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 ...

The plant below is called Veronica.  That's its scientific name and its common name.  In our outdoor classroom, it's located on the ...

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....

We have several tadpoles in our classroom's pond.  To see them, you have to be a little bit lucky.  Now that it's warm, the fish are...

If you were to decide to learn only one tree in your life, I would recommend learning the sycamore (though I don't recommend learning on...

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...