10/20

This past week students have been busy learning about the different characteristics of leaves and how to identify them. Each students brought in leaves to class to observe for a Leaf Scavenger Hunt. Students used their notes to identify characteristics of their leaves such as venation patterns, type of margins and base shapes. This practice activity was helpful for students when they started the "Leaf Classification Lab" on Thursday. Here students used a website to help guide them to determine which tree an individual leaf came from. Seventh graders used characteristics that they learned from the previous activity to help them answer various questions on the website, regarding the different leaves. The activities throughout the week were designed to help the students with the "Leaf Collection Project", which is due Monday October 29th. Students seem to have a nice grasp and are excited about the material we have covered this week- I am eager to see the final projects!