Thursday, 25 September 2014

Great Naturalists of the North!

We read some of the works of Sigurd Olson, John Muir, and Adolph Murie today. They used really big words and poetic language to describe the natural world around them.  We sharpened our observation skills by doing some in depth drawing of natural objects. We also created some lands of our own to explore. While we were doing our farm chores the ground shook! People felt it all the way in Anchorage!

Here are our observations at our 5 phenology stations:

#1Pioneer Peak

Oliver- "This morning all was covered in frost. There was a big earthquake on the farm. There was less snow on Pioneer Peak than last week.  
Do you have snow in Chimacum?

#2 Hayfield
Sidney "The field has green grass and white wrapped hay bales. There is 35% of leaves gone on trees. (Only 35% of trees have leaves still.) Some of the trees have bark stripped off by moose. 95% of the grass is still green.
How green is your grass? Are there leaves on your trees?

#3 Stream
Jessie- The first week, the creek had hardly any leaves. This week there were lots of leaves in the water. The leaves also covered most the ground. The creek was about 6inches deep.
Is there a creek near your school?

#4 Four Corners Trail
Ava- "Most of the leaves are on still the trees here. There are horse tracks on the ground. There is a frisbee golf net made of chains.  There are both green and yellow leaves on trees.
Do you have frost in the morning?

#5 Cottonwood Tree

Samantha- "The cottonwood trees have lost 95% of the leaves since two weeks ago.  We found a place where a fox might have slept near the cottonwood.  We also found a stink bug nest.
Do you have cottonwood trees and stink bugs in Chimacum?

19 comments:

  1. That is cool that you find horse tracks around where you live we sometimes find tracks but not very often!
    We don't have frost yet it's not that cold in the morning and during the day it gets pretty hot for it being Autumn and it's usually pretty cold around this time of year.

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    1. We have a creek its called Chimacum Creek, its not far from our school, its about a foot deep and in other places it can get deeper. Sometimes we get leaves in the creek but not usually. Whats your creek called?

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  2. That is really cool. I don't think we have cotton wood trees in Washington. But we do have stink bugs.

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  3. We think that it is amazing that your cottonwood trees have lost 95% of their leaves since two weeks ago. That's cool that a fox might have been sleeping near a cottonwood tree. Does the stink bug nest smell really bad? We don't have stink bugs in Chimacum, we don't have cottonwood trees either. Do you know why they are called cottonwood trees?

    - Hunter, Paris, and Savannah

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  4. Do you guys always have earthquakes?are they scary?we have snow sometimes but only in the winter.
    By:katelyn,annabelle,alicia,olivia,johnothan

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  5. Hi our names are Katie, Gavin, Denisse, Kalista and Sara. Wow that's awesome how the moose strip the bark off the trees. Also part of our grass is green andsome of our grass is yellowish brown. We have a lot of fir trees and they are evergreen which means it is green all year in Washinton. Last we do have deciduous trees which means their leaves do fall.

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  6. Oliver, we don't have snow in Chimacum yet, but it does snow in the winter barely. So Oliver how big was your earthquake on the farm?

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  7. dear Samantha,we have cotton wood trees but not many we also have a little bit of frost in the morning.(:
    sincerely,chimacum students from team 11&12.

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  8. Konichiwa, my name is eva. And yes we have frost here. Also, all those leafs probably are evergreens. And does it snow a lot in alaska?

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  9. Jessica,Leyton and Carter
    Dear Ava,
    Our trees also have most of the leafs but some are starting to fall off. We don't have any animal tracks around here. We have frisbee golf at one of our parks it is called H.J. Carroll park. Our leaves are mostly yellow but some are green and orange.
    #4: No not most of the time but usually closer towards December in the winter.

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  10. You guys don't have a lot of grass that is so cool you have moose We don't have moose over in chimacum Our grass is 95% green and yes there is still leaves on our trees. Do you have animals By Jadeah, Katrina, Rachle, Kyla.

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  11. Hello our names are William, Eadaion, Grace, and Caleb. Yes, we have a small creek near our school, it is called Chimacum creek. In Alaska does it snow all year long?

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  13. Hi our names are Asa and Izzie and yes we have had frost but only once or twice so far this year we get frost a lot later than you guys. Do you guys have ponds or lakes that freeze over enough that you can go ice skating? And do you like having a farm school?

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  14. We don't don't get frost until around November. It doesn't snow here until winter. We haven't had an earth quake since 2000 or 2001.
    Bryan, Antonio, Lauren, Evan, Alyx

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  16. Yes, we had some frost once this year. We may get more frost over the winter, because it gets kind of cold here in Washington. Hope this helps you guys! ;) By Julian, Anna, Iry,Hope, and Marrisa.

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  17. We recently learned that cottonwoods grow in our area. What was the evidence that proved where the fox slept? Did the stinkbugs smell really bad if so, how bad? FUN FACT: Did you know that 95% of stink bugs in Washington die because of the cold temperature.

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  18. Hello, our names are Solana, Adria, Taylor, Alyah, and Zak. Yes, we do indeed have a creek very nearby our school called Chimacum Creek. Since we do not have many deciduous trees in Chimacum, there are very few leaves in our creek. The first day of school there were no leaves whatsoever. Two days ago, there were a few more leaves. Also, our creek is not quite as deep as yours.

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