This site contains large amounts of information and interactive exercises on trees and forests. It is created by Virginia Tech students for students of all ages, particularly middle school. Topics include cells, and cellular organization, classification of organisms, populations, communites, ecosystems and ecosystem dynamics, reproduction, genetics, and management of renewable resources.
Virginia Teachers!
- Request a Virginia Tech Student Presentation! (Fall semester only)
- Select a Life Science SOL!
- Select an Earth Science SOL!
- School tree list
- Ask Dr. Dendro
- Find the hidden links!
- Virginia Project Learning Tree (PLT)
- Virginia 4-H Projects
- Tree Value Calculator - Enter a tree's diameter and it will give you its value for reducing air pollution, stormwater, and storing carbon. Other pages calculate the value of lumber in a tree and biodiversity.
- Interactive leaf key
- Twig key
View Interactive Lessons!
- Cells, tissues, xylem, phloe
- Needs of plants and animals
- Classification of organisms
- Photosynthesis
- Ecosystems and ecosystem dynamics
- Populations, communities, biomes
- Climate change, hibernation, dormancy, disturbance
- Reproduction and genetics
- Adaptation, natural selection, extinction, biodiversity
- Management of renewable resources
- Biodiversity and tree growth
- Wildlife Roadkill
- Search the Virginia Big Tree database
- Search Forest Communities
Remarkable Trees of
Virginia Project
Forestry Careers!
Wood Magic!
Funding for this program provided by:
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| Virginia Tech | Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources | Virginia Tech Department of Forestry |
Photo credits: Dr. John Seiler
