Now that we have wrapped up our unit on fungi and its place in the kingdoms of life, we are turning our attention to plants and animals.
The Saplings are learning about trees this spring. We have started to study the parts of trees and their functions as well as the differences between conifers and deciduous trees. The Saplings have chosen a tree that will be theirs to come back to each time we step out to do part of our tree study. This week, they drew their trees and took data on the number of conifers and deciduous trees surrounding it.
We have also begun learning about how to categorize animals into groups starting with vertebrates and invertebrates. We will learn about the external parts of vertebrates and their body functions.
