Winter Adaptations Walk

We will observe signs of plant and animal adaptations to winter. We are planning the walk for Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at 1:00 pm. Meet us at the nature center at Bays Mountain Park & Planetarium. Optional preparatory materials (free) are listed below.

Science:

• "How do frogs survive the winter? Why don't they freeze to death?", Rick Emmer, Scientific American

Stories:

• "How it Happens Johnny Chuck Sleeps All Winter", Mother West Wind "How" Stories, by Thornton W. Burgess

Poetry:

• "The Frog's Goodbye", Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for Children, compiled by Mary I. Lovejoy