Ulrich+4

Do you let the water run while you brush your teeth? yes no sometimes I don't know

Do you throw trash into your storm drain yes no sometimes I don't know

Do you have a compost bin at home? yesnoI don't know

How often is your recycling picked up? once a week once a month once every two weeks I don't know

Do you compost food at your school?yes noI don't know Do you take reusable bags to the store?yesnoI don't know

Do you leave the light on when you leave the room ?yes no I don't know Do you use both sides of a piece of paper?

yesnosometimes I don't know

Do you use recycled materials when you do art? yes no sometimes I don't know

Do you reuse plastic bottles?yesnosomtimes Do you turn off your water when you soap your self? yesno If you could do something about the 4 r's what would it be? teach about the 4 r's become a scientist be an inventor let another person do it

On October 23rd our class went on a hike to Beaconsfield Canyon and we saw plants, then came up with these questions and observations.

**Observations** A lot of plants our dying because it is almost winter. I could smell the California Bay Laurel when I was walking. The toyon has many red berries. The Black Cottonwood’s leaves are fuzzy. The Toyon has lots of berries. I saw the Coastal Redwood and the Black Cottonwood. The Poison Oak was starting to turn red. The California Bay Lurel smells very good. The stinging nettle was taller than me. There are lots of dangerous plants besides poison oak. The Pacific Madrone has red, peely bark. The Blue Elderberry has really blue leaves and the berries were blue. I saw a lot of poison oak! It was red and green! The Black Cottonwood is very tall and has some black spots on its bark. Stinging nettle stings you when you walk pass it. California bay laurel, dark green leaves, smells minty, rough bark, brown. The big leaf maple does not smell. The Coast Live Oak didn’t have any leaves this time.

**Questions** What different animals eat the nut of the California Bay Laurel? How do plants and trees make there own food. When it rains there’s a waterfall, does the waterfall go under the road? Where do you find most Blue Elderberries? Why where the leaves so different? Why do they call the tree Black Cottonwood if it’s not black? Why do they call the black cottonwood black if it is not black? Why does the california bay laurel smell so good like flowers? How tall does the stinging nettle grow? How does the water get down to the paited rock? How much water does the stinging nettle need to live? Where does the waterfall gets its water from? How much water was in the waterfall? Are there ever fish in the stream ? Why do the California Bay Laurel leaves have that strange smell? What makes stinging nettle sting hurt people? Why weren’t their any fish in the stream? Why are the Pacific Madrone leaves shape like bells.