John Latimer is a rural mail carrier from Grand Rapids who also has a radio show on KAXE radio (91.7 fm). Every Tuesday morning he hosts the "Phenology Show" and my class has been a part of it for the last 8 or 9 years. Phenology involves watching nature to see how it changes over time. Things like the first robin spotted in the spring, or when a tree loses all its leaves. Every day we talk about weather and changes in nature during science class. We write up a report and call it in to John's show on Tuesday.
Today John came to our class and talked about phenology. We got to go outside (in freezing cold temperatures, I might add) to look at some interesting phenology right along the path near the school forest. We saw a few late blooming wildflowers, a robin's nest and we learned about willow galls.
Thanks John, for being a part of our class.
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