Winter in the Outdoor Classroom

Things get cold when the sun stays low in the sky.

This panorama is from our recent extremely cold spell after all that Arctic Air came south and hovered over the US.

Since then the pond has melted and frozen and melted and frozen numerous times. 

All the while the plants and animals living in and around the classroom are waiting for spring. As the days are getting longer, the sun rises higher in the sky and strikes the land more directly. The wind whispers a song  "soon...soon...soon...".