Calendar Items: October 12th – DUE: TWO (2) reaction papers (if you haven’t turned them in already. ONE (1) Personal Enrichment Project Form (if you choose to do that.) Also, on October 12th we are going on an in-class field trip to Rock Canyon. It will be cold! Wear appropriate clothing and jackets. Please bring …
Homework for 10/12/23 – Classification Keys and Biome Presentations Read More »
In class yesterday I handed out little brown paper bags with a few tulip bulbs in them. Now I want to tell you the sort of fun you can have with them! This would be a REALLY interesting Personal Enrichment project if you wanted to do it. It is cool enough, but also complex enough, …
Welcome to October!! First, a few calendar items: DUE THIS week (Oct. 5) and NEXT week (Oct. 12) I am expecting to collect 2 reaction papers from each of you (unless you’ve already turned one or more in already) and 1 Personal Enrichment Form for those of you who would like to go deeper into …
Homework for 10/5/2023 – Families, Fall leaves, and Definitions Read More »
Today we took a quick trip to the lower part of Hobble Creek, near where the creek empties out into Utah Lake. (The plants were pretty overgrown so we didn’t go all the way to the lake side, but we got what we needed. You should already have results from your water testing in your …
Calendar Items: October 5th and 12th – Plan on turning in TWO reaction papers (either on two books, two documentaries, or one book and one documentary. See THIS blog post for more info if you don’t know what I’m talking about.) ALSO – if you haven’t checked out the awesome incentives we are offering for …
Homework for 9/28/23 – Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration Read More »
A couple weeks ago we talked about the Personal Enrichment Projects you can work on in order to earn some fun rewards. THESE ARE COMPLETELY OPTIONAL! However, the work you do to earn these awards will greatly enhance and enrich your learning experience, and hopefully your life, as you come to understand and appreciate the …
THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our field trip today. It was SO FUN! And we learned SO MUCH! And I ate a whole lot of service berries – not so much some of those other berries. 😉 We didn’t really sit down long enough to take the time to do any nature …
Calendar Items: THIS Saturday, September 16th, at 10:00. Berry foraging up the backside of Timp. Meet at the park and ride at the mouth of Provo Canyon (next to Will’s Canyon Stop gas station) for carpooling up the canyon. Those in the south end of the county can meet at the Spanish Fork Macey’s at …
Reading: How Plants Work, chapter 3 “What’s Essential” (pages 61-83) This book is written for gardeners and so the author will reference how gardeners can amend their soil to make sure their crops/plants get the nutrition needed to grow strong. While our class isn’t necessarily about gardening, per se, the concepts and principles are exactly …
Students in Wild by Nature are expected to read 5 books total (2 first semester and 3 second semester) and watch 5 documentaries total (2 first semester and 3 second semester). All books and documentaries should come from the approved list linked below. We have compiled books that cover a large variety of genres so …