Biological Thinking

Since spring is the time of transition, this blog is transitioning too.  It is time for my final outdoor classroom blog post.  Next time, I ...

Originally this post was just going to be about vines.  There are four basic plant forms: trees, shrubs (small, branched trees), herbs (non-...

Do you remember looking at the hackberry tree last fall?  It's the big tree in our outdoor classroom by the entrance to the parking lot....

Life has a way of taking over here on Earth.  Any surface without living things on it will eventually have life growing on it if you wait ar...

It's happening everywhere right now!  Plants are chopping off their own organs, and they are piling up in yards all over town!  How com...

Sourwood trees are among the first to turn colors in the Fall. The sourwood trees in our outdoor classroom are the first to put on thei...

Leaf skeleton floating just below the surface in our pond. For some reason, floating leaf skeletons are most visible on gloomy days. ...

The school where I work has an outdoor classroom that invites nature into our urban schoolyard and creates a peaceful outdoor space for stud...

Blooming sunflower. It feels good to look at, doesn't it?  Something about bright yellow and radial symmetry is so pleasing to the ...