El Education: Into the Woods

7th grade students created this field guide to the trees, plants, and birds of Baxter Woods. Students did fieldwork visits to the park and each student was responsible for one tree that was located in Baxter Woods. Students worked with an arborist from the city and gathered additional information through internet research and books.The creation of the field guide was an interdisciplinary project. Each entry contains a written description of a tree and basic identifying characteristics; students also created black and white illustration of the tree and a detailed drawing of a leaf from that tree. Students included a glossary and a list of the references they used to create the guide.