Working with 5th graders at our local elementary school we began observing winter trees.

We also talked about where paper comes from. Local newspaper editors and a chief of printing tell us their newsprint is made from both recycled fibers and softwoods like spruce, fir, balsam fir or pine. Our local newsprint comes from Kruger and Resolute Forest Products, milled primarily in Canada. The students created over twenty winter tree collages which will be exhibited at our local art gallery in Leverett in February. The images vary from the use of text only to some using photographs, especially of people.

Links to learn more about paper-making:
https://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/eccc/En153-6-32-1996-eng.pdf
https://www.resolutefp.com/Products/Paper/Newsprint/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_engineering