Queen Anne's Lace

Summer is a great time to integrate outdoor education into home assignments.

Picture from HERE                  

 This week's research / field trip - Search for Queen Anne's Lace
Botany/Art -
Take to the fields and capture pictures of local wild flowers. take a field guide to plants with you.
Pick some non-endangered flowers and press them to make bookmarks.
Queen Anne's Lace makes lovely snowflakes on a black background for Christmas cards to send to friends and relatives. What are some different names for Queen Anne's Lace?
See some great close ups HERE 



History Who was Queen Anne? Why did they name this flower after her?

Math  Graph the number of different plants you find in one square meter, then compare your findings with another square meter in a second area

Biology/Writing/Art  Can you spot any of the animals listed HERE that are associated with Queen Anne's Lace? If so what are they doing? Make a record of your observations.Create a shoebox diorama showing the interactions with Queen Anne's Lace.

Spelling/Composition  Word lists 

1. Gr. 1 -"qu"  - Write tongue twisters
2. Gr.2 - "ace" Word families - Write rhyming couplets
3. Gr. 3 -  Long "e" variations - Create posters for each list
4. Gr.4 +  Apostrophe Search

Make a list of words with apostrophes that you see in your community or  in the local paper. Is the apostrophe being used correctly?
If not, write a letter to inform the person of what the incorrect use of the apostrophe does to the meaning of the word.