TREE TRAILS

Internet Links

Tree Trails: http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/TreeTrails/Tree Trails Map Application: www.treetrails.orgTexas A&M Forest Service: http://tfsweb.tamu.edu

Module One - Map a Tree Trail• Getting Started: http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/treetrails/

• Instructional Strategies, KWL graphic organizer: http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/curriculum/instructionalstrategies/

• Map My Property: http://tfsfrd.tamu.edu/MapMyProperty/

• Texas Forest Information Portal: http://texasforestinfo.tamu.edu/

• Sample Tree Trail: http://texasforestinfo.tamu.edu/treetrails/

Search By, Trail Name, enter: Heights HCBTR Trail

Module Two - Tree Identification • Instructional Strategies, Think,Pair,Share Groups: http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/curriculum/instructionalstrategies/

• Poems about Trees Learning the Trees by Howard Nemerov: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/22392#poem

Trees by Joyce Kilmer: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/1947

Native Trees by W. E. Merwin: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/171876

Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/174773

Banana Trees by Joseph Stanton: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/179889

[little tree] by E. E. Cummings: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176724

where you are planted by Evie Shockley: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/244260

• Trees of Texas: http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/

• Trees of Texas, How To ID section: http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/content/howToID/

• Trees of Texas, ID by Leaf section: http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/content/idByLeaf/

• Trees of Texas, Leaf Collecting and Safety section: http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/content/leafCollectingSafety/

• Sample Leaf Cards: http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/uploadedFiles/TFSMain/Learn_and_Explore/Conservation_Education_Resources/Sample%20Cards.pdf

Module Three - Tree Measurement• Big Tree Registry: http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/texasbigtreeregistry• Instructional Strategies: http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/curriculum/instructionalstrategies/

Module Four - Tree Structure and Function• Trees of Texas, How Trees Grow: http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/content/howTreesGrow/

• KidZone Science, Tree outline and tree cross section: http://www.kidzone.ws/plants/trees.htm

• Tree structure and function slide show: http://www.slideshare.net/flameboy87/2-tree-growth-structure

TREE TRAILS

Internet Links

Module Five - Benefits and Values of Trees• National Tree Benefit Calculator: http://treebenefits.com/calculator/

• Texas A&M Forest Service, Urban Forestry: http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/abouturbanandcommunity

forestry/urbanforestryinformationsheets/

• Arbor Day Foundation, Benefits of Trees: https://www.arborday.org/trees/index-benefits.cfm

Module Six - Diversity of Species and Ecosystem • Instructional Strategies, Graphic Organizers: http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/curriculum/instructionalstrategies/

• Fire is Nature’s Housekeeper: http://smokeybear.com/natures-housekeeper.asp

• Fire Adaptations - Nowhere to Run: http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/educator-resources/lesson-plans/fire-adaptation.cfm

• History and Human Use of Fire: http://www.nps.gov/fire/wildland-fire/learning-center/fire-in-depth/human-use.cfm

Module Seven - Tree and Forest Health• Texas A&M Forest Service, Forest Health: http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/foresthealth/

• Texas Chapter International Society of Arboriculture: http://isatexas.com/

• The Benefits of Prescribed Fire Video: http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/habitats/forests/howwework/maintaining-fires-natural-role.xml

• Fighting Fire with Fire: http://goodfires.org/fire

Module Eight - Tree History• Famous Trees of Texas: http://famoustreesoftexas.tamu.edu

• Texas History: http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/texas http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online

• How to Create a Timeline in Microsoft Office: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/create-a-timeline-HA010354853.aspx?CTT=1

Module Nine: Urban Forestry• Texas A&M Forest Service, Urban Forestry: http://tfsweb.tamu.edu/urbanforestry/

• Texas Chapter International Society of Arboriculture: http://isatexas.com/

• Natural Inquirer Scientist Cards: http://www.naturalinquirer.org/Scientist-Card-Series-v-168.html

Module Ten - Student Service Leader• Arbor Day Foundation: http://www.arborday.org/

• Texas A&M Forest Service, Urban Forestry: tfsweb.tamu.edu/urbanforestry

• Texas Tree Planting Guide: http://texastreeplanting.tamu.edu/

• Getting Started in Service Learning: https://gsn.nylc.org/topics/all