A gift from a corporation, foundation or individual to a community school that combines history and environmental education.

American Forests Living Classrooms are more than just tree-planting projects for schools. Young minds grow with learning and experience. Trees grow with water and sunshine. Put both together and you have an American Forests Living Classrooms, a unique way to teach children lessons in history, environmental education, science, geography, mathematics and arts.

Included in each Living Classroom:

• 20 Historic Trees and planting kits
• CITYgreen Software
• Downloadable lesson plans for teachers
• 30 National Registry of Big Trees Calendars
• America's Historic Trees Book
• Customized Granite Marker

Historic Trees - Teachers may select up to four historic tree species and will receive a selection of twenty from those species chosen. Each tree is a direct-offspring of a historic parent tree enhancing curriculum studies. Each Historic Tree comes in a complete outdoor planting kit that contains:

1. A one to three-foot tall historic tree in a four-inch pot
2. A 48" greenhouse tube to protect the tree and enhance growth
3. A treated pine stake to support the tube
4. A bird safety net for the top of the tube
5. One fertilizer tablet
6. Step-by-step planting instructions
7. Certificate of authentication (one per Living Classrooms)
8. Fiberglass outdoor ground markers showing each tree's original history

CITYgreen software is also included with every Living Classroom. CITYgreen is a Windows™ based Geographic Information System (GIS). It is an extension to ArcView 3.x, which was developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI). ESRI's products have become the most widely used GIS software in the country. Many teachers are using CITYgreen to teach the disciplines of math, science and geography to their students. Since the programs are real world and take place where the students live, the student involvement and interest is of an all-time high. The students learn valuable lessons about the role that trees play in the environment by cleaning the air we breathe and filtering our water supply. CITYgreen and ArcView are included as a ready-to-use package. This package represents a $2,100 value on the commercial market.
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National Registry of Big Trees Calendars - These calendars feature champions and co-champions in the National Register of Big Trees, coordinated by American Forests since 1940.

America's Historic Trees book by Jeff Meyer - From George Washington's Tulip Poplar to Elvis Presley's Pin Oak. This edition features 17 detailed histories of historic trees and instructions on how to plant and grow trees of several different species.

Customized Granite Marker - One 8" X 10" granite marker will be created to permanently reflect the sponsorship of your corporation. Your logo and dedication date will appear on the marker.

An additional resource is the Historic Trees website. Teachers can download lesson plans found a www.historictrees.org that offer lessons and activities including triangulation, the benefits of trees, how to plan a tree-planting event, and many more.

An American Forests' Living Classroom will beautify the school campus, create a permanent educational resource, and provide generations of students rewarding outdoor learning experiences.

Cost For One Living Classroom . . . . . $3,000