TIME: 10:30 AM
WEATHER CONDITIONS: At the time of observation, it was approximately 75˚F outside. There was a 0% chance of precipitation throughout the day, and the sky was mostly cloudy with a few patches There were 30.20 in. of atmospheric pressure. The average humidity was 51%. The wind speed at the time of observation was around 5 mph.
CHANGES: The tree has all of its leaves and has turned green. There are a few shed brown leaves scattered around the base of the trunk.
REFLECTION:
We had our first tree blog in late September. At this time, my tree was full of dark green leaves and had a little patch of moss wrapping around the base of the trunk. It remained this way until October 22 when I noticed that the moss disappeared and the leaves began to grow lighter. Just four days later on October 26, the leaves first began to change color. They had yellow and orange highlights. Then in early November, many of the leaves began to shrink and then fall off. By November 17 all the leaves had completely fallen off and the tree remained barren until late March or early April. By this time, the tree's leaves turned into a beautiful, rich light green shade. Since then, the leaves have grown a little darker in color but the tree remains full.
The purpose of the tree blog project was to connect the topics and ideas we were learning in class to an actual organism living on our campus that we could see physically show changes for ourselves. I learned so many things from this project, but mostly more about how trees and plants work. I loved learning about capillary action and water movement inside the trunk and branches of the tree because I had never gotten to study that before. I enjoyed getting to go more in-depth with the topics we learned about in class and explore certain things that we wouldn't otherwise have the chance to. Also, I think it helped me to better grasp the concepts because I could connect it to something that was actually living.
SOURCES:
- https://weather.com/weather/today/l/28036:4:US