Mrs. Breitlow's Kindergarten: Outdoor Science

As part of our Science unit on Trees and Weather, this week we went outside to find two special trees that we will be focusing on throughout the unit, as well as for the entire year. Before going outside, we discussed our expectations for Outdoor Science, as it is much different from our indoor science lessons.

We then went outside to choose our trees. We observed them in different ways, collecting samples of bark, twigs, leaves, needles, etc. We also discussed their shapes, sizes, and parts. We measured the circumference of each tree using both kids and string. We'll be doing this at several times throughout the year to see how much our tree grows!