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Wildside Project

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Sense of Place At the beginning of this Wildside project I went on a trip to the Big Morongo Preserve. I discovered many things about Morongo Valley that I did not know before. The first thing I learned on my trip to the preserve was about the Antlion. I learned that they dig pits to trap insects like ants and other insects. I was able to find on the walk what I was informed was an Antlion pit. I also saw a stream of water with a rusty color in it. I was wondering if that color was caused by clay in the stream or mixed with metal. I also saw some trees that had obviously been in a fire, but now have some green at the top of the tree. I believe that the parts that were green are part of the tree that is still alive and healthy compared to the dead part of the tree. The nature walk made me interested in nature and made me want to learn more. …show more content…

These flowers fascinated my thoughts on nature. The first plant I found was the Mojave Aster, which I didn’t even know existed. I also discovered other beautiful plants, like the Datura, which I have always seen growing on the sides of roads. There are so many types of flowers in the desert and collecting plants for pressing has also made me more interested in my environment. When I visited the Joshua Tree National Park on a field trip with my class, I learned many facts about nature. Some plants can be as old as 2,000 years of age. I learned this when my group and I studied a Juniper bush. The way we determined the age by using the measurements of the width, the height, the circumference and diameter of the stem of the plant and then using the information in formulas or charts was very interesting to me and this type of activity has increased my love of

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