Gymnosperms!

A gymnosperm is a seed plant that keeps its seeds in cones.  We commonly know them as conifers or evergreen trees.  Today the class  took a close look at the 8 gymnosperms that grow wild in Minnesota.  Can you name them?  Give up?  Okay, I will tell  you...  red pine, white pine, jack pine, black spruce, white spruce, balsam fir, white cedar and tamarack.

The kids learned the common traits that will help them identify these conifers in the woods behind their houses.  We will be going outside next week to see if we can find these trees in the forest near the school.