The Tree Stump

On one of our community walks, we came across a tree that had been cut down. What was really interesting was all the bark that was on the ground. We brought some of the bark back to the classroom.

When the children observed the bark closely, they noticed that there were many tiny holes in the bark. For the past two weeks, we have been recording our theories about why the tree was cut down and why it had so many holes inside the bark.

Today on our classroom walk, we revisited the stump and found that a lot of the sticks and bark were gone. We came back with a part of the tree that had been cut off and had rings inside. (photo to follow soon)