North Carolina's Arbor Day 2011 fell on Friday, March 18 and was celebrated at the State Farmers Market on Saturday, March 19. Our fourth grade students have continued observing Arbor day, and the contributions of common trees throughout our state with non-fiction reading, "I am" poems, a recent guest speaker, and a chance to plant a tree of their own. Our guest speaker, Mr. McCoy, is a horticulturist who works to maintain over 160 acres of fields, woodlands, and creeks at the NC Museum of Art. Mr. McCoy shared his passion and inspiration for pursuing his field of study as well as answered questions about his specific role in promoting and preserving the park grounds at the museum.
Mr. McCoy brought a seedling of our State tree, the Long Leaf Pine for the students to observe and discuss. In addition, he distributed and answered questions about planting and caring for Loblolly pines seedlings. The seedlings are part of the 4th grade foresters project and were sponsored by Whole Foods Market on Wade Avenue.
2 comments:
I thought this was so cool because he actually works with plants and got to talk about them.
-Anna S.
that was sooooooooooooo fun!i really enjoyed having Mr.McCoy speaking. i learned so much and got my very own tree. that was a great experience and i hope to see him again:)
-laure U.
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