Posted in Teachers Corner

No? It's the coolest thing!

Come to find out, my little sisters know all about this; but do they tell their oldest sister? Of course not. They let her rant and rave about the neat thing she discovered and say, 'You didn't know that? I've known that for years.' Little rats.

Anyway, for all those of you in the dark like me, you can stand near a pine tree after a warm day in early spring and literally hear the cones pop open. It's like little snaps all over the tree.

I don't know if the same thing happens with fir trees, or if this happens all spring or only during one time period, or what temp it has to be. I just know it was the most exciting little lesson we had last week.

I'll have to ask the girls what they know about this phenomenon ... they might tell me, they might leave me in suspense. Then again, I might just have to threaten them.