Kindergarten Learns about Trees!

Kindergarten has been exploring the different parts of a tree and how those parts help the tree survive and thrive!

Leaves, seeds and a section of trunk! 

Looking very closely at the leaves.  They help keep our air clean!

There are lines on this tree stump.

This seed is spiky! 

The classes were fascinated with the prickly seeds they found.  They wanted to know why they were so spiky.  After some brainstorming, they came to the conclusion that the spikes would make the birds or animals drop the seed instead of eating it.  Then the seed could grow into a new plant!

So many different types of seeds and bark!

Birch bark.

The magnifying glass makes the seed much bigger.

The biggest pinecone ever!

Counting the rings on the "tree cookie". 
The number of rings tells how old the tree is! 

Some bark is smooth and some bark is rough. 
The bark protects the tree.

Making our own trunk sections.

How old will we make our tree?