***Winter Series #8 One Small Square-Winter
(You can also read my Squidoo Lens: Square Foot Nature Study.)
***Winter Wednesday #7 Winter Insect Study
A couple of extra links for winter insects:
Where Do Insects Go In Winter?
Where Have All The Bugs Gone?
If you are currently experiencing lots of snow (like we are), perhaps today is not the day to do this challenge. Pick one of the other challenges from the winter series: Filter snow, melt snow, look for animal tracks, observe some birds, or notice tree silhouettes.
There are plenty of challenges that you could try or do again this week if you can’t do the small square or get outside to look for insects. I look forward to reading about your family’s nature study this week. I am so enjoying glimpsing into your winter world and all of the bird study entries from last weekend.
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This should be a fun and exciting study! We’re getting lots of rain in VA today. The forcast is calling for clear weather tomorrow. It should be a fine time to see some earth worms I think!
Looking forward to this one!
This should be a fun and exciting study! We’re getting lots of rain in VA today. The forcast is calling for clear weather tomorrow. It should be a fine time to see some earth worms I think!
Looking forward to this one!
I don’t think these 2 will work for us very well. We’re knee-deep in snow and more is falling. (We’re supposed to get 8-12″ today.) I love the Square Foot stuff, but it would take a lot to dig down…and I can’t imagine finding many insects. We’ll revisit another study! LOL
Jessy
Jessy,
Take a look at the actual challenges and the links for this week’s suggested Winter Series and WW. You might be surprised at what you can learn about these topics without going outdoors.
Make this a background week for when you can get outside and take a closer look.
Don’t be discouraged.
We had a lot of fun with this challenge! Thanks 🙂
We are a bit behind. Because of a murder in the park we did nature study at and being new to the city, we’ve not been able to do the nature study like I had planned.
We didn’t find a lot of insects while doing the 1 small square activity, but we did find a couple of trees that were decaying nearby. They were really interesting to examine! If you read my blog, you’ll find out what we discovered why examining the trees!
Did not find any live organisms:( But, got to follow up on some chlorophyll topics we had discussed this morning in Science!
So the first spot for our one small square, a patch of GA red clay, did not yield much. So we decided on a hunt for winter insects. And what we found was a much better spot for a small square study. Love what these studies inspire!
We had success with this one even in several feet of snow. Thanks Barb
We had lots of fun with our small square!
The kids enjoyed this so much! Thank you for sharing such a wonderful site with us!
Carissa