit this project again another time and they label another tree or is this the only time they do this project? I feel kind of dumb asking and I know it may not matter either way but wanted to do it right. TIA
Postby doubleportion » Thu Sep 09, 2010 4:37 pm
If I remember correctly you will sketch the same tree in different seasons (but maybe that was ADV?). So we chose one in the back yard. DD labeled the name of the kind of tree but not the parts of the tree. The next week you do your Tree Identification project. We really enjoyed canvasing the neighborhood and doing leaf rubbings and bark rubbings and collecting samples to bring home and put in our notebook. We looked up any trees we didn't know on the internet. It was fun and I'm sure the neighbors just stared at "those weird homeschoolers"

Edie
Postby dhudson » Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:34 pm
I had mine sketch a forest scene with floor, herb, shrub, understory, canopy and emergent layers.
Postby jasntas » Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:51 pm
Oooh!! I love the forest scene idea. I did my own, um, sketch of the layers on our white board when we covered this a few days ago. My ds thought it was funny. I wish I would have thought to have them sketch their own then.
This afternoon they just sketched one of the trees from our back yard. They each got a camp chair and set it up in front of one of our trees and they sketched away. I wasn't even out there guiding them. I helped them with the name of each tree but that was it. (That was a total first.) They each chose one of the trees they collected leaves and rubbings from last week. They seemed to enjoy this project.
Thanks for the help ladies.

Tammie