First Day of Spring Session!

Our first day of Spring Session has begun! Our Urban Naturalists began their day checking out a "Mystery Object". They observed, drew, and noted various parts of our Mystery Object and took some guesses as to what it may be. The correct answer was a Gall. A gall is a small bulge on a plant stem that is usually due to the effects of an insect laying its egg into the layers of the stem. As the egg develops, the stem swells to accomidate the growth. When the insect is mature enough, it escapes through a small hole in the top. To learn more about galls, click here.

We then took an adventure outside into the schoolyard of Nathan Bishop Middle School to learn a bit about the Urban Naturalist program and about scientific illustration.

We then put our skills to the test by drawing and observing various biofacts brought by the ASRI educators or by observing something in the schoolyard.

Finally, we were able to meet a Pueblan Milksnake! Some students chose to draw her while Chloe presented our animal while others just had lots of questions! Click here to learn a bit about Pueblan Milksnakes.