Presentation as part of an Assess Your Watershed Tree Canopy Workshop for NOVA Outside.

1. Tree Study:
NOVA Outside
Mary Van Dyke
and
Luzdary Chamorro
2013

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History
Site, Goals, and Logistics
Day 1 – Build Relationships
Day 2 – Our Tree
Day 3 – Trees in the Ecosystem
Stewardship and STEM Extensions
Resources: http://goo.gl/GuX5f

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Jeff Kirwan
Project Learning Tree
i-Tree

6. • Reinforces curriculum
• Multi-disciplinary
• Uses technology
• Tree biology
• Problem-based learning
• Ecology
• Project-based learning
• Economics
• Social perspective
• Classification
• Value, risks, benefits
• Quantitative skills
• Stewardship

7. • Engage students in qualitative and quantitative observations
• Catalyze design process and stewardship

8. By Rudy Wendelin, Courtesy of US Forest Service

11. Costs and Materials
Minimal Investment
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Tree ID books
Tapes
Cameras
Computers
Class Time
• 3 Sessions
for Initial Study
When
• Late March to October

16. • Introduce Community Partners
• My Favorite Tree
• Goods From the Woods
• Tree Biology

23. • Choose and identify a Tree
• Tree Health Assessment
• Use i-Tree Design
http://www.itreetools.org/design.php
• Monetize the Tree’s
Ecosystem Services

24. o Stormwater Runoff Reduction
o Energy Consumption
o Air Quality
o CO2 Sequestration
o Wildlife Habitat Value
o Social Value
o Property Value
o Timber Value

25. Trees at Gunston Middle School
2700 S Lang Street Arlington 22207
Tree Benefits calculated using i-Tree Design
Team: Gunston Middle School 6th Grade
Date: September 2013
Condition
Excellent,
Good, Fair,
Poor , Dead or
Dying
$$ Overall
Annual Benefit
calculated by
i-Tree Design
Tree
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Species
Circumference at
Breast Height,
inches
1
Cherry Tree,
Kwanzaan
34
Poor
$7.80
2
Loblolly Pine on
bank
64
Good
$61.30
3
White Pine on
median
49
Excellent
$37.44
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Oak #1
73
Fair
$74.29

26. Cherry,
Kwanzan
Cherry,
Kwanzan
Pine, Eastern
White
Pine, Eastern
White
Condition
Poor
Excellent
Excellent
Excellent
Circumference
34”
34”
34”
49”
Diameter
10.8”
10.8”
10.8”
15.6”
Total Benefits
$ 7.80
$ 13.12
$ 18.55
$ 37.44
Stormwater
Intercepted
525 gallons
807 gallons
1232 gallons
2582 gallons
CO2 reduction
115 pounds
230 pounds
213 pounds
399 pounds

27. • Appreciation
• Design
• Stewardship

28. http://bcove.me/knbdlll8

30. Animation of tree growth

41. http://goo.gl/GuX5f
Includes Gunston Middle School Project:
Planning Documents and Spanish/English Worksheets
http://goo.gl/qNsr5a

42. • Arlington Public Schools
• Gunston Middle School
• Virginia Cooperative Extension
• 4-H
• Master Gardeners
• Arlington Regional Master Naturalists
• Tree Stewards Arlington Alexandria
• Arlington County
• Casey Trees
• Earth Force

43. Luzdary Chamorro
luzdary.chamorro@apsva.us
Mary Van Dyke
maryvandyke4@gmail.com