Track: K-12 Education and Library Science
Piney Woods Students Growing Roots in GIS Through the Urban Forestry Tree Inventory and Management Program
Theresa FosterLars Johnson
High school students at Piney Woods Country Life School, Piney Woods, Mississippi, are learning the importance of trees in an urban environment through an urban forestry program. The project involves a partnership of students, educators, businesses, and government scientists in a cooperative grant effort to implement the urban forestry curriculum. Along with urban forestry, GIS and GPS skills are taught to enhance learning with maps, databases, and querying capabilities. Students conduct field inventories to learn about trees, management of their urban forest, and the environment.
Theresa Foster
Institute of Higher Learning
3825 Ridgewood Road
Jackson, MS 39211-6453
USA
Telephone: 601-982-6549
Fax: 601-987-5587
E-mail: theresa@supernova.ihl.state.ms.us