Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - GHC #5
Making a List Assignment Number 5 of the Green Hour Challenge
Have you decided on a focus area yet?
Yes! Cameron chose wildflowers as his focus. I skimmed through the Handbook of Nature Study and found the different wild flowers that we have already found or ones that I thought we might encounter.
Pick one item in your focus area to study, turn to those pages, and read to your child about that subject.
Cameron chose the Mayapple
Follow up your nautre walk with a discussion. Did you see anything new to add to your list of focus items?
Yes. We found several wildflowers to add to our list.
Wild Blue Phlox
White violet
Virginia Blue Bells
Squawroot
Golden Ragwort
Dwarf ginsing
Common Fleabane
Buttercup
False Solomon's Seal
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Foamflower
Canada Mayflower
And a few unknowns that we couldn't find in our field guide. (Still searching for them though)
Did you complete any of the suggested observations?
We did complete a few of the observations. Cameron remembered parts of what I read to him about the May apples. The information that was most interesting to him was that most May apples have 7 lobes but there have been 9-lobbed ones found. He was determined that he was going to find one. We didn't find a 9 but we did find an 8.
We were both amazed at how sturdy the bud of the May apple was. The corollas (petals) were very thick and not at all delicate.
Do you need to do any further research to answer questions?
We barely scratched the surface of the great observation questions. We are going to note where a good patch of May apples are and try to observe them in early Spring next year to see how they emerge from the ground. We also are going to keep an eye on these flowers throughout the summer and note their cycle.
Give an opportunity for a nature journal entry.
We took a break on our nature hike in a patch of May apples. We took that opportunity to sit and sketch.
Comments
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 - Wow, what a great list of wildflowers!
Posted by HarmonyArtMom
I love the squawroot, that was a new one to me. You have so many different wildflowers and so many that you could identify.
Great job on this challenge,
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
