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Beechnut and Geometry

September 29, 2018 By Lisa Lillywhite

Beechnut and geometry - sacred

Many people love beechnuts and many people love geometry. But did you know you can experience them together? The beechnut and geometry. I have noticed that the shapes inside the beechnut resemble very closely the beginning constructions of geometry patterns. The geometry of seeds I love collecting seeds from trees. They always display such great […]

Filed Under: collections, geometry, identification, nature study, seasons, Shape Hunting, symmetry, trees Tagged With: 9+ years, collecting, finding shapes, geometry, nature, observation, symmetry, triangle

Seeds that travel

September 28, 2018 By Lisa Lillywhite

seeds that travel

Seeds that travel Many flowers and plants around us may have arrived from somewhere else. They are plants with seeds that travel. That somewhere may be far away or it may be just up along the road. Whichever it is, how do seeds travel? Seeds that travel do it for the same reasons but they […]

Filed Under: collections, for teachers, identification, nature study, seasons, trees Tagged With: 4-8 years, 7-9 years, 9+ years, nature, observation

Natural Collections in a chocolate box

May 31, 2018 By Lisa

natural collections in a chocolate box display

Natural collections in a chocolate box Many people ask me about suitable display boxes for their natural collections. There are lots of ways to display and it is something I get really into. Anything that already has dividers is great. we previously did a shell collection in an ice cube tray. One of my favourites […]

Filed Under: collections, crafts, identification, nature study, parent interest, Shape Hunting Tagged With: 9+ years, charlotte mason, collecting, finding shapes, nature, observation

Galls – shape shifters of the insect world

September 26, 2017 By Lisa Lillywhite

Galls; shape shifters of the insect world

Galls; the shape shifters of the wasp world I discovered galls from a documentary about the oak tree.. since then I’ve been looking for them everywhere. My aim is to collect all the different types, but I might have to travel far flung places. To create Knopper galls the Gall Wasps lay eggs in the […]

Filed Under: identification, Nature deficit disorder, nature study, Shape Hunting, trees Tagged With: 7-9 years, 9+ years, circles, collecting, nature, observation

Circles in Nature

February 20, 2017 By Lisa

circles in nature

Circles in Nature On the most simplistic level we see circles in nature all around us. But that is not all, we can delve much deeper. There is no better place to observe the different scales and dimensions of the natural world than in the study of the circle in nature and its related forms. […]

Filed Under: collections, content, geometry, identification, nature study, Shape Hunting Tagged With: 4-8 years, 7-9 years, 9+ years, circles, collecting, earth and the solar system, finding shapes, geometry, nature, observation

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