LEARN ABOUT CREATURES
(IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS)
this project is called LOCAL BIOLOGY (until we think of something better)
How to come up with ideas for field guides
We can make tiny field guides to share with friends and neighbors. Each field guide has room for 6 things people can look for in their neighborhood.
We can talk about what kinds of things to look for work best here.
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Just made 'Dead Plants of Minnesota' -- for this one, my field guide came from ideas that I have been thinking about all winter.
I am trying to make a field guide for plants in winter. I am pretty obsessed with this subject, but faced with 6 observations to encourage...I am daunted.
My process will be: go to class on cold adaptation, learn, think.
I guess tree buds, leaf scars, ice, dehydration, sugars are all good categories. We shall see what happens after my class!