At our hike on October 14th we had a nice fall day exploring the woods and the trees that surround the trail at Pettengill Park. If any of you would like to study trees more indepth here are numerous resources to get you started.
4-H Earth Connections Adopt-A-Tree
http://www.umaine.edu/umext/earthconnections/activities/16.htm
Mainefoliage.com Has a Kid's Page and also has a neat video about how the leaves change color.
Tree Leave Identification
http://www.discoverscience.rutgers.edu/extras/trees/treephotos.html
Maine Tree Club...Tree Fact Sheets
http://www.extension.umaine.edu/mainetreeclub/MTC.htm
GreenHour Discovery Journal and Activity--Leaves
http://greenhour.org/content/activity/detail/8559#activity
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