madteaparty Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Is there one you can recomend? I only afterschool, and thus pick my battles to wage (math and reading) but we are going on a mushroom walk/foraging with people who are very good at this, and would like to prepare. We are specifically hunting for morels, but I'd prefer a more general mushroom study I think because that has been a recent theme. many thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeindeed Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 http://handbookofnaturestudy.blogspot.com/2013/03/outdoor-hour-challenge-mushroom-nature.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 My 7 year old likes this one USDA Field Guide to Common Macrofungi in Eastern Forests and Their Ecosystem Functions PDF Since I don't know what a Morel looked like this was an interesting read for me False Morels vd True Morels PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I like Overton and Hill's Nature Study book more than the big black Handbook everyone loves. Comstock wrote the intro to Overton and Hill's, so it is approved at least! Ha. I found it online and then located an old copy in print. I actually use it occasionally, unlike the megaHandbook. Anyhoo, there are a couple pages about mushrooms on p 31. http://books.google.com/books?id=EEwAAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false http://archive.org/details/naturestudyapup00hillgoog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 How old are your kids? Montessori Services sells a mushroom kit and mushroom cards: http://www.montessoriservices.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=mushroom I'd just have my kids make their own version of the cards. If they're older, maybe a microscope study? http://www.mushroomexpert.com/microscope.html http://www.guesthollow.com/homeschool/printables/files/microscope_lab_sheet.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted May 9, 2013 Author Share Posted May 9, 2013 Ladies, you are amazing. Thanks so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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