Thursday, March 31, 2016

Wild Grape Vine, Eyed Click Beetle, Sixth Graders




This entry was drawn yesterday during my class with two sixth grade boys.  They are such fun, and both seem eager to draw... except on beautiful sunny day just before spring break!  They were hilariously hyper yesterday, but still I taught them a few important things, such as how to identify our Official State Wildflower, Carolina Jessamine, and how to identify a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly (we saw them everywhere!) and their main host plant, Tulip Poplars.  We also found an Eyed Click Beetle, which look scary because of their huge false eyes. We all held him to feel his CLICK!

After a lot of playing around, we sat at the edge of the woods to draw a wild grape vine and any other little thing we might see nearby.  Rufous-sided Towhees and Cardinals and Crows made appearances while we drew.

Here are a few sketches from the boys.


 Wild Grape Vine


 Close up of DNA of a gnat. Ha!


Wild Grapevine


Daisy helping to carry home one of our sitting rugs. For the record, I didn't realize how completely miserable she was until I looked closely at this photo. Poor old girl. She carried it pretty far (for her). I won't let it happen again. 


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2 comments:

SusanA said...

These are great drawings. Love the gnat DNA. It's always exciting to see kids interested in nature and drawing.

Sweet girl, Daisy. How much our dogs will do for us, and all without complaint.

Helen said...

SusanA, I agree wholeheartedly with both statements. 😊