This week we continued our studies of the flora of the North American biome. We classified coniferous and deciduous trees. We explored the different parts of a tree and their function. We observed the vein structure of leaves and compared the different vein patterns of different leaves. A most interesting lesson involved the collection and the exploration of different parts of a twig and their function. Finally we distinguished the different parts of the crossection of a tree and learned about the way a tree grows from the cuttings of one of our student's Christmas tree. Nomenclature for parts of a tree includes roots, branches, leaves, trunk; for the crossection of a tree, crossection, diameter, cambium, outer bark, growth rings, sapwood, and heartwood; for a twig, immature leaves, bud scales, lenticles, leaf scars, lateral buds, terminal scar, terminal bud, twig; for a leaf, blade, margin, veinlet, petiole, veins.
In Art we studied color and experimented with making secondary colors from the primary colors on the color wheel. We did leaf rubbings and worked with water color.
Our garden has been growing beautifully this fall. On Thursday we enjoyed the bounty of our garden by harvesting our kale and roasting it at 300 degrees for 20 minutes with olive oil and sea salt to make tasty kale chips which were enjoyed by all.
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