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Education

Online tree resources for teachers

tree factsSources for tree facts and curriculum ideas:

  • Urban Forestry Lab Exercises - developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service for elementary, middle, and high school students. One of our researchers, Gary Watson, was on the development team!
  • The Illinois Department of Natural Resources offers hundreds of brochures, fact sheets, guides, and reports designed to inform citizens, educators, and business people about Illinois' natural resources. Most of the publications are free of charge and may be ordered.
  • Treetures characters activities developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, American Forests, America the Beautiful Fund, United Nations Environment Programme, and Davey Tree Expert Company.
  • TreeLink - established in 1996 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Urban Forestry program to serve as a national urban forestry hub.
  • Conservation Education - Website developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
  • Soil Education - website developed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services
  • Environmental Education - website developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • The Michigan Forests Forever online Teachers Guide is good source for teachers wanting to teach about trees. The site is sponsored by Michigan State University Extension, the Michigan Forest Resource Alliance, and the Michigan Forest Association.
  • Products from Trees - detailed information from the Arkansas Forestry Commission about the wide variety of everyday products trees provide for us.
  • Foods from trees and shrubs - basic list of some of the many foods trees and shrubs provide for us.
  • SimRoot - root architecture modeling tool for root research from Penn State University. Includes short, interesting movies showing how roots grow.
  • Use this free, online National Tree Benefit Calculator provided by the Davey Tree Expert Company to calculate the economic and environmental benefits of a specific tree.