Our Fall Tree

Last week we visited our adopted tree and made observations. We paid special attention to how our tree has changed since we first visited in September, when it was still summer. 

Now that it is fall, we noticed that...

The ground beneath our tree is covered with very long roots. The roots stick out of the ground. We collected the seed pods which we call helicopters. We opened them and found the seeds inside.

The leaves are almost all gone. The leaves were yellow and fragile.

The branches are strong, thick, and overlapping.
The tree's trunk is covered with bumpy bark. The grooves in the bark are shaped like Vs.

We noticed that a lot of leaves fell off from the wind. We also saw that one of the branches was cut, which we didn't see in the summer observation. We think we didn't notice the broken branch because it was covered with leaves.

Then we drew pictures of our tree to record our observations.