Earthlinks Project: Student Resources
Tree
Diagrams: Download photos and line drawings
of trees found along Metro and Bi-State bus routes
- Download Instructions:
- If the printed image of the tree does not fit neatly into the space on the template, you can download the images and alter the size as follows:
- 1. Go to the web page with the drawing of the tree you want to print.
- 2. Save the image as a jpeg file.
- 3. Go to the word processing package you use and open a document.
- 4. Go to insert picture and select the saved jpeg file.
- 5. The size can be altered by "pulling" any of the corners.
- You could make copies of the image and print two or three images of different size on the same page. If you are unable to produce images of the right size, send an email to the Harris Center and we will mail copies of the images you require.
- Please e-mail us at: icte@umsl.edu
Still want to learn more about trees?
Take a look at our selection of web sites!!!!
Sierra Club
Organization whose goal is to save our resources. Information on trees.
The World
Ressource Institute
Site to gather information on all subjects. Great information and interactive
maps on forests
Georgia
Pacific Co.
Georgia Pacific Co., with great ideas to incorporate "Education
in Nature". Great site if you have the internet in your classroom.Interactive
activities. Learn about products that come from trees.
Global Releaf
2000
Plant and tree information and environmental issues addressed.
The Idaho Forest
Learn about products that come from trees, printable word search and
tree maze.
Learn how pencils are made and more.
Links to other sites
Environmental Education Page in particular visit the following:
SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Animal Tracks - Print and on-line environmental guides and activities. For all grade levels.
Campus Ecology - Ideas and assistance for greening campus and promoting environmental leadership.
National Wildlife Week - Discover educator's resources, on-line games and activities.
Schoolyard Habitats - Teachers, parents and student come together in outdoor classrooms where nature, knowledge and excitement blooms.
COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Backyard Wildlife Habitats - Making a place for wildlife at your back door.
Earthsavers - What can kids do for the environment. Here's a club for kids 6-13 that offers the answers and the opportunity to help.
NatureLink - Helps bring kids, teens and families together in the outdoors.
Izaak Walton League of
America
Izaak Walton League of America.
Learn how to save our soil, air, woods,
water and wildlife.
Missouri
Department of Natural Resources
Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Interesting sites on recycling
and other environmental issues.
Missouri Department of Conservation
The MDC Teacher's page: The Department of conservation's education curriculum is available for all grade levels great for classrooms, youth groups and home schools. Materials cover various levels and topics and are interdisciplinary to help instructors reach program goals.
Forestry Information and Education page: Education is a life-long process. Forestry Division education efforts are aimed at not only our young people, but also at teachers, adults and private landowners. These programs teach how forest ecosystems works so Missourians can become better stewards of our resources.
Sites of interest:
Arbor Day
Champion Trees (list of champion trees in Missouri with locations, and size information)
Project Learning Tree
Project WILD
Forestry News Releases
Centennial Forests
Forestry Links
Missouri Forestry Facts
Missouri's Oaks and Hickories
Missouri Forests - Their History Values & Management
World Wildlife Fund
Global Network
World Wildlife Fund Global Network.
Organization concerned about saving
forests plus archives to gather information
on trees.
America.net
Pick one item from each group to help you describe the tree that you
want to identify, TREE SHAPE LEAF CLASSES FRUIT TYPES, FLOWER TYPES BARK TYPES.
Basics
of Tree Identification
The first step in tree identification is knowing that there are always
distinguishing characteristics that separate one tree species from another.
ISU
Forestry Tree Identification
ISU Forestry Tree Identification Extension Forestry Identification of
Common Trees of Iowa
An Interactive Key. Developed to help identify the most common
trees
in Iowa based on vegetative characteristics.
TreeLink
An interactive guide to the more common trees found in the Eastern and
Central U.S. created by the National Arbor Day Foundation and published by TreeLink.
More
on Tree Identification
School has planted over a hundred trees of 29 differnt species and shrubs
on their schoolgrounds.
These natives plants attracts birds, butterflies and small
mammals. Good
interactive website for students.
Internet Knowledge Exploration Projects
Being able to tell the trees from the forest online projects Internet
Knowledge Exploration Projects.
Great links to other site including journey north
with lesson plans and
information from Department of Agriculture.
Gaia
Fabulous photos and Information. Great interactive Natural Resources
Skills leaf Quiz.
Tree silhouettes
The best way to identify a tree is to observe its general silhouette,
along with the shape of its leaves, needles, fruit, seeds and bark.
Great Interactive
website.
Environemntal
Education for Kids, Wisconsin
EEK! Environmental Education for Kids from Wisconsin's Department of
Natural Resources.
Wonderful website for information on trees, birds, prairies,
even water
critters, etc.
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