Ms. P. visited Pine Glen today and took us on a nature walk. We discussed living vs non-living things and then found them in nature. We really enjoyed seeing, hearing, touching and smelling all of the living things.
We saw frogs, caterpillars and bugs. We heard various animals when we stood very quietly. We were able to touch some moss and noted how wet it was because it holds water and we even smelled a leave. It was minty, just like the smell of mint gum! Ms. P. was particularly excited about two findings. We found an endangered plant..........pink lady slipper. AND, we found 2 kinds of animal poop! Ms. P. determined that it belonged to deer and coyote and explained to us that this discovery was evidence that the animals are around. Further evidence of a nearby den were the paths (or run) formed by the animals walking on the same path every day.
We did collect an assortment of non-living and living items to bring back to our classroom for further study.
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| We saw many frogs. Maybe they were the ones that were released as tadpoles last spring?! |
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| How do we know if it will be a butterfly or a moth? |
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| What does endangered mean? |
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| Endangered Pink Lady Slipper |
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| When you tear the leave in half you can really smell the mint. |
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| Ms. P is holding deer poop! She broke the small pellets apart and helped us to study them. The deer are vegetarians, so it was mostly plants. The coyote poop was full of animal fur and bones. They are carnivores. |
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