Here's an introduction to using i-Tree Design www.itreetools.org/design for Middle School Science Teachers and Students.

1. Intro to i-Tree Tools
www.itreetools.org/design
Arlington Public Schools
December 2014

3. Intro to i-Tree Tools
www.itreetools.org/design
• Engage
• Explore
• Explain
• Extend and
Elaborate
• Evaluate

4. Using i-Tree Design
www.itreetools.org/design
• Meaningful Watershed Educational
Experience (MWEE)
• Community Partners and Logistics
• Day 1 – Build Relationships
• Day 2 – Our Tree and i-Tree
• Day 3 – STEM Extensions
• Resources: http://goo.gl/GuX5f

5. • Investigative or project oriented
• Richly structured and based on
high-quality instructional design
• Integral part of the instructional
program
• Part of a sustained activity
• Consider watershed as a system
• Involve external sharing and
communication
• Enhanced by natural resources
personnel, community partners
• For all students

8. Materials
• Tree ID books/apps
• Tapes
• Cameras
• Computers
Class Time
• 3 Sessions
for Initial Study
When
• Late March to October

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

15. By Rudy Wendelin, Courtesy of US Forest Service

18. How Does a Tree Work?

20. Ecosystems

21. Day 2 - Our Tree and i-Tree
• Choose and Identify a Tree
• Tree Health Assessment
• Use i-Tree Design
• Monetize the Tree’s
Ecosystem Services

22. Tree Benefits
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

23. i-Tree Design in 4 Easy Steps
To get started
Where are you?
Type in your address
www.itreetools.org/design.
1. Draw Structures
Draw the outline of a
building of interest (house,
school etc.)
Add approx. building date

24. i-Tree Design in 4 Easy Steps
2. Place Trees
Add in your tree’s data:
- Species
- Circumference
- Health condition
- Exposure to sunlight
Then place your tree on map
Repeat with other trees
3. Estimate Benefits
4. VIEW REPORT

25. Gunston Middle School
2700 S Lang Street Arlington 22207
Tree Benefits calculated using i-Tree Design
Tree # Species
Circumference at
Breast Height,
inches
Condition
Excellent,
Good, Fair,
Poor, Dead or
Dying
$$ Overall
Annual
Benefit
calculated by
i-Tree Design
6th Grade Team at Gunston Middle School
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
4 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
6th Grade Team at Gunston Middle School

27. Day 3 - STEM Extensions

29. http://goo.gl/GuX5f

30. Mary Van Dyke
Green STEM Learning
Luz Chamorro
Gunston MS Science Teacher

31. • Arlington Public Schools
• Gunston MS
• Arlington Traditional ES
• Tuckahoe ES
• Jamestown ES
• Alexandria Public Schools
• George Washington MS
• Virginia Cooperative Extension
• 4-H
• Master Gardeners
• Arlington Regional Master
Naturalists
• Tree Stewards Arlington
Alexandria
• Arlington County
• Casey Trees
• Earth Force
• i-Tree