
About this episode
Our world is full of several amazingly outrageous plants. We'll learn about a couple of them in this slightly spooky homeschool nature study!
This episode focuses on the black bat flower and sandbox tree, two stunning exotic plants. You'll be encouraged to head outdoors to find some unique plants in your own area, too!
Supplies for the nature study challenge:
- Nature journal or blank, white paper
- Markers
For show notes and episode downloads, go to ourjourneywestward.com/weird-plants-nature-study. ← Find pictures of a black bat flower and sandbox tree here.
Join No Sweat Nature Study LIVE at NoSweatNatureStudy.com. Use the code NOSWEAT for 50% off your first month of a monthly membership. In the companion Really Weird Plants Video Lesson found in the No Sweat Nature Study LIVE membership, you'll create an "out of this world" nature journal page as you learn about even more strange plants and the things that make them extraordinary. The nature journal page we create during the video class should be unlike any other you've created before!
In the Our Journey Westward Shop, you can find some homeschool studies that work great as a follow-up to the moon lesson:
- Life Cycle of a Flowering Plant
- Flower Families
- Wonderful Wildflowers
- Defense Mechanisms of Plants
- A Fungus Among Us (Fungi aren't plants, but they would be fun to study alongside this topic.)
Get this season's Podcast Plus+ Packet for free! Scroll to the bottom of the really weird plants show notes page. The packet includes this season's podcast schedule, reference pages to the Handbook of Nature Study, supporting curriculum suggestions, and a list of go-along classes in the No Sweat Nature Study video library.
Leave Mrs. Cindy a voice message to answer the current season's question! Scroll to the bottom of the really weird plants show notes page.
Share pictures of your nature journal pages on Instagram or Facebook. Be sure to tag @OurJourneyWestward so Mrs. Cindy will see them!
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