Friday, May 25, 2012

WV Mapping

I found this while searching for resources to use in class.  Might come in handy so I thought I would share the link.  

WV Mapping

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Additional Pages

Check out the links at the top of this blog that will take you to other pages.  One page is dedicated to the geared steam engines that were used in the logging process in the late 1800's and early 1900's. 

The other page is dedicated to tree identification and historic aspect of the use of each tree.

Hope you can find something useful.  Keep checking back because there is more to come!!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Saturday Hands on Learning

On Saturday, April 28, we went to Ritter park in Huntington to learn about tree identification.  What I found most interesting during this hands on lesson, was the fact that I really don't know a lot about identifying trees like I thought I did.  I also learned a great deal behind the history of different types of trees as well as their uses. 

I've taken pictures of the different types and I'm in the process of creating collages (kind of like I did with the trains) for each type of tree.  So keep coming back and checking for updates.  With school winding down some now, I may have more time to devote to this project.  Please have patience!  I'm planning to use my blog and the pages attached to it for a "webquest" for my students next year.